Dengue fever has sickened 7,200 Vietnamese people in the first three months of this year, killing five people, the government’s General Statistics Office (GSO) said. In Feb, the country recorded 2,600 dengue fever patients with one death, compared...
The World Bank (WB) has approved a total of $522 million in credit for three projects to develop urban, energy, and forest sectors in Vietnam, state media reported, citing a WB’s press release. Of the sum, $292 million will go to the Mekong...
Japan will provide JPY527 million ($6.41 million) for Vietnam to implement a project to develop a traffic control system for expressways in the capital city of Hanoi, state media reported on Mar 30. An exchange note to this effect was signed...
Export-Import Bank of Korea (Eximbank) will extend loans totaling $58 million for several development projects in Vietnam via the Economic Development Cooperation Fund, set up by the Korean government in 1987. Korea Eximbank Chairman And President...
India pledged to assist Vietnam in developing its agriculture production areas including biotechnology, rice cultivation technique, livestock husbandry, irrigation, aquatics and crop breeding. The commitment was made by Indian Agriculture Minister...
The movie "Chuyen cua Pao" (Pao’s Story) was screened in Paris on March 24 during the second Francophone film festival, transporting French audiences to beautiful scenery and presenting the daily lives of the Mong ethnic group in northwestern...
Vietnam has reported 200,400 hungry families between Jan and Mar, with 827,100 starveling people, falling 33.4% and 32.8% from a year earlier, respectively. In February, the country also recorded 53,900 hungry households, with 214,700 people in dire...
Authorities in Vietnam’s capital city of Hanoi have set the target of lowering the rate of poor households by 1.5%-2% or 2,320 poor households this year, compared to 116,000 needy families as of Oct 2011, heard a recent meeting in the city. Nguyen...
International non-governmental organizations (NGOs) have provided over $16 million in aid for Vietnam’s southern province of Dong Nai over the past five years, heard a recent meeting to review the operations of foreign NGOs in the 2006-2011 period....
Tan Cang-STC Human Resources Development Ltd Co., which specializes in human resources training in seaport, maritime transport services and logistics, made its debut in Ho Chi Minh City on March 21. The company is a joint venture between Vietnam’s...
