The Vietnamese Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (MoNRE) has officially announced a national climate change strategy; and a climate change and sea level rise scenario for the country. The national strategy is aimed to provide a strong...
Education for Nature Vietnam (ENV), the first non-governmental organization of Vietnam, launched its wildlife protection alliance program in Hanoi on March 7. The program’s key members are businesses operating in Vietnam and pledge to prevent...
The German Embassy in Hanoi will help Vietnam’s central province of Nghe An improve school facilities in rural areas this year, said an official. The embassy will coordinate with the provincial Department of Education and Training to fund the...
Developing education and vocational training will make a great contribution to socio-economic achievements and turn Vietnam into a modern industrialized nation by 2020. This statement was made by Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung at a meeting of the...
The government of Vietnam will spend VND1.6 trillion on a project to upgrade and build schools this year in an effort to further improve the training quality throughout the country. The statement was made by Minister of Education and Training Pham...
The World Bank will funnel an additional $97 million into a rural transport project to reduce travel cost and increase market accessibility for five million people in 32 provinces across Vietnam. The loan contract was signed between representatives...
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the Government of Vietnam signed two loan agreements totaling $180 million on March 9, 2012, to help the country develop its irrigation system and improve urban infrastructure. A $110 million loan was signed for...
Vietnam has succeeded in ensuring human rights for ethnic minority people, said a senior expert from the European Centre in Vietnam. The remark was made by Ewa Chylinski at a workshop on human rights for ethnic minorities in the Central Highland...
Mr. Pham Ngoc Le, deputy director of the Southern Power Corporation (EVN/SPC), said that the corporation is pursuing the project to increase power supply to mainly Khmer ethnic minority families in the two southern provinces of Soc Trang and Tra...
The northern province of Lao Cai has issued its labor export plan for 2011-2015 with a goal to send some 2,500 laborers to work abroad, including 1,500 laborers from poor districts. Under the plan, all laborers will be assisted with fees for...
