The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism has developed a series of cultural activities to mark the Vietnam’s Culture Heritage Day - Nov 23rd. This year, the festival will be held on Nov 23-24, at the Culture-Tourism Village of Vietnamese ethnic...
From now until 2015, the Central Highland province of Dak Nong will spend around VND150 billion (roughly $7.2 million) to build 3,000 houses for ethnic minority people living in difficult circumstances. In 2012, the province also presented 1,000...
Land for ethnic minorities remains a big problem in Vietnam as this is the group that often faces shortage of land for cultivation and economic development, hindering social stability and livelihood improvement in mountainous areas, local experts...
Vietnam signed 35 loan and aid agreements with total committed capital of $3.68 billion in the first ten months of this year, down 21.8% from a year earlier, the Ministry of Planning and Investment said on its website. The figure includes $3.65...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
