The Vietnam Joint Stock Commercial Bank for Industry and Trade (VietinBank), on July 13th, handed over 333 houses, worth more than VND10 billion, to needy families in Son Hoa District and Song Cau Town in Phu Yen province. Present at the hand-over...
Authorities in Vietnam’s central highlands province of Dak Nong has spend VND100 billion on a project to help stabilize lives of 150 households of ethnic minority people. The project has benefit local residents in the two commune of Bu Prang No.1...
The European Union Delegation to Vietnam co-chaired an international conference on ethnic minorities in Hanoi on July 12-13 to help raise voice of the groups which are said to suffer the government’s indifferent policies. Led by Juan-Jose Almagro...
The Government is funding a project to assist 150 M'nong ethnic minority families in Dak Nong Province in the Central Highlands to return to two villages they abandoned in 1975. The Tuy Duc District People's Committee is giving each of them 400sq.m...
A two-day workshop opened in Hanoi on July 12 to discuss human rights among ethnic minorities in Vietnam and share European and Southeast Asian countries' experiences in the field. A number of papers emphasizing the strategic importance of Party and...
- Four hundred students from seven south-eastern provinces and Hanoi have received Binh Duong Province's "Sharing the Dream" scholarships worth a total of VND1.2 billion ($58,000). This annual program, funded by Tuoi Tre newspaper and Thai business...
Authorities in Vietnam’s southern province of An Giang have called on foreign non-governmental organizations (NGOs) to provide aids for 33 projects in the 2012-2016 period. Local authorities made the call at a recent meeting with representatives of...
Authorities of Vietnam’s central city of Danang and the Spanish NGO Paz y Desarrollo (PyD) on July 9 jointly launched a school-based violence prevention project, the first of this kind in the country. The project will be implemented until 2014 with...
Japan has pledged that it will help Vietnam implement a number of infrastructure projects such as the Cai-Mep Thi Vai International Airport, urban railway network and upgrading other roads and bridges. Japan underlined its commitment in a statement...
The Global Fund for Education of the United Nations has provided a non-refundable aid worth $84.6 million to develop a new model of primary schools in Vietnam (VNEN), state media reported on Jul 12. The model is highly appreciated and supported...
