The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) will deploy a project worth of $138 million to support infrastructure development in 15 northern mountainous provinces in the 2011-2016 period. The project aims to eradicate poverty, upgrade...
The Vietnamese government had effectively used the World Bank (WB)’s financial support, particularly in education and social security, Managing Director Mahmoud Mohieldin said. Mohieldin made the statement at a meeting with Vietnam’s Deputy Prime...
Sappers from the Engineering Brigade 414, under Military Zone 4, have defused a 1,000-pound bomb in Ha Tinh Province. The bomb was found underground in Phuc Lap Village (Ky Thuong Commune, Ky Anh District, Ha Tinh Province), in the Vung Ang Economic...
A delegation of U.S. Veterans for Peace (VFP) is touring around Vietnam in a fortnight-trip to some areas with high dioxin residue left in the Vietnam War in an effort to ease pains of Vietnamese Agent Orange victims. With the participation of 15...
Foreign military attaches will call on foreign governments and international organizations to continue supporting Vietnam in clear postwar bombs, landmines and unexploded ordnance (UXO), Colonel Didier Oustric, French military attache, affirmed....
During the implementation of the Vietnamese government’s program on rapid and sustainable poverty reduction in 62 poor districts of the country, over VND30 trillion have been spent building infrastructure and expanding production over the past three...
Vietnam has reported 61,300 hungry families this month, with 261,000 starveling people, falling 16.7% and 20.2% from a year earlier, respectively. The figures of hungry households and hungers accounted for 0.6% of the total farming households and 0....
The 6th Gong Culture Festival of Lam Dong province was held from April 20-24 in Don Duong district, Lam Dong province, featuring over 300 gong artisans from 12 troupes in the locality. The gong troupes represented the two major ethnic groups in Lam...
- A European Commission-funded project has helped over 800 children who were at risk of remaining homeless in Vietnam have a stable life and nearly 600 street children have been returned to their families. The results were announced at a conference...
South Korea’s Jeju tourism authority will assist Vietnam’s southern economic hub of Ho Chi Minh City in developing river tourism next years, said an official. The Jeju tourism authority is experienced in developing ecotourism projects which are...
