General News

  • The United Nations Education, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), the International Organization (ILO) and the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) are jointly holding a workshop in Vietnam’s central province of Quang Nam today to...
    Monday, 26th November, 2012
  • Japan will provide more official development assistance (ODA) for Vietnam to implement infrastructure projects to serve national socio-economic development, Ambassador Tanizaki Yasuaki said. Mr. Yasuaki made the statement at a meeting with National...
    Monday, 26th November, 2012
  • Jobs Program for Survivors of Domestic Violence, a plan receiving support from the U.S. Embassy in Hanoi, has been launched to assist Vietnamese victims in finding jobs in the country, where male chauvinism has existed for centuries.The embassy...
    Monday, 26th November, 2012
  • A charity gala night was held by the Vietnam Association for Children Victims of Agent Orange (AO)/Dioxin in France (VNED) and the Vietnam-Belgium Friendship Association in Brussels on November 12.The event, aiming to raise funds for AO children in...
    Monday, 19th November, 2012
  • The Vietnam Red Cross (VRC) on November 13 said that nearly VND34 billion had been collected over the past three years from the program o­n sending messages through the national humanitarian portal. The money has been spent carrying out...
    Monday, 19th November, 2012
  • Financial aid has been provided for the construction of as many as 23,800 houses for poor minority families in the northern province of Son La since 2009, the provincial People's Committee have announced.The program was first launched three years...
    Monday, 19th November, 2012
  • More underprivileged Vietnamese will be given better access to clean water via a new 2.4 million EUR program funded by Italy.An agreement on the funding was signed between Deputy Minister of Finance Truong Chi Trung and Italian Ambassador to Vietnam...
    Monday, 19th November, 2012
  • The Joint Stock Commercial Bank for Industry and Trade of Vietnam (Vietinbank) worked together with the Khanh Hoa Provincial Fatherland Front to hand over 667 gratitude houses, worth VND 22 billion, to needy people in Nha Trang City, Khanh Hoa, on...
    Monday, 19th November, 2012
  • The Military Zone 7 Command has recently reviewed 10 years of implementation of the Central Party Committee’s Instruction No.6 on strengthening healthcare network at grassroots level.Over the past years, the unit socialized its organisation, and...
    Monday, 19th November, 2012
  • The spontaneous migration of ethic groups indigenous to the mountainous area in the northern part of Vietnam down to the Central Highlands was on the upward trend and induced a number of social issues.How to control their movements and address the...
    Monday, 19th November, 2012