"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...
Nearly 100,000 poor and ethnic minority households in the northern province of Tuyen Quang will eventually benefit from a rural areas support project funded by the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD). The six-year project, which...
According to the Hanoi Department of Labor, War-Invalids and Social Affairs, in the first half of 2012, 10,668 families have escaped poverty, reaching 46.5% of the year’s plan. The Department has proposed to the city People’s Committee adding VND 10...
Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung signed Decision No.75/QD-TTg on June 12 establishing a Central Steering Committee for Sustainable Poverty Reduction in the 2011-2020 period, to be headed by Deputy Prime Minister Vu Van Ninh. The Minister of Labor,...
Senior ASEAN officials are gathering at a meeting in Vietnam’s central city of Danang from June 13-14 to seek solutions to sustainable rural development and poverty reduction. During the ninth event, participants discussed ways to achieve rural...
Rubber cultivation has helped many families, especially from ethnic minorities, in the central province of Binh Thuan escape poverty, according to the province's Department of Agriculture and Rural Development. The province now has nearly 35,000ha...
The Ministry of Education and Training has begun classes for advanced training in the Cham language for 30 ethnic Cham language teachers working in primary schools in central Binh Thuan and Ninh Thuan provinces. The classes will last four and a half...
