A television project on ethnic minorities in the period of 2011-2012 (VTV5) will be on air with issues on politics and socio-economy, according to Mr. Lam Kiet Tuong, Deputy-Director of Vietnam Television.Vietnam Television will develop VTV5 to be a...
The International Labor Organization in Vietnam in cooperation with Quang Nam Province on Dec 13 officially kick-started a $1.4-million project of developing tourism combined with reducing poverty in remote areas. The project, lasting until 2013,...
The Ho Chi Minh Youth Organization and the Students’ Society of Hue Economics University in collaboration with the Dakrong District Ho Chi Minh Youth Organization have just launched a program named “Warm clothes for poor school students”. Under the...
The Fund for Agent Orange (AO) victims received total donations of more than VND113 billion ($5.4 million) in 2011, according to the Vietnam Association for Victims of Agent Orange/Dioxin (VAVA). This information was released on December 13 at the...
The sappers of the Thanh Hoa Provincial Military High Command, in association with the Tinh Gia District Command, successfully defused a 500kg-bomb left behind from the war. The huge bomb was found 2m underground by construction workers while...
The United Nations Volunteers (UNV) has joined a conference to promote voluntary activities in Vietnam as well as mobilizing more local volunteers, state media reported. Attending the second national conference on “Volunteerism for Peace and...
A project to build a cultural and tourism village showcasing Vietnamese ethnic groups was introduced to overseas Vietnamese and French investors at a roundtable in Paris on December 10. The project will be built on a total land and water surface...
Beauty Ly Nha Ky and Ms. Madame Wong, Asia-Pacific Enigma Group’s CEO, handed over VND 6 billion to the Centre for the Training of Handicapped Children, Precinct 4, Ho Chi Minh City on December 2nd. The sum was collected on the charity night opening...
Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has approved the negotiation result of the World Bank (WB)’s loan for the 10th Poverty Reduction Credit Support program (PRSC 10). Governor of the State Bank of Vietnam earlier was empowered to sign...
The Mekong Delta city of Can Tho has mobilized VND4.3 billion in 2011 from individuals and organizations to support AO victims. The Can Tho municipal Agent Orange (AO)/Dioxin Victims’ Association used the funds to build 23 new houses and buy 60...
