General News

  • Lung Lo 3 Ltd. Co. under the Lung Lo Construction Corporation of the Defense Ministry in recent years has traced and defused a number of UXOs on thousands of hectares of soil, laying good foundation for the construction of Dac Drinh (Quang Ngai)...
    Monday, 20th August, 2012
  • A 454kg bomb dropped by United States' bombers during the war was unearthed by Vietnamese sappers in a residential area in the southern province of Binh Duong's Thuan An Township on Aug 14. The bomb, 35cm wide and 1.8m long, was part of the Mark 80...
    Monday, 20th August, 2012
  • A 200kg bomb in Huong Hoa district, Quang Tri province was safely removed and deactivated on August 17 by the provincial Military Command and staff of the RENEW project. Some local people found the bomb on August 16 at the former Lang Vay army base...
    Monday, 20th August, 2012
  • Nearly 10,000 volunteers from several campaigns, such as “Green summer”, “Pink vacation”, “Operation green”, “Red flamboyant”, on August 12th, participated in a walk, “Give strength to school”, in the new town in Phu My Hung, district 7, Ho Chi Minh...
    Monday, 20th August, 2012
  • The People’s Council of Ho Chi Minh City has recently approved a policy lending educational support to children of families facing dire economic strains, who are on or below the poverty line. As per the policy, the City will spend VND16.19 billion...
    Monday, 20th August, 2012
  • Authorities of Vietnam’s southern economic hub of Ho Chi Minh City have approved to spend VND20.2 billion ($971,150) this year to support students of families, who are on or below the poverty line, state media reported Aug 16. This is part of the...
    Monday, 20th August, 2012
  • The Vietnamese government has planned to spend VND5.06 trillion ($240 million) on the national poverty reduction program this year with an aim to cut the poverty rate to 10% from 12% in 2011, the Vietnamese Ministry of Labor, Invalids and Social...
    Monday, 20th August, 2012
  • The traditional long houses of the E De ethnic minority are becoming a rare sight in the central highlands and are in need of restoration if their architectural legacy is to survive. These houses normally house between seven and nine couples....
    Monday, 20th August, 2012
  • Hoang Su Phi terraced fields, belonging to 6 communes of Ha Giang Province, will be recognized as a national heritage. The organization board announced that the awarding ceremony will include the 5th Culture and Sports Festival of Hoang Su Phi...
    Monday, 20th August, 2012
  • Human resource development is one of the three key fields that help ensure sustainable poverty reduction in mountainous areas, said Chairman of the Government's Committee for Ethnic Minority Affairs Giang Seo Phu. Chairman Phu made the point today...
    Monday, 20th August, 2012