The British Embassy and the British Vietnam University in Hanoi organized a ceremony on November 5 to announce the Prince Andrew Scholarships for 2012 to outstanding Vietnamese students. The Prince Andrew Scholarships 2011 were given to four...
The Vietnamese government has decided to uplift the living standards of ethnic minority groups in the central highlands region by providing more educational facilities from 2011-2015. The government plans to invest more in education and vocational...
Vietnam and the U.K. signed an agreement on developing tertiary education in Hanoi on Nov 4, as part of their efforts to boost the bilateral ties in the field. Signatories were the British Ambassador to Vietnam, Anthony Stokes, and the Director of...
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) will provide Vietnam with loans worth $190 million to build Hanoi University of Science and Technology of (USTH) – a state-of-the-art institution. An agreement to this effect was signed in Hanoi on Nov 10 by Governor...
Policymakers, education managers, lecturers and researchers of Vietnam and Australia gathered at a meeting in Hanoi on Nov 10 to share information on education and to promote bilateral ties in the field. Addressing the Vietnam-Australia future...
Vietnam has been officially added to the list of the nations that are facing the water shortage due to uncontrolled exploitation, experts warned. The average surface water per capita in Vietnam in 2010 was 3,850cu.m per annum. Countries are...
Authorities of Vietnam’s central province of Quang Binh will spend VND2.4 trillion ($114.83 million) on clean water supply and environmental sanitation projects by 2020. Of the sum, 40% will be sourced from the state budget and the rest 60% will...
The World Bank (WB) has provided Vietnam with non-refundable aid, preferential credits and loans worth $13.5 billion so far to help the country in its national development. The information was released at a conference on Vietnam-WB cooperation held...
The President of the World Bank (WB), Robert Bob Zoellick, has declared that the global lender will continue to offer substantial amounts of financing over the medium term to support Vietnam’s public investment program and reforms. Zoellick also...
The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) has pledged JPY350 million ($4.5 million) as non-refundable government aid to help Vietnam improve food safety. The Japanese agency, the Vietnam Sanitary and Phytosanitary Notification Authority and...
