General News

  • Authorities in Vietnam’s southern metropolis of Ho Chi Minh City will carry out the second phase of a water sanitation project costing VND27 trillion ($1.28 billion) with partial funding from the World Bank. The project focuses on building a...
    Tuesday, 18th March, 2014
  • Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has agreed to a draft protocol between the Vietnamese and Luxembourg Governments concerning a project on local development and adaptation to climate change impact in central Thua Thien-Hue province. Accordingly, the...
    Tuesday, 18th March, 2014
  • The Russian Cultural Center (RCC) in Vietnam on March 10 launched the “Russian Universities” project as part of activities to enhance the comprehensive strategic partnership between the two countries. The project aims to establish and develop direct...
    Tuesday, 18th March, 2014
  • Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has called for a thorough review of poverty reduction policies in the northwestern region, home to over 30 ethnic groups. He made the suggestion during a working session held with the Ministry of Labour,...
    Monday, 10th March, 2014
  • Vietnam did not annually spend $3.5 billion on feeding the apparatus in charge of poverty reduction, confirmed Deputy Minister of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs Nguyen Trong Dam. He raised objection against the information recently published by...
    Monday, 10th March, 2014
  • The Committee for Ethnic Minority Affairs and the Steering Committee for the Northwestern Region have sought to maximize their coordination in ethnic and religious affairs in 2014. They will also coordinate with each other to implement a strategy on...
    Monday, 10th March, 2014
  • International experts have proposes measures at a meeting in Hanoi on Mar 4 to help Vietnam raise the coverage of medical insurance, which is currently at about 70% of the population. Of the experts, Keizo Takemi, president of the Asian Forum of...
    Monday, 10th March, 2014
  • The Vietnamese and Finnish governments on March 6 signed a EUR11 million agreement for the second phase of their joint innovation partnership program (IPP) which aims to enhance the capacity of Vietnam’s information technology system, allowing the...
    Monday, 10th March, 2014
  • The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) has signed a deal with the Vietnamese government to fund JPY7.5 billion ($73 million) for a hydropower project in the central province of Binh Thuan. The amount is aimed at raising capacity of the...
    Monday, 10th March, 2014
  • The United Nations will provide a non-refundable aid of US$1.1 million for Vietnam to implement its national target program on building new-style rural areas. To this effect, a project was signed between representatives from the Ministry of...
    Monday, 10th March, 2014