General News

  • The first forum on Vietnam-Switzerland cooperative university education program was held in Hanoi on October 12 by the Ministry of Education and Training and the Swiss Embassy. The event was part of the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed by...
    Tuesday, 18th October, 2011
  • Representatives from China, Japan, South Korea and Vietnam gathered at the 13th BESATOHA forum in Tokyo October 11 -12 to discuss education cooperation issues. Under the theme “Integration of Knowledge-the Role of Universities in an Age of Advanced...
    Tuesday, 18th October, 2011
  • The Czech is willing to cooperate and support Vietnam in the fields which the European country has advantages and will continue to provide official development assistance (ODA) to Vietnam. Czech Minister of Industry and Trade, Martin Kocourex made...
    Tuesday, 18th October, 2011
  • The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the Vietnamese government Oct 13 signed a $293 million loan agreement for construction of an urban railway to reduce critical traffic congestion in Hanoi. The agreement was signed by State Bank of Vietnam...
    Tuesday, 18th October, 2011
  • The World Bank (WB) will support Vietnam to promote export competitiveness, the government said on its website Oct 12. The information was released at a conference on evaluating the status of trading and improvement strategic system, held by Vietnam...
    Tuesday, 18th October, 2011
  • The European Union (EU) will continue providing official development assistance (ODA) for development projects in Vietnam, EU affirmed at 8th meeting held in Belgium’s Brussels.  Accordingly, the EU fund will focus on poverty reduction,...
    Tuesday, 18th October, 2011
  • The Vietnamese Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) has urged to tighten control over chemical substances used in food processing in a move to protect health of the consumers. The move followed a recent rumor about the so-called “...
    Tuesday, 18th October, 2011
  • Authorities of Vietnam’s southern province of Vinh Long will spend VND400 billion ($19.23 million) on clean water supply projects from now until 2015. The projects will focus on building and upgrading tap water supply stations and expanding...
    Tuesday, 18th October, 2011
  • A Southeast Asian conference on sewerage and wastewater treatment towards sustainable development is taking place in Vietnam’s southern city of Vung Tau from Oct 12-13. The two-day event draws the participations of senior experts and leaders of...
    Tuesday, 18th October, 2011
  • Israel’s Global Environmental Solutions (GES) is showing its interest in a clean water supply project in Vietnam’s southern province of Binh Phuoc with a total investment of $37 million in the 2011-2016 period. The information was released at a...
    Tuesday, 18th October, 2011