Vietnamese Prim Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has ratified negotiation results for a project to upgrade urban areas in the Mekong Delta funded by the World Bank (WB). The PM has authorized Governor of the State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) Nguyen Van Binh...
The government of South Korea will increase official development assistance (ODA) for Vietnam to $1.2 billion in 2012-2015, compared to $1 billion in 2008-2011, the Ministry of Planning and Investment (MPI) said. The MPI was quoted by the Cong...
Vietnam’s Chamber of Commerce and Industry (VCCI) and the U.S.’s Fair Labor Association (FLA) April 11 signed a two-year agreement for a project to bolster the management of sustainable corporate social responsibility for local garment and footwear...
Vietnam’s Ambassador to the U.S. Nguyen Quoc Cuong had a talk with representatives of 50 U.S. businesses and associations in Washington on April 11 to call for supports during the Trans-Pacific Strategic Economic Partnership (TPP) Agreement...
The ninth Ethnic Minorities Sports Festival officially kicked off on April 13 in the Central Highland province of Dak Lak. The three-day event features competition between 650 athletes belonging to 14 ethnic minority groups in 15 Central Highland...
The Viet Nam's ethnic minority cultural festival will take place in Hanoi's Son Tay Township on April 18-19, with participation of 13 ethnic groups from eight cities and provinces in the country, the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism has...
President Truong Tan Sang yesterday called on leaders of Son La Province to work out measures to increase incomes for local residents to help them throw off the shackles of poverty and lead rewarding lives. During his two-day trip to the northern...
Viet Nam now has nearly 1,200 eye doctors working at hospitals in 211 districts, accounting for 30% of total number of districts in the country, according to the Viet Nam National Institute of Ophthalmology. Due to the shortage of ophthalmologists,...
The Vietnam Fatherland Front in Ho Chi Minh City on April 10th held a conference to summaries the mobilization “For the poor” in 2011. According to reports, the City’s mobilization boards for the poor had actively launched a series of mobilizations...
A bomb exploded on April 10 during construction work taking place on a section of National Highway 1A in Nghi Yen commune, Nghi Loc district, in the central province of Nghe An. The blast caused long and deep cracks on the highway, which seriously...
