General News

  • The Tay Nguyen (Central Highlands) provinces have provided free housing to 18,695 ethnic-minority households with a total population of 80,000, according to the region's Steering Committee. The Central Highlands provinces have also invested more...
    Monday, 17th September, 2012
  • - The U.S. CDC’s Animal-Human Interface Initiative/Influenza Program (AHI/IP) in Vietnam and the Department of Animal Health (DAH) of the Vietnam Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD), on September 12th established a new Cooperative...
    Monday, 17th September, 2012
  • Vietnamese officials and lecturers from the U.K.’s leading research universities discussed opportunities to develop and apply new clean energy resources at a conference in Danang city on Sept 10. The U.K.-Vietnam clean energy conference (U.K.-VN...
    Monday, 17th September, 2012
  • Vietnam and Kazakhstan have agreed to enhance cooperation in energy exploration and production, especially oil and gas, to tap the countries’ huge potential, said State President Truong Tan Sang. The two countries will cooperate on energy projects...
    Monday, 17th September, 2012
  • Vietnam is seeking more international community support to protect and ensure legitimate rights of 13 million workers of vulnerable groups, said an official from the Ministry of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs (MoLISA). The statement was made...
    Monday, 17th September, 2012
  • The Hanoi People’s Committee and the Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC) on September 12 signed a memorandum of understanding on promoting investment in infrastructure projects in the city. Under the agreement, the two sides will create...
    Monday, 17th September, 2012
  • Central Power Corporation, a unit of the Vietnam Electricity Group (EVN), the country’s sole power distributor, is seeking bidders to supply hydro-mechanical and electro-mechanical equipment for a hydropower project in the central province of Thua...
    Monday, 17th September, 2012
  • The World Bank has approved $449 million to fund a power distribution project in Vietnam, enabling the country to raise its electricity supply capacity amid poor services caused by monopoly. The Distribution Efficiency Project costing a total of $...
    Monday, 17th September, 2012
  • Livestock food processing ANCO Agriculture International Joint Stock Company gave away 87 scholarships worth over VND150 million ($7,200) to Agent Orange/dioxin-affected pupils in Dong Nai Province on the occasion of the start of the new school year...
    Monday, 10th September, 2012
  • The University of Zacatecas, in Mexico’s Autonomous State of Zacatecas (UAZ-Zacatecas), has donated 20 wheelchairs to help Vietnamese Agent Orange (AO)/dioxin victims. The university’s Rector, Dr. Francisco Javier Dominguez, handed over the gifts on...
    Monday, 10th September, 2012