Poor people and ethnic minorities will no longer have to pay for legal services, according to a decision issued by the Prime Minister last week.Decision 59, which takes effect from February 15, will apply to economically challenged communes in...
The construction of a hostel for Khmer students from poor families and those in receipt of benefits began at a ceremony at the Tra Vinh University in the coastal Mekong Delta province of Tra Vinh on January 2.The hostel’s total investment is almost...
Vietnam’s Mekong Delta province of Tien Giang has been selected as one of the five localities to implement an Australia-funded project on dealing with the negative impacts of climate change.The project aims to raise the capacity in dealing...
The World Bank (WB) and the UK Department for International Development (DFID) have pledged to further provide $9 billion for a HIV/AIDS prevention project in Vietnam this year. The funding is expected to help to minimize the fatal rate of HIV/AIDS-...
Military Zone 4’s Corps 92, on December 26th provided free health check-ups and medicines, worth VND 60 million, for more than 700 Agent Orange (AO)/Dioxin victims in A Luoi District, Thua Thien-Hue Province.Earlier, the unit gave free health check-...
Vietnam will need an estimated VND14 trillion ($700 million) for removing post-war bombs, mines and unexploded ordnance (UXO) until 2015, said Bui Hong Linh, deputy minister of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs (MoLISA).In 2000-2008, the country...
According to the Defence Ministry’s report, after ten years of implementing Instruction 123 by the Defence Minister, activities of military teams made remarkable achievements in helping local people develop their production, eliminate hunger, reduce...
Commando Unit 198 under the Commando Corps presented a house of gratitude to the family of second lieutenant Ha Cong Binh, a commissioned officer, in Hoa Dong commune, Krong Pach district, Dac Lac Province on December 25th.This house was built at a...
Quang Ngai should focus on rapid and sustainable poverty reduction in six poor districts in addition to promoting industrial and service development.National Assembly Vice Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan made the request at a meeting with the...
The Ninh Thuan People's Committee has said that it would use VND320 billion from the State and local budgets to build essential infrastructure to facilitate production and trade as well as the daily lives of residents in Bac Ai District. The...
