The Japanese Embassy in Hanoi on Feb 20 signed a deal to grant nearly $325,000 to three healthcare and education projects in Vietnam, state media reported on Feb 21. Of the sum, $120,700 will go to a health project in Hanoi and the remainder to two...
An influx of saline water will flow 40-60km inland into the Mekong Delta’s coastal provinces next month, according to the Southern Irrigation Science Institute. The intrusion will cause a shortage of fresh water for households to use during the dry...
A recent study has revealed that the economic benefits of wastewater collection and treatment systems far surpass their investment costs, radio The Voice of Vietnam (VOV) reported. The German-Vietnamese Development Cooperation’s Wastewater...
Vietnam’s ever increasing energy demands mean developing renewable energy is a top priority in its national climate change strategy and efforts to minimize greenhouse gas emissions, radio The Voice of Vietnam (VOV) said. VOV quoted National Energy...
Vietnam has launched a dioxin detoxification center in the central city of Danang costing VND2.2 billion ($104,000) from U.S.’s Harris Freeman Foundation. The center, the 3rd nationwide, will provide detoxification and rehabilitation services to...
Batschka Stiftung, the German Children's Future Fund, has donated more than VND8 billion to fund the construction of a school in Duy Xuyen district, Quang Nam province. Phan Chau Trinh Junior Secondary School’s February 14 groundbreaking ceremony...
The central province of Binh Thuan has increased implementation of policies on preferential credit; production land; agricultural, forestry and fishery promotion; vocational training; healthcare and land and housing assistance to benefit poor and...
Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has asked the Committee on Ethnic Minority Affairs to exert more efforts for poverty reduction in ethnic communities during the 2016-20 period. Speaking at a meeting held yesterday to review the committee's 2013 work...
Despite years of poverty reduction efforts, more than 320 thousand households of poor ethnic minorities were still looking for land to live and farm on. The figures were announced by the Committee for Ethnic Minorities (CEM) at a meeting with the...
UNICEF continues to support disadvantaged children in Ninh Thuan province, especially bilingual education development for ethnic minority children, clean water, nutrition, and maternal and child care. That is the assertion of Ms. Lotta Sylwander,...
