General News

  • The Government is working to ensure that even disadvantaged people can celebrate the Lunar New Year pleasantly to welcome a prosperous year.Last weekend, Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Thien Nhan presented Tet gifts to 400 policy beneficiary families...
    Monday, 18th February, 2013
  • Saigon Thuong Tin Commercial Bank (Sacombank) on Sunday teamed up with HCMC’s Relief Association for Disabled Children to spend VND4.5 billion on a fabulous day for more than 6,000 homeless people from the elderly and orphaned to disabled children...
    Monday, 18th February, 2013
  • The Orphans, Poor and Handicapped Support Division in southern Ben Tre Province has provided 1,300 health insurance cards to families near the poverty line in the province. The funds were sponsored by the Hai Duong Bank and HCM City's Poor Patient...
    Monday, 18th February, 2013
  • Hanoi City Students’ Association and the Support and Development Centre for Vietnamese Students have helped students from universities and colleges to return home for Tet holidays.Buses carried students to the central provinces of Ha Tinh, Nghe An...
    Monday, 18th February, 2013
  • Polituro member, Secretary of the the Party Central Committee and head of its Commission for Organisation To Huy Rua presented gifts to beneficiary and poor households in Que Vo district, northern Bac Ninh province, on February 5 in the lead up to...
    Monday, 18th February, 2013
  • The Vietnam Bank for Social Policy will set aside 45 trillion VND ($2.16 billion) for a credit program for poor students between 2013 and 2017. The bank said they expected overdue loans to account for less than o­ne% of the total loans.After...
    Monday, 18th February, 2013
  • Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has decided to increase financial support for 23 districts with highest poverty rate to upgrade infrastructure.These districts are Thach An (Cao Bang); Lam Binh (Tuyen Quang); Bat Xat, Sa Pa, and Van Ban (Lao Cai);...
    Monday, 18th February, 2013
  • Son La Province's Power Company, a subsidiary of the Electricity of Viet Nam started providing electricity from the national grid to 725 ethnic minority families in Chieng So Commune, Song Ma District on Monday.The construction to supply electricity...
    Monday, 18th February, 2013
  • - Japanese Cecile Company has donated $42,500 to provide two years’ worth of free meals for poor patients at the Danang Cancer Hospital. The donation will help fund between 100 to 200 rations of food at the hospital’s charity kitchen each day, said...
    Monday, 18th February, 2013
  • Australia will invest AUD160 million ($167.5 million) to help design and erect a new bridge spanning across one of two branches of the Mekong River at Cao Lanh in Dong Thap Province.It is part of the Central Mekong Delta Connectivity Project (CMDCP...
    Monday, 18th February, 2013