Oxfam International in Vietnam on March 28 launched a new project analyzing the country’s poverty reduction policies. Accordingly, from now until 2016, monitoring work will be carried out in 10 provinces and cities nationwide, with the...
The Central Highlands province of Dak Nong has over the past decade invested more than VND400 billion ($18.8 million) in power transmission lines to serve ethnic minority people in its disadvantaged areas. According to Tran Toan, Director of the Dak...
The northwestern mountainous province of Dien Bien will expand the model of building cultural hamlets to develop its tourism following a successful pilot in a Thai ethnic hamlet, according to radio The Voice of Vietnam (VOV). Together with 20 other...
The Danish embassy on March 28 pledged to increase financial support to underwrite small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Vietnam with a focus on food safety and clean technologies. The support will be provided under the auspices of the Danish...
UK-based charity Newborns Vietnam has raised $100,000 for a nurse education program aiming to reduce the death rates of Vietnamese newborns via a 500-km cycle ride through the central region. The “Cycling for Newborns” journey started in Quang Nam...
The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) announced on March 22 that it will grant JPY100 million ($980,000) in official development assistance (ODA) to a vocational school in the northern region of Vietnam. Established in 2012 by Tokyo-...
The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and Vietnam’s Ministry of National Defense will begin first phase of remediation of dioxin cleanup project in Vietnam’s central city of Danang in April. Roughly 95% of the dioxin would be...
The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) has announced a fund worth about $450 million for Country Development Cooperation Strategy (CDCS) in Vietnam in the next five years, state media reported on March 26. The CDCS would focus on...
Up to 90% of the Vietnamese people have dental problems, said Dr. Trinh Dinh Hai, chairman of Vietnam Odonto-Stomatology Association (VOSA). Brushing one’s teeth every morning and evening helps reduce the risk of tooth decay by 14%, Dr. Hai said at...
A Vietnamese female patient has died of A/H1N1 influenza virus at the Central Hospital for Tropical Diseases, the second death at the Hanoi-based hospital in the recent ten days, Tuoi Tre newspaper reported. The patient, who lived in Ngoc Lac...
