Engineering soldiers of the Ninh Binh Provincial Military Command have safely defused two bombs. Earlier, builders found a bomb underground, when they were working in Ca Voi Lake in the Trang An Tourist Resort. Another bomb was found by local...
Vietnamese Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism has called on the International Olympic Committee (IOC)’s rejection against U.S. Dow Chemicals Company’s sponsorship of London Olympics as the firm’s Agent Orange (AO) products have seriously...
Vietnam hopes to receive more support from the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) for hunger elimination and poverty reduction, climate change adaptation, human resource training and HIV/AIDS prevention. Deputy Prime Minister...
The Shan tea project has brought substantial benefits to 760 poor ethnic households in the northern province of Ha Giang, said experts at a workshop held in Hanoi today. Economist Buddhika Samarasinghe, from the Making Markets Work Better for the...
- The Unilever Vietnam Fund has helped to build and upgrade 20 public toilets while improving public awareness of personal and environmental hygiene in 20 communes in 10 districts of 10 cities and provinces nationwide. The five-year project,...
Vietnam’s Ministry of Health May 4 kick-started the second phase of a project to upgrade ten hospitals nationwide using Japan’s official development assistance (ODA) loans, heard a seminar in Hanoi. The ten hospitals include Danang C Hospital in...
The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) has assisted Vietnam in promoting better labor relations amid the rising number of labor strikes, state media reported. Under the U.S.-supported project carried out by the Ministry of Labor,...
The UNESCO Hanoi Office will launch a project on “Promoting World Heritage sites in Vietnam’s Central Region” today [May 8], state media reported. The move aims to connect three World Heritage sites in the region namely the Hue Monuments Complex in...
Vietnam’s Deputy Prime Minister Hoang Trung Hai has approved the technical supporting package worth $1.1 million for the pilot urban railway No.3 from Nhon to Hanoi Railway Station. The project with a total investment of $1 billion was funded by the...
The Japanese government will provide Vietnam with aid worth JPY749 million ($9 million) for building four bridges in the central provinces under a diplomatic note signed recently. The agreement was signed by between the Japanese Ambassador to...
