More than 47,000 poor students in Binh Dinh have been provided with preferential loans worth in total VND 677 billion (around $32.5 million) over the past three years. In response to the Government’s Decision No 157/2007/QD-TTg on lending for...
The Prime Minister has approved a pilot project on sustainable socio-economic development, poverty reduction and the mitigation of natural disasters in 32 coastal communes from 2011 to 2015, with an expected investment of VND 3.3 trillion. The...
The northern mountainous province of Cao Bang is benefiting from 50 non-governmental projects worth a total of VND120 billion, according to a conference held in Cao Bang town on May 27. Presentations at the conference, held by the provincial...
The UN Convention against Corruption (UNCAC), which Viet Nam ratified in mid 2009 has become a key component in the efforts to tackle corruption in the country. As a member of this Convention, Viet Nam has committed to constantly report to the...
Japan-invested Mitsui & Co. Vietnam Ltd plans to build an international hospital and a healthcare resort in Vietnam in the coming years, heard a meeting between Vu Tien Loc, chairman of Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry (VCCI) and Mitsui...
Vietnam is among countries that have the highest growth rate of diabetes patients worldwide with the current over 6% of its total population, versus only 2.7% in 2001, said Nguyen Thi Lam, deputy head of the National Nutrition Institute. The...
Vietnam recorded an estimated of 5,000 people hospitalized for food poisoning annually in the 2006-2010 period, including over 50 fatalities, statistics by the Ministry of Health showed. The country reported 22 food poisoning cases in the first four...
Authorities of Vietnam’s capital city of Hanoi will spend VND373 billion ($18 million) to improve and expand clean water supply system in two outlying districts from now up to 2013, state media reported May 9. Of the sum, more than VND196 billion...
The Vietnamese Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment will submit a national strategy on coping with climate change to the government for approval by early June 2011, Deputy Minister Tran Hong Ha said. The draft strategy is expected to be...
The World Bank (WB) has agreed to provide an additional $29.5 million loan to help continue a sub-project to improve environmental sanitation in Vietnam’s central province of Quang Binh, a WB representative said. An agreement to this effect will be...
