General News

  • The 8th Culture, Sports and Tourism Festival of North-eastern Ethnic People will be held from September 27-30 in Tuyen Quang Province as part of the 2012 Tuyen Quang Culture and Tourism Week. The festival will feature a wide range of events...
    Monday, 24th September, 2012
  • The Tay Nguyen (Central Highlands) province of Dak Nong will invest more than VND2 trillion ($95 million) from now until 2015 to improve the lives of its ethnic minority residents. A Tin Tuc (News) newspaper report says that the money, mobilized...
    Monday, 24th September, 2012
  • - Over 1,000 students and teachers of two secondary schools in Binh Dinh have received upgrades to their drinking water systems and latrines under the sponsorship of the oil and gas company Talisman Vietnam and East Meets West. The gifts, worth...
    Monday, 24th September, 2012
  • A project costing $5.97 million to utilize population information was launched in Vietnam on Sep 17 under the support of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) and the United Nations Human Settlements Program (UNHABITAT). With a fund worth $4.5...
    Monday, 24th September, 2012
  • Germany is willing to increase its development aid to Vietnam and help the Southeast Asian nation in finance, science and technology, Minister of Economics and Technology Philipp Roesler said. Mr. Roesler made the commitment at a meeting with...
    Monday, 24th September, 2012
  • The German government is willing to share with Vietnam its experience in developing renewable energy, Minister of Economics and Technology Philipp Roesler said. Mr. Roesler made the statement at a meeting with Minister of Planning and Investment Bui...
    Monday, 24th September, 2012
  • Norway will help Vietnam develop strategies for oil spills management at sea in the future, Norwegian Ambassador Torstein Risa said at an international conference held in Hanoi on Sept 19. Norway will transfer advanced environmental surveying...
    Monday, 24th September, 2012
  • Turbine 2 of the 660-MW O Mon 1 gas-fueled power plant which is funded by the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) will be built on Sept 21 in Vietnam’s southern city of Can Tho, the Tien Phong newspaper reported. Following the completion...
    Monday, 24th September, 2012
  • Representatives from the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) organized a conference on Sept 19 to introduce the Public Use Planning (PUP) kit to the Management Board of Dong Van Plateau Global Geopark. The PUP...
    Monday, 24th September, 2012
  • The Lung Lo 3 Co.Ltd., under the Lung Lo Construction Corporation of the Defence Ministry, has defused a great number of UXOs on thousands of hectares of soil and seabed, paving the way for building key national structures, overcoming the aftermath...
    Monday, 17th September, 2012