Vietnam’s Ministry of Education and Training (MoET) disbursed an estimated VND49 billion ($2.31 million) worth of state funding for its projects in September, a decrease of 3.92% from August, the government’s General Statistics Office (GSO) said....
The Vietnam Association of Victims of Agent Orange/Dioxin (VAVA) has confirmed its position as a strong, effective and prestigious organization playing the key role in social activities to support the victims. The assessment was made at the sixth...
The Steering Committee for the Central Highlands and the Vingroup Joint Stock Company on October 3 agreed to present 5,000 heifers worth VND75 billion ($3.5 million) to poor households in the regional provinces. This is part of the social welfare...
Experience and models that effectively help people overcome poverty were shared at a seminar in the northern city of Haiphong on October 4. This is part of a project funded by the United Nations Development Programme and the Irish Embassy to support...
The Spanish government and the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) have approved an aid package worth EUR7.9 million for poverty reduction in Central Vietnam. The funding is sourced from the Spanish Food Security Co-Financing...
A delegation from the National Assembly Council for Ethnic Affairs led by its Vice President Danh Ut has visited Mexico from September 26 - October 1 to exchange experience in the building, issuance and implementation of policies for ethnic groups....
The central province of Quang Ngai appreciates contributions by foreign non-governmental organizations (NGOs) to its socio-economic development and poverty reduction, a provincial leader has said. At a meeting with representatives from foreign NGOs...
Vietnam is striving to produce all kinds of vaccines locally starting in 2018 to meet the domestic demand, Health Minister Nguyen Thi Kim Tien said at an online meeting in Hanoi Sept 27. At the event, Minister Tien urged local authorities to finish...
Following widespread concern about paper plates and glasses being contaminated with lead and arsenic substances, the Vietnam Food Administration under the Ministry of Health did a random test of such products from Hom, Dong Xuan and Nguyen Cao...
Vietnam’s central province of Binh Dinh has put into operation a clean water supply system with VND65 billion ($3.06 million) from the Belgian government. The facility, which costs over VND104 billion, has a daily capacity of 5,600 cubic meters and...
