Vietnam April 24 kick-started a project to develop healthcare services on coastal and island areas nationwide with a total investment of VND8.2 trillion ($390.48 million) in the 2013-2020 period, state media reported. As planned, four emergency...
The French Development Agency (AFD) has agreed to provide EUR6.44 million in aid for a project on building a clean water supply plant in Vietnam’s Mekong Delta province of Ben Tre. An agreement to this effect was signed in Ben Tre on April 23 in the...
International donors have pledged up to $1.3 billion for Vietnam’s climate change adaptation to deal with the potential negative environmental impacts in the 2010-2015 period, according to the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment. The...
The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) will grant JPY393 million ($4.17 million) to help Vietnam enhance its capacity to cope with natural disasters in a move to mitigate damages. The funding will be spent on the second phase of an on-...
Vietnam’s Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) April 24 launched a $3.74 million project to upgrade infrastructure in response to climate change in the northern mountainous region. The project, using official development assistance (...
Vietnam has lost about VND389 billion ($18.5 million) from natural disasters in April, versus nearly VND139 billion in the same period last year, said the government’s General Statistics Office (GSO). Of the total, VND382 billion came from...
Vietnam’s Ministry of Education and Training and Cuba’s Ministry of Higher Education have signed a cooperation agreement on academic exchanges between their tertiary education establishments. The agreement was signed during Mr. Luan’s five-day visit...
A delegation of Russia’s Ministry of Education and Science led by Deputy Minister Larisa Efremova visited Vietnam last week, seeking to enhance bilateral cooperation in science, technology and education. During their stay in Vietnam, Deputy Minister...
Vietnam disbursed an estimated amount of VND173 billion ($8.3 million) worth of state funds for education and training projects in the first four months of 2013, meeting 24.7% of the whole-year target, according to the government’s General...
Two children have died and six others injured in a grenade explosion on Tuesday afternoon in Thuan An Commune, Dak My District in the Central Highland Province of Dak Nong. Deputy chairman of the commune's People's Committee Nguyen Van Cuong said...
