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...
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...
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...
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...
The remote northern province of Bac Kan has launched the Month for Poor People charity program for offices and businesses. It has received more than VND24 billion ($1.1 million) from offices, enterprises and individuals so far. The money has been...
Vietnam’s Deputy Prime Minister Vu Van Ninh has called on organizations and individuals at home and abroad to support poor people across the country. He made the appeal at the Hanoi event to launch the “Month for the Poor” (Oct 17-Nov 18) on Oct 17...
The United Nation Development Program (UNDP) and Ireland Oct 17 announced an aid worth $10 million to support Vietnam in sustainable poverty reduction, the government said on its website. The information was released at a ceremony in Hanoi to make...
The Committee on Ethnic Minority Affairs under Propaganda Department (CEMA), Vietnam Banking Times and Vietnam Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (Agribank) have come together to jointly hold the program that will bring warm to the...
Nearly 95% of the Khmer ethnic minority in Soc Trang province will have access to electricity when the project to provide electricity to their community is completed. The first phase of the VND305 billion project began in 2010 and has finished...
Central Highlands Dak Lak Province will invest through 2015 more than VND37.6 billion ($1.8 million) to develop a system of co-operatives, with emphasis on rural and mountainous districts. Four-hundred co-operatives will be set up. The province...
