- More than 120 Vietnamese children with genital deformities will receive free treatment under a scheme run by the Asia Injury Prevention Foundation. The operations will be performed during a two-week visit by Dr Robert De Castro, a leading Italian...
Germany Innovent eV Technology Development Institute has agreed to assist Vietnam Glass and Ceramic Joint Stock Corp. (Viglacera) in developing energy-saving glass in the country, state media reported. A memorandum of understanding to this effect...
The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) has joined hands with the Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism of Vietnam’s central province of Thua Thien-Hue to develop Thanh Toan Bridge in Thuy Thanh commune into a destination for community...
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) will provide $600 million worth of loans for Vietnam to help the country restructure some state groups and corporations, Minister of Finance Vuong Dinh Hue said. Song Da Holdings will be the first pilot with a loan...
The Japanese Government will provide $2.08 million in non-fundable aid to help seven coastal provinces in the Mekong Delta region tackle climate change. The localities involving in the one-year project, which has been recently approved by the...
A delegation from the Vietnam Association of Victims of Agent Orange/Dioxin (VAVA) met with members of the Korean Victims of Agent Orange Veterans Association (KAOVA) in Seoul, the Republic of Korea, on June 6. VAVA’s President, Senior Lieutenant...
The U.S. government should be responsible for Vietnamese people who have suffered from serious consequences caused by Agent Orange/dioxin residue left in the Vietnam War, said an American scientist. U.S.’s government and chemical companies need to...
Three children aged 10-12 were injured yesterday after a fragmentation bomb suddenly exploded in northern eastern Quang Ninh Province's Vinh Ninh District. The accident occurred because the children, who were playing on a local hill, tried to smash...
The Vietnamese government has targeted to lower the rate of poor households in the central region to below 10% by 2020 from the current 22%, Deputy Prime Minister Hoang Trung Hai said. Hai made the statement at the closing of the 2012 mid-year...
The Vietnamese government has pledged to increase its spending on poverty reduction and disaster mitigation next years despite economic uncertainties, Minister of Planning and Investment Bui Quang Vinh said. Vinh made the statement at the closing of...
