Vietnam attracted $387.48 million worth of foreign direct investment (FDI) in 26 projects on clean water supply and waste treatment as of Aug 20, showed statistics by the Ministry of Planning and Investment. The FDI inflow to such two projects stood...
The German Society for International Cooperation (GIZ) and authorities of Vietnam’s Mekong Delta province of Soc Trang signed an aid agreement worth EUR3 million for a coastal natural resources management project on Sept 8. The project will focus on...
The 2005 Environment Protection Law and guiding documents have become inappropriate in current conditions, overlapping the other laws, Dr. Nguyen Van Phuong from Hanoi Law University said.Phuong said at a seminar on proposing the law amendment held...
Vietnam started to raise monthly learning-purposed loan for each student to VND1 million from an earlier VND900,000 from August 1, 2011 under Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung’s recent decision. Accordingly, a student can now apply for a loan of VND10...
More than 30 teachers of Mau Lam Primary School in Vietnam’s northern central province of Thanh Hoa on Sept 6 quitted teaching to demand for higher monthly salary, state media reported. Le Huu Hoa, chairman of Mau Lam communal People’s...
Teachers and parents as well as representatives from SCC, the local authority and Poristes Stiftung join forces in the ground-breaking ceremony for Phu Can kindergarten. Saigon Children’s Charity (SCC) and its sponsoring partners this September will...
The Hanoi Medical University (HMU) should develop towards becoming a model health sciences university, said Dinh The Huynh, Politburo member, Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee (CPVCC). He made the statement at a meeting...
The Ministry of Education and Training has urged the 12 provinces and one city in the Cuu Long (Mekong) River Delta to focus on the important measures agreed to achieve education goals by 2015. Speaking at a workshop in Can Tho yesterday, Minister...
The World Wildlife Fund (WWF) office in Germany and the German government have committed to fund EUR8.2 million ($11.7 million) to help Vietnam protect forests, the German embassy in Hanoi announced Sept 1. Of the total, $10.3 million will come from...
France is willing to provide loans for infrastructure development projects in Vietnam’s southern economic hub of Ho Chi Minh City, officials from the French Development Agency (AFD) said. They made the commitment at a meeting with Vice Chairman of...
