The Kon Tum Provincial Department of Labor, War Invalid and Social Affairs, the Kon Tum Youth Culture Centre, “Bright Future” Centre in Hanoi and Kon Tum provincial People’s Committee on April 14th and 15th held “Bright Future” Festival to mark the...
100 poor households in the border Commune of Anong, Tay Giang District, Quang Nam Province have most recently received access to electricity and have been presented with a number of rice and maize seedlings for crop production. Young volunteers have...
Former Deputy Minister Vu Khoan has been deeply concerned about the disparity between social equity and economic efficiency. If the Government focuses solely on growth and neglects equity issues, instability will ensue. However, emphasis on social...
Students who pass entrance exams at universities or vocational training schools, but lack the funds to pursue their studies, will receive more support under a newly-issued directive by Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung. The Prime Minister has required...
Vietnamese Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Thien Nhan has paid a visit to Brazil to learn from the American country’s experience in sustainable poverty reduction, state media reported. The Deputy PM’s visit from April 16-18 was part of a program to...
A photo exhibition, “The culture of ours – Conversations in open space”, opened on April 18th at Ly Thai To Flower Garden to review the Photovoice program launched by the Institute for Social Studies, Economics and Environment (ISSEE) in early 2012...
Ethnic minority groups from various parts of Vietnam are taking part in a cultural market opened in the Vietnamese Ethnic Groups Culture and Tourism Village in Dong Mo tourist area, 40km from Hanoi, on April 19. The market forms part of activities...
- Finland’s Foreign Ministry has funded a EUR500,000 project to help Vietnamese coastal localities adapt to climate change. The project started in the northern central province of Thanh Hoa and the southern province of Ba Ria-Vung Tau in late 2011...
The Vietnam’s Ministry of Transport (MoT) is seeking foreign capitals to build Trung Luong- My Thuan expressway in southern region in 2013, the Thoi Bao Kinh Te Saigon newspaper reported, citing an official. Duong Tuan Minh from Cuu Long Corp for...
New Zealand has committed that it will provide more official development assistance (ODA) for Vietnam, especially in education and training next years, New Zealand Deputy PM and Finance Minister Simon English said. Simon English made the commitment...
