The government of South Korea will provide an official development aid worth $100 million for Vietnam to build a data center at Hoa Lac Hi-tech Park, aiming to help improve the latter’s IT infrastructure in the future. Vietnam’s Ministry of...
Argentina’s Foreign Ministry, the Science and Technology Ministry and the National Council for Scientific and Technical Research (CONICET) will organize a delegation to Vietnam from Feb. 18-22 to seek investment opportunities in the technology...
Nearly VND539 billion ($2.6 million) has been allocated for the national agricultural promotion program in 2012, according to the National Agricultural Promotion Centre. The fund is used for agricultural co-operation, training, and building...
On Feb. 15 the Hanoi People’s Committee allocated VND6 billion ($286,000) for poverty reduction in the northern provinces of Cao Bang, Lang Son and Bac Giang. The funds were raised by contributions from the business community. The donation is to...
Saigon Cyclo Challenge 2012, a community fund-raising charity event, will be organized morning of March 10 at the Crescent Mall in District 7 in Ho Chi Minh City. The annual charity event provides a platform for companies to engage in some healthy,...
Vietnam will allocate VND5.8 trillion from the state budget for the education and training sector this year, rising 5.4% over the previous year, in an effort to further improve its quality. Of the figure, regular spending is VND4.83 trillion,...
The Australian Agency for International Development will grant 250 scholarships to Vietnamese citizens for their postgraduate studies in this country next year. The Australian Development scholarships aim to increase the capacity and leadership...
Vietnam and Laos will increase the quality and efficiency of bilateral cooperation in education and human resource development in the 2011-2020 period. This is part of a cooperation agreement signed in Vientiane on February 9 between Vietnamese...
The World Bank (WB) in collaboration with authorities in Vietnam’s southern city of Can Tho held a conference on Feb 8 to outline measures to deal with the negative impacts of climate change in the coming years. Local authorities should combine...
Vietnam is likely to dump 44 million tons of solid waste per year by 2015, greatly threatening environment and community health, the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (MoNRE) said. The figure was released by MoNRE in a report on...
