The Da Nang Youth Union and the City Students’ Association will present 1,500 free tickets, worth VND300million in total, to needy students at universities and colleges in the City, according to Nguyen Hoai Nam, Deputy-Secretary of the Da Nang Youth...
The central province of Nghe An has put aside over VND270 billion to give presents to poor laborers and revolutionary contributors during the lunar New Year while the central province of Thua Thien – Hue plans to assist beneficiaries with VND9...
Thousands of joggers will join in the annual Lawrence S. Ting charity walk to raise funds for poor people to help them have an adequate Tet festival, which is just three weeks away. According to the organiser, Phu My Hung joint-venture Company, so...
The Kon Tum Provincial Border Force Command in association with Kon Tum Newspaper and the insurance firm of Prudential on December 30th launched a free healthcare check-up program for people in So Loong Commune, Ngoc Hoi District, Kon Tum. So Loong...
National Assembly Chairman Nguyen Sinh Hung joined a Mong ethnic minority Tet celebration for their traditional festival on January 6 in Long Luong commune, Moc Chau district, as part of his tour to the northwestern province of Son La. The top...
The International SOS Children’s Villages (SCV) has to date provided more than $80 million in aid to build SOS children’s villages in Vietnam, state media reported. The information was released at a meeting between Vietnamese State Vice President...
Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has agreed in principle to the organization of the Consultative Group Meeting for Vietnam in 2012 (CG 2012), the government said on its website. The CG is a platform for discussion between the Vietnamese government and...
The U.S. Embassy in Vietnam has granted $5,000 to the exhibition titled “Using Safe, Rational and Effective Medicine,” held at the Vietnam National Library on Jan 5. The eight-day event is part of U.S.’s cooperation with Vietnam to promote health...
Authorities in Vietnam central province of Ha Tinh have begun construction of a water supply system worth VND3 trillion ($140.84 million) in the Vung Ang Economic Zone in Ky Anh district. The system includes a water reservoir with a daily capacity...
Vietnam attracted $323.21 million worth of foreign direct investment (FDI) in three projects on clean water supply and waste treatment in 2011, compared to $9.1 million in 2010. The figure only accounted for 2.19% of the country’s total FDI of $14....
