The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) will help train manpower for Vietnamese plastic sector in an effort to further boost its sustainable development in the future. The agency will cooperate with the Ho Chi Minh City Investment and...
Belgium will grant EUR60 million ($86.2 million) for Vietnam in 2011-2015 under a new co-operation agreement signed in the capital city of Hanoi yesterday [Jun 22], state media reported June 23. The agreement was signed by the Vietnamese Deputy of...
President Nguyen Minh Triet on June 21 cut the ribbon to inaugurate the Him Lam boarding school in Chau Thanh A district of the Mekong delta province of Hau Giang. At the inauguration ceremony, President Triet spoke highly of outstanding efforts in...
About 53 million people nationwide have got covered by health insurance after the Health Insurance Law has been enforced for two years, accounting for over 60 percent of the country’s population. The Health Ministry said on June 22 in addition to 50...
Doctors from the Hanoi Medical University, Saint Paul Hospital, Viet-Tiep Hospital, National Institute of Burns, National Institute of Ophthalmology and the National Hospital of Odonto-Stomatology are providing free voluntary treatment to more than...
Le Mong Dao Education Supporting Fund and Hoa Binh Construction and Real Estate Corporation have donated scholarships to poor and studious students in the city’s Can Gio District. The groups granted 45 scholarships worth VND1 million each to hard-...
About two million Vietnamese children under six have not yet received health insurance cards, said Tong Thi Song Huong, Head of the Health Insurance Department under the Ministry of Health. After two years of implementing the Health Insurance Law,...
Donors from the United Arab Emirates (UAE) have contributed over $500,000 to Vietnam's poor over the past two years. The Embassy of the UAE to Vietnam has acted as a bridge to bring the good-will of many organizations to the needy, including...
Vietnam should raise transparency in using official development assistance (ODA) and improve disbursement form for its poverty reduction projects, an official from the UN Development Program (UNDP) said. The country is facing challenges in ensuring...
Over 1,000 people are expected to take part in a charity walk from Vinh City in the central province of Nghe An to HCM City. Participants from all over the country will set off on July 2 on the 1,560km journey through 16 cities and provinces, before...
