Hanoi has planned to build and repair 3,780 houses for the poor in the final two months of the year with an expected cost of nearly VND 95 billion. Each family will be assisted with VND 20 million. In addition, poor families are allowed to borrow...
The southern province of Hau Giang has completed the building of over 2,000 houses for the poor as a result of the Prime Minister’s decision to support housing for the poor. The houses built account for 99% of the housing demand. However, the...
Since 2009 the northern province of Bac Kan has invested over VND 65 billion with nearly VND 30 billion from the community to support the building of 2,601 houses for poor families, including 2,447 ethnic minority families. The information was...
Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has approved a non-refundable project for the country’s Agent Orange victims granted by the government of Czech Republic. The Ministry of Planning and Investment was asked to work with the Czech government...
An art program was held in Canada by the Vietnamese Embassy and the association of fellow-countrymen from Thuy Nguyen, Haiphong province with the support from impresario Vo Duy My. The program with the performance of meritorious artist Viet Hoan,...
Many Vietnamese scientists and authorities strongly rejected two hydropower projects which are proved to seriously affect the environment, including the ecosystem, the migration of fish, wildlife, river currents and water saturation. Almost all 20...
Authorities in Vietnam’s capital city of Hanoi have approved a VND969 billion ($46.36 million) project on building a waste treatment complex in the outlying district of Soc Son, the Lao Dong newspaper reported. The facility, to be built on a 737,300...
The World Bank (WB) and the State Bank of Vietnam Oct 21 signed an agreement to lend $25 million more to the Vietnam Avian and Human Influenza Control and Preparedness Project (VAHIP) in the 2011-2014 period. Of the sum, $10 million from the...
The French Development Agency (AFD) has agreed to fund EUR8 million ($11 million) to expand one of the most famous tourist destinations in Vietnam’s northern region, state media reported. Sa Pa town in the northwestern province of Lao Cai will...
The Japan International Co-operation Agency (JICA) will assist over $3 million to the second phase of a project to develop a multi-functional agricultural cooperative model in Vietnam. The “Enhancing Functions of Agricultural Co-operative in Vietnam...
