A foreign-funded climate change response project in the Mekong Delta province of Tien Giang has proved effective, providing local authorities and people with fundamental knowledge about the issue. The “Partnership for equitable resilience to the...
Nine northern and central provinces on July 4 signed a joint commitment to building smoke-free workplace in a bid to curb ill effects of cigarette smoking. They include northern Nam Dinh, Ha Nam, Thai Binh, Hung Yen, Ninh Binh and Hai Duong...
All 20 water samples taken from water supply plants and stations in Hanoi have chlorine and arsenic concentrations higher than the permitted level. The arsenic level in one sample was twice than the permitted level. At a recent meeting with the...
The Lao planned Don Sahong hydropower dam on the Mekong River will pose a great threat to Vietnam’s Mekong Delta, said Vietnamese experts. The dams, including Lao Xayabury and Don Sahong, in the Mekong mainstream will have negative impacts on the...
Hundreds of thousands of Vietnamese people with at least an associate’s degree were unemployed in the first quarter of this year, according to official figures. More than 241,000 people who graduated from a junior college or higher-level...
The Construction Ministry has asked the Government to promulgate policies on building storm-resistant houses for more than 86,000 households in 20 coastal provinces of the north and the central regions. This is part of a three-year project to...
As many as 34,000 cows will be given to poor households in the northern border areas between now and October 2016, as part of a State plan to reduce poverty there. For a start, 24,000 of them will be sent to the provinces of Quang Ninh, Lang Son,...
The National Assembly has adopted a resolution on sustainable poverty reduction until 2020, targeting the reduction of the ratio of the country's poor households to below 5% and that of poor districts to less than 30% by 2015. In the 2016-2020...
A delegation from the Vietnamese National Assembly’s Committee for Ethnic Affairs led by its chairman Ksor Phuoc is on a two-day visit to Russia to strengthen bilateral ties in the field of charge. During their June 26-27 stay in Moscow, the...
The European Institute for Cooperation and Development (IECD) and the Social Development Training Center (SDTC) of Vietnam have launched a project to support small entrepreneurs in Ho Chi Minh City. Entrepreneurs will receive training in the basics...
