A collection of photographs capturing meetings between trans-Vietnam cyclists and Vietnamese Agent Orange (AO)/dioxin victims taken by Lee Jong-hun are on display at an exhibition that opened in the Republic of Korea on March 2. The exhibition is...
The 13th Saigon Cyclo Challenge, an annual event that raises funds to provide educational opportunities for disadvantaged children, will be held on March 10 at the Crescent area in Ho Chi Minh City’s District 7. The event will feature a cyclo race,...
Hundreds of young doctors will be working in remote, mountainous, island and border areas, focusing especially in the country’s 62 poor districts. This is a pilot project announced yesterday by health minister Nguyen Thi Kim Tien. She said: “The...
According to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, the pilot program of agricultural insurance has been deployed in 20 provinces and cities, with more than 106,760 households registering for the insurance policy, among them 88% are poor...
Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has decided to offer households living near the poverty line with preferential loans to help improve their living conditions and ensure social security. Under the decision, near-poor people will be able to...
The United Nations Development Program (UNDP) and Ireland have engaged in a project to assist Vietnam in sustainable poverty reduction in the 2012-2016 period. The project aims to support the implementation of Vietnam’s programs on sustainable...
Gong teams from nine mountainous districts of Quang Nam Province and teams from the Tay Nguyen (Central Highlands) region and Thua Thien-Hue will take part in the Gong Festival in Nam Giang District on June 21-22. Head of culture and information...
Students from ethnic minority groups will enjoy a special treatment in testing. Under the new regulation of the Ministry of Education and Training taking effect on next March 22, two students of the ethnic minority groups went straight from junior...
Strange Ha Mon religion that was established in the Central Highlands not only spreads superstitions activities, pushes followers’ family to poverty and famine but also set up an armed force to fight against the government. When the government was...
- Australia’s Fred Hollows Foundation (FHF) has provided an additional 117,000 USD for Hue eye hospital in central Thua Thien-Hue province to improve community eye care service. Director of Hue eye hospital Pham Minh Tuong said on February 27 that...
