Ho Chi Minh City has at present only 36 wards with households having an income of less than VND12 million per person per year, and is striving to raise this poverty line by the end of this year. Eight of these wards are in Districts 3 and 6, five...
The Central Highlands Province of Dak Nong has spent about VND130 billion to build 300 new classrooms for the upcoming school year 2012-2013. Of which, 125 classrooms were completed while the remainder is under construction and expected to be put...
With the recent opening of the new academic year, Vedan Vietnam Company, in association with the Study Encouragement Society of Long Thanh District and Dong Nai provincial Red Cross Society, held a ceremony to present VND300 million to needy...
Division 302 under Military Zone 7 and Long Tan Ward People’s Committee, Ba Ria city handed over a house of gratitude to wounded soldier Le Quy Hiep on September 5th. This 60 sq.m house was built at a cost of VND60 million donated by Military Zone 7...
Vietnam’s Prime Minister has approved a framework to carry out the government’s resolution on sustainable poverty reduction in the 2011-2020 period. Accordingly, the Ministry of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs (MoLISA) will preside over the setup...
50% of the population in 11 communes, precincts and towns in Tran De and Cu Lao Dung districts and Vinh Chau town in Soc Trang province belong to the Khmer ethnic group and many of them are experiencing a hard life. However, over the past years,...
A special sports, culture and tourism festival featuring members of the Cham ethnic group will be held in the central province of Ninh Thuan between October 14 and 16. Various cultural activities like art shows, traditional costume shows, brocade...
The highland provinces of Vietnam are continuing to help students coming from very poor families and those from ethnic minority groups to start their studies in the new academic year. Kon Tum Province has spent more than VND14 billion ($672,000)...
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) will provide a $40-million loan to help Vietnam improve its oriented-market micro-finance sector under the Microfinance Development Program (MDP). State Bank of Vietnam governor, Nguyen Van Binh, and ADB country...
A 300-kg bomb has been found at Hoang Xuan Thuy’s house in Bo Trach district in Vietnam’s central province of Quang Binh. The bomb with a length of 1.5 meters and a diameter of 40 cm was handed over to the local authorities for settlement. (Phap...
