General News

  • Vietnam expects to receive more official development assistance (ODA) from France in the future and hopes the relations between the two countries, especially in defense and security, to be enhanced, Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung said. Mr. Dung...
    Friday, 9th November, 2012
  • The Asian Development Bank (ADB) on Oct 31 said that it planned nearly $3.9 billion in official development assistance (ODA) for Vietnam in the next three years to support projects that will eliminate hurdles to economic growth. The Country...
    Friday, 9th November, 2012
  • Vietnam’s central city of Danang on Oct 31 started the implementation of a $1.3 million project which is funded by the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) to reform administration procedures. The project which was funded under the Official...
    Friday, 9th November, 2012
  • The Asian Development Bank (ADB) said on Oct 31 it has funded $20 million worth of loans to prevent the spread of HIV infection in Vietnam and Laos, the Tuoi Tre newspaper reported. The loans would be financed in a five-year program that will...
    Friday, 9th November, 2012
  • The German government will continue assisting Vietnam’s central province of Thua Thien-Hue in implementing its social projects in the future, said German State Secretary of the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development Hans-Juergen...
    Tuesday, 23rd October, 2012
  • Twenty Agent Orange/Dioxin victims will be among 100 cyclists who will take part in a trans-Vietnam cycling tour to take place next month, the Vietnam Association for Victims of Agent Orange/ Dioxin (VAVA) has said. The tour is part of the program...
    Tuesday, 23rd October, 2012
  • An afforestation project covering nearly 1,000ha has begun in northern Ha Giang Province's Xin Man highland area, one of the poorest districts in Viet Nam. Investment capital amounting to VND75 billion ($3.6 million) has been provided by Lien Viet...
    Tuesday, 23rd October, 2012
  • A month-long campaign to help the poor was launched in the Central Highland province of Gia Lai on October 16. Hundreds of organizations and individuals contributed over VND1.5 billion to the campaign on its first day. Since it was first launched...
    Tuesday, 23rd October, 2012
  • Hundreds of workers and other low-income people in Quang Binh Province have benefited from a housing program launched in 2008 by the province's Labor Union in co-operation with local enterprises. More than 200 apartments have been handed over so far...
    Tuesday, 23rd October, 2012
  • Quang Nam Provincial Headquarters of Border Guards handed over three houses of gratitude to poor households in two communes of Dai Hong and Dai Hung, Dai Loc district, on October 17th. The beneficiaries are Nguyen Van Tan in Ngoc Thach village, Ngo...
    Tuesday, 23rd October, 2012