The U.S. government has handed over $500,000 to the non-profit organization Clear Path International (CPI) to help victims of unexploded ordnance (UXO) left over from the war in Vietnam. The funding will help CPI expand its operations and UXO victim...
Vice President Nguyen Thi Doan, who is also Chairwoman of the Vietnam Children Sponsor Fund (VCSF), granted 118 scholarships to underprivileged pupils in northern Nam Dinh province on August 20. Speaking at the granting ceremony, she asked...
Vice President Nguyen Thi Doan on August 19 visited and presented 20 gifts to poor families with its members having rendered service to the nation in Nam Cuong commune, Tien Hai district, the northern province of Thai Binh. During the visit, she...
Ker Tik the sculptor belongs to the Co Tu ethnic community, most of whom live in Quang Nam and Danang provinces. Using a knife and brush, he carves lively works in stone and wood that capture the simple, rural lifestyle of the Co Tu. Born to a poor...
Vietnam’s Ministry of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affair (MoLISA) and the International Labor Organization (ILO) co-organized on August 15 a workshop to discuss measures to protect the rights of migrant laborers. As a preparatory meeting for the...
The International Labor Organization (ILO) is willing to assist Vietnam in implementing the Maritime Labor Convention, which took effect on August 20, 2013, said ILO Vietnam Director Gyorgy Sziraczki. Mr. Sziraczki made the pledge in Hanoi yesterday...
Authorities in Vietnam’s capital city of Hanoi have ratified a VND35 billion ($1.65 million) project to improve food hygiene and safety at local restaurants from now to 2015. The project will target eating and drinking shops and stalls serving...
Vietnam is in short of VND7.5 trillion ($353.77 million) for continuing the implementation of healthcare projects approved in the first six months of this year, the Ministry of Health said at a meeting in Hanoi on Aug 20. Of the sum, VND4.5 trillion...
The Ministry of Health Aug 21 launched a master plan on building 48 satellite hospitals across Vietnam by 2015 in a move to ease the severe hospital overload at public health facilities nationwide. Under the plan costing VND1.7 trillion ($80.18...
The Dutch government will grant VND260 billion ($12.26 million) for the construction of two water supply plants in Vietnam’s southern province of Ba Ria-Vung Tau. An agreement on the aid was signed by the Dutch Consulate General in Ho Chi Minh City...
