The Japanese government plans to recruit a large number of Vietnamese nurses and caregivers for its hospitals under bilateral economic partnership agreement (EPA) between the two countries. The issue will be discussed by between Prime Minister...
Authorities of Vietnam’s northern province of Phu Tho will pour VND1.83 trillion ($87.56 million) into clean water supply projects from now until 2020. Of the sum, VND894.7 billion will be spent in the 2011-2015 period and the rest VND937 billion...
The Vietnamese University of Natural Sciences has joined hands with the German Academic Exchange Service to hold an international conference on environment, changes in land use and environment observation in Hanoi. During the event, German...
More than 300 coastal urban areas in Vietnam will be hit by the negative impacts of climate change and rising sea levels in the coming years, a local official said. Luu Duc Cuong, director of the Center for Environment Research and Planning in Urban...
The Thai Government has donated a total of THB3 million ($100,000) to help victims hurt by the recent floods in Vietnam. Thai Foreign Minister Surapong Tovichakchaikul handed over the money to the Vietnamese Ambassador to Thailand Ngo Duc Thang in...
Denmark has pledged to fund $135 million in official development assistance (ODA) to promote green growth in Vietnam in the 2011-2012 period, the Danish Embassy said at a press conference in Hanoi Oct 19. Speaking at the event, Danish Ambassador...
The Health Department in Vietnam’s southern economic hub of Ho Chi Minh City will ask medical units for proper wastewater treatment systems if they want to receive operating licenses or extend operation deadlines. The move is aimed to cope with the...
Natural disasters claimed 496 Vietnamese lives and caused a loss of around VND16 trillion ($765.55 million) annually in recent five years, Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung said in a report on Oct 20.Natural calamities have been causing huge impacts on...
The Transport Department of Vietnam’s southern economic hub of Ho Chi Minh City is seeking approval from municipal authorities to add VND2.3 trillion from g-bond funds to student dormitory projects in an effort to provide more accommodations for the...
India would increase official development assistance (ODA) to Vietnam in the coming time, in addition to $100 million informed in the meeting of Indian and Vietnamese presidents, Indian Financial Minister Pranab Mukherjee said. Mukherjee made the...
