Japanese International Cooperation Agency (JICA) and Vietnamese Ministry of Finance will sign five credit agreements for some programs and projects in the Southeast Asian nation today [Nov 2]. With the funding, total Japanese official development...
Vietnam always creates favorable conditions for operations of foreign non-governmental organizations (NGOs) in efforts to support the country in poverty reduction and sustainable development. Vice State President Nguyen Thi Doan made the statement...
The Japanese International Cooperation Agency (JICA) will provide an official development assistance (ODA) to build infrastructure for Lach Huyen deepwater port in the Vietnamese northern city of Haiphong. The loan, worth JPY21 billion ($278 million...
Vice President of Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) Izumi Arai and Vietnamese Minister of Finance Vuong Dinh Hue Wednesday signed a $1.2 billion loan agreement for six projects. The funding include 04 agreements for 1st batch of fiscal...
Total official development assistance (ODA) for Vietnam is likely to rise JPY200 billion ($2.56 billion) in the 2011 fiscal year, up JPY50 billion compared to the previous fiscal year. Vice President of Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA)...
The State Bank of Vietnam, the country’s central bank, yesterday [Nov 3] mandated the Bank for Investment and Development of Vietnam (BIDV) to allocate $330 million from a World Bank’s loan for Trung Son hydropower project in the central region....
International donors have pledged $64.32 billion in official development assistance (ODA) for Vietnam so far, the Ministry of Planning and Investment said in its report released at a recent meeting in Hanoi. The fund have poured in the areas as...
The Vietnamese government has decided to uplift the living standards of the people of ethnic minority groups in the central highland region by providing more educational facilities from 2011-2015. The government plans to invest more in education and...
Vietnam has proposed the Japanese Ministry of Finance to increase official development assistance (ODA) for a poverty reduction program or climate change program, Finance Minister Vuong Dinh Hue said. Hue made the proposal at his working session...
Vietnam is estimated to have recorded 595,000 hungry families between Jan and Oct, with 2.49 million starveling people, down 17% and 10% from a year earlier, respectively. The figures include 15,100 hungry house holds with 66,800 starveling people...
