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...
Fifty six out of 62 people living around Da Nang airport who were recently confirmed to have been exposed to Agent Orange/Dioxin (AO), will receive free detoxification treatment using the Hubbard method at the Hanoi Military Hospital 103 in...
Representatives from the Saigon Times Foundation (STF) under the Saigon Times Group and professor Tran Van Tho on Monday granted 35 scholarships worth VND1 million each to poor hard-working students of Tran Quy Cap Highschool in Hoi An City of Quang...
The Command of the Binh Dinh provincial Border Guard, in association with the provincial Fatherland Front Committee and the branch of the Agriculture and Rural Development Bank in the province, on Tuesday presented two “great unity” houses to Nguyen...
More than 12,000 textbooks were sent to poor students on Ly Son Island off Central Quang Ngai Province on Monday [Aug 27]. The books were collected during the "Books for Ly Son Island" campaign launched August 1-15 by Quang Ngai's students who are...
Vietnam has reported 11,900 hungry families in Aug, down 21.2% on month and 36% on year, the General Statistics Office (GSO) said. During the month, the country recorded 55,000 starving people, down 17.16% on month and 35% on year, the agency added...
The United Nations Development Program (UNDP) and Viet Nam Lawyers' Association yesterday launched a three-year project to promote legal empowerment for poor and vulnerable groups in Viet Nam. The project will be funded with $1.2 million by the UNDP...
