As many as 100 domestic and foreign schools and educational enterprises are taking part in the third International Education Development Fair in Vietnam’s southern economic hub of Ho Chi Minh City from May 7-10. The four-day annual event highlights...
The Ministry of Education and Training has asked departments of education and training, universities, colleges and schools to organize effective activities for students during summer 2011. Accordingly, students will participate in summer volunteer...
Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has decided to provide an additional 4,995 tons of rice from the national reserves for hunger relief in five provinces, the government said on its website late Thursday. Of the sum, the northern province of...
The European Union (EU) has granted EUR11 million for an environment and society responsible tourism (ESRT) development program in Vietnam in the 2011-2015 period. The Vietnamese government will contribute around EUR1 million to the program that...
Switzerland’s State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (Seco) will provide a non-refundable aid of EUR2.34 million to help Vietnam carry out its renewable energy development program (REDP). The assistance followed an agreement signed yesterday [May 10...
India has committed to working closely with Vietnamese agencies in carrying out the government project on training officials and managers abroad under state budget funds, or Project 165. The commitment was made at working sessions between Indian...
Australia plans to increase its official development assistance (ODA) for Vietnam to AUD137.9 million ($150 million) in 2011-2012, up 8.2% compared to last year’s estimated budget for the country, the Australian Embassy announced May 11.“The...
Women with HIV/AIDS in Vietnam will benefit a small loan worth $350 each from a program funded by the United State Agency for International Development (USAID), state media reported. The program titled “HIV at Work” was dealt with in the memorandum...
The Hanns Seidel Foundation (HSF) of Germany has been granted a license to establish a representative office in Vietnam. The Vietnam Union for Friendship Organizations (VUFO) handed over the license to HSF at a ceremony held in Hanoi on May 12....
Since 2001, during the implementation of the campaign for the poor launched by Ho Chi Minh City Fatherland Front, the fund for the poor has received over VND740.5 billion from thousands of organizations, enterprises and people. The Nhan dan...
