Plan International, a Spanish non-governmental organization (NGO), has pledged to fund $2.5 million for charity projects in Vietnam’s central province of Quang Ngai in the 2013-2016 period, state media reported. A memorandum of understanding to this...
The Danish Government has offered the Central Highlands province of Dak Lak as much as VND57.2 billion in 2012 for a program of agriculture and rural development sector support (ARD SPS), according to Chairman of the provincial People Committee Dinh...
The Association for Victims of Agent Orange of central Danang City has raised VND300 million ($14,000) for victims to mark AO Day on August 10. The donation, raised from domestic and foreign members, will be used to help victims repair houses and...
The Japanese government will grant around $123,000 to a project on supporting victims of bomb, landmine and unexploded ordnance (UXO) in Vietnam’s central province of Quang Tri. The aid agreement was signed in Hanoi Aug 10 by Hideo Suzuki, Charge D’...
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)...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
