The Vietnamese government has spent a total VND2.86 trillion ($136.19 million) on social security and poverty reduction in the first nine months of this year, as shown in the monthly report by General Statistics Office’s statistics. Of the sum,...
A delegation of the European Union (EU) led by Ambassador to Vietnam Fanz Jessen has visited the Central Highlands province of Dak Lak to gain a better understanding of the life of ethnic minorities, the Radio Voice of Vietnam (VOV) reported. During...
The Command of the Quang Binh provincial Border Guard and the provincial Fatherland Front Committee handed over 22 ‘Great Unity’ houses yesterday to ethnic minority families in Do village, Trong Hoa commune in Quang Binh province. The project was...
The eighth Northeastern Ethnic Group Culture, Sport and Tourism Festival officially began on September 27 with an opening ceremony on the theme ‘Northeastern Vietnam – A Beautiful and Sacred Land’ at Tan Quang Park, Tuyen Quang province. The opening...
The Vietnamese Union of UNESCO Associations has decided to establish the UNESCO Association for the Conservation of Vietnamese Ethnic Culture. The announcement was made at a September 29 meeting in the northern province of Thai Binh. Accordingly,...
- India Ambassador to Vietnam Ranjit Rae has donated his private collection of 194 books in different languages to the National Library. In recent years, the National Library of Vietnam and the Embassy of India have strengthened multifaceted co-...
Directorate for Roads of Vietnam will issue tender document late September to seek consultants for the Vietnam Road Asset Management Program (VRAMP) funded by the World Bank (WB). The $301.7 million VRAMP aims to upgrade 544 kilometers of...
The International Labor Organization (ILO) will finance $4.56 million to support sustainable employment in Vietnam for the 2012-2016 period, the government said on its website. The ILO announced the funding at the first meeting of the Vietnam...
Japan will continue to finance Vietnam to achieve its goal, especially transport infrastructure development, Vice Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (MLIT) Osamu Yoshida said. Mr. Yoshida, who is now on a visit to Vietnam, made...
37 years on, unexploded bombs continue to ruin lives in the former wartime frontline regions of Vietnam. Somewhere in the centre of Vietnam, roughly halfway between Hanoi and Saigon, lies the small province of Quang Tri. Palm trees line its white-...
