A Vietnamese delegation led by Defense Deputy Minister Sen. Lt. Gen. Nguyen Chi Vinh left Hanoi July 14 for a working visit to the U.S. to seek further support in surmounting the consequences of war-time landmines and unexploded ordnance (UXO)....
The Prime Minister has signed off on a decision approving the Viet Nam Bank for Social Policies' development strategies for 2011-20 period, calling the bank a vital tool to reduce poverty. The strategies are meant to facilitate implementation of...
The Vietnam People’s Army Newspaper, in association with Hanoi Housing Development and Investment Joint Stock Company 5 and Quang Tri Command, started construction of 8 gratitude houses in Dakrong, Huong Hoa, Vinh Linh and Hai Lang districts, Quang...
Doctors from Can Tho's Sponsoring Association for Poor Patients on Sunday gave free medical check-ups to 800 poor patients in Thai Hoa, Thanh Hoi, and Thanh Phuoc villages in Binh Duong Province's Tan Uyen District. They also presented blankets and...
Primary, secondary, and junior school teachers work 60 to 70 hours a week, but half of them get paid below the national average, a workshop heard in HCM City on Wednesday. Delegates at the "Solution to reform teachers training and fostering"...
Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has asked relevant ministries to implement the second phase of the Resolution 167, for building a minimum of 500,000 houses in 62 of the poorer districts in the country. At a national conference to review the Housing...
Around 6,100 Khmer households in southern Tra Vinh Province have been provided with electricity. The connections have been provided under a project that began in July last year to supply power to 18,901 Khmer families in the province. (Vietnam News...
A ceremony was held in Buon Ma Thuot City, Dak Lak province on July 17 to honor outstanding ethnic minority individuals and those who have rendered great services to the stability and development of the Central Highlands. It is also to mark the...
More than 6,000 households, most of them ethnic Khmer, in the Mekong Delta province of Tra Vinh have been linked to the power grid under an ongoing project that seeks to achieve universal electrification. At the end of the VND228 billion ($10.94...
- The Japanese government will provide $250,000 in aid to upgrade two primary schools in Nhat Tan district, Hung Yen province and Thai Hong commune, Thai Binh provinces. The signing ceremony for the grant contract was held in Hanoi on July 17...
