General News

  • The Vietnam Agent Orange Relief and Responsibility Campaign will continue its efforts to claim compensation for AO victims in Vietnam, said Susan Marina Schnall, the co-chairperson of the campaign. Schnall, who leads a visiting delegation of the...
    Monday, 18th June, 2012
  • Nearly 100,000 poor and ethnic minority households in the northern province of Tuyen Quang will eventually benefit from a rural areas support project funded by the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD). The six-year project, which...
    Monday, 18th June, 2012
  • According to the Hanoi Department of Labor, War-Invalids and Social Affairs, in the first half of 2012, 10,668 families have escaped poverty, reaching 46.5% of the year’s plan. The Department has proposed to the city People’s Committee adding VND 10...
    Monday, 18th June, 2012
  • Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung signed Decision No.75/QD-TTg on June 12 establishing a Central Steering Committee for Sustainable Poverty Reduction in the 2011-2020 period, to be headed by Deputy Prime Minister Vu Van Ninh. The Minister of Labor,...
    Monday, 18th June, 2012
  • Senior ASEAN officials are gathering at a meeting in Vietnam’s central city of Danang from June 13-14 to seek solutions to sustainable rural development and poverty reduction. During the ninth event, participants discussed ways to achieve rural...
    Monday, 18th June, 2012
  • Rubber cultivation has helped many families, especially from ethnic minorities, in the central province of Binh Thuan escape poverty, according to the province's Department of Agriculture and Rural Development. The province now has nearly 35,000ha...
    Monday, 18th June, 2012
  • The Ministry of Education and Training has begun classes for advanced training in the Cham language for 30 ethnic Cham language teachers working in primary schools in central Binh Thuan and Ninh Thuan provinces. The classes will last four and a half...
    Monday, 18th June, 2012
  • More than 250 teachers in the Central Highland province of Kon Tum have completed an intensive training program focused on the special needs of disabled and ethnic students as part of a US-funded project. At a ceremony held on June 14 in Kon Tum,...
    Monday, 18th June, 2012
  • Nearly 30,000 Vietnamese and Lao people have been benefited both directly and indirectly through a project for HIV/AIDS prevention and VCT (Voluntary Testing and Counseling) facilities among ethnic minorities farming communities residing along route...
    Monday, 18th June, 2012
  • An exhibition featuring the best moments in the daily life of ethnic people living in the Bay Nui (7 Mountains) Land in the southern province of An Giang is being held at the Ho Chi Minh City Photography Association. The event showcases 80 photos...
    Monday, 18th June, 2012