The World Bank (WB) has signed a contract to provide $392 million to help upgrade urban areas in six cities in Vietnam’s Mekong Delta region, the Thoi Bao Kinh Te newspaper reported. Under the project, the urban areas comprise Can Tho city, My Tho...
Vietnam’s biggest city of Ho Chi Minh aims to complete and put in use metro route No. 2 in 2017, Nguyen Van Quoc, director of the project management board said at a loan signing ceremony with the Asian Development Bank (ADB) recently. The metro...
Authorities of Vietnam’s Ho Chi Minh City have proposed the Ministry of Planning and Investment to add 11 major infrastructure projects to a list which will use loans from the Asian Development Bank (ADB). The projects include construction of Ben...
The World Bank (WB) is to keep looking for ways to help Vietnam meet its development challenges, said Vice President for Concessional Finance and Global Partnerships Axel van Trotsenburg. Trotsenburg, who is also responsible for WB’s...
The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) has signed a Record of Discussion (R/D) with Vietnam’s Ministry of Science and Technology to help the Southeast Asian nation to strengthen the enforcement of Intellectual Property (IP) rights. This...
The European Union (EU) delegation to Vietnam has published the 2012 Blue Book, indicating that EU is still one of Vietnam’s leading official development assistance (ODA) prodders with a committed aid of EUR745.3 million. The aid will promote policy...
"He is a highly intelligent and a devoted high-ranking public figure with great leadership visions, but nevertheless, a humble and friendly person." The British All Party Parliament Group on Viet Nam is going to organize a reception to raise...
Authorities of Long An Province have done nothing for the past five years after a 500-kg bomb left from the Vietnam War was found in a field here, local residents said. The bomb has since been cut open by some locals for the explosive inside. There...
The Vietnam News Agency (VNA) and the Association of Agent Orange Victims in central Ninh Thuan province have funded the building of a house for the family of Barau Thi Tieu of the Raglai ethnic minority group. Tieu made a substantial contribution...
The Vietnam Agent Orange Relief and Responsibility Campaign will continue its efforts to claim compensation for AO victims in Vietnam, said Susan Marina Schnall, the co-chairperson of the campaign. Schnall, who leads a visiting delegation of the...
