Japan will continue to support Vietnam’s development through provision of official development assistance (ODA), Prime Minister Noda Yoshihiko said at a reception for visiting Vietnamese Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc in Tokyo on July 1. At...
Japan will help Vietnam promote fair competition in the business market through a JPY140 million ($1.75 million) project which has started this week, state media reported. The agreement to the project was signed between the Japan International...
The International Association of Democratic Lawyers (IADL) has called on the Human Rights Council to protect the right to life of Vietnamese Agent Orange victims, at the current 20th session of this UN organization. Senior Lieutenant General Nguyen...
Up to 25 households in Nha Be District, HCM City are now living in temporary houses after their land was provided to a project to build Saigon-Hiep Phuoc Port. In August 2009, they gave their land to the project and the investor promised to hand...
Korean and Vietnamese doctors have provided free medical check-ups for more than 270 poor people suffering from deformity in Mekong Delta provinces. After conducting thorough tests from June 22-28, doctors performed surgery for nearly 130 people....
Flood-proof houses will be built for 700 poor households in 14 communes in seven provinces in the north central and central regions. The price of a flood-proof house is estimated at least VND30 million ($1,420). Work will begin in October. Next...
Nearly 17,000 poor people in Vietnam have gained better incomes and livelihoods thanks to the Vietnam Challenge Fund (VCF) as part of the “Making Markets Work Better for the Poor Phase 2” (M4P2) project funded by international donors. The...
The rich-poor gap in Vietnam has become wider amid the rising number of U.S. dollar millionaires, the Central Institute for Economic Management (CIEM) said. In last year’s first half, the country’s millionaires increased by 33% over the previous...
Vietnam has reported 359,500 hungry families in the first half of this year, with 1.5 million starveling people, falling 30.9% and 30.2% on year, respectively. Most of them are living in rural and remote mountainous provinces, central coastal areas...
Heroin detoxification programs in northwestern provinces are achieving satisfactory results, despite many obstacles, said Do Thi Ninh Xuan, deputy director of the Ministry of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs' Department for the Prevention of...
