In 2012, the northern province of Hoa Binh will strive to build and repair 120 houses for beneficiaries’ families with total capital of VND 4.5 billion. In addition, the province also aims to lift the living standard of 97% of beneficiaries’...
Six poor children have been given free treatment for congenital malformation thanks to the support of FV Hospital via ‘Children of Vietnam Charitable Fund’ and Doctor Godefroy De Miscault from France. The French surgeon has examined and treated six...
Free check-ups and surgeries have been provided for poor people with hare lips, cleft palates and scars in Can Tho City and other provinces in the Mekong Delta. Volunteer doctors and nurses from Germany's Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery...
Thirty families in Quang Phuoc commune, Quang Dien district, in the central province of Thua Thien-Hue, will have biogas facilities under a project funded by the Bretagne Association of France. The project, worth over 277 million VND, will be...
An exhibition of paintings by the late Suzy Cohen entitled “The Love of Color” opened at the Vietnamese House in Paris, France, on March 17 as a fundraiser for Vietnamese children with disabilities and victims of Agent Orange (AO) and Dioxin. Suzy...
On March 14, the Vietnam Association of Victims of Agent Orange (VAVA) received VND 200 million from Prof. Dr. of Science and people’s teacher Phuong Luu who received the Ho Chi Minh Award on science and technology in 2010. Speaking at the ceremony...
The Chinese Tiens Group has donated $60,000 to Vietnamese Agent Orange (AO) victims, through the Vietnam Association for AO/Dioxin Victims, according to the Group’s President Li Yin-yuan. The gift, including $10,000 in cash and the rest in...
The Vietnamese Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment and the German Federal Institute for Geosciences and Natural Resources signed an ODA agreement for a project on underground water management and investigation in the former’s urban areas....
The governments of Vietnam and Netherlands will enhance cooperation in climate and water services as part of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on the issue recently approved by Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung. The MoU was signed by between the...
A number of international organizations Mar 6 gathered at a meeting in Vietnam’s capital city of Hanoi to discuss about forest and climate change issues. The event attracted representatives from the Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR...
