Vietnam and the Asian Development Bank (ADB) May 5 signed a $1 billion agreement on improving and expanding local clean water supply networks from now till 2020, the Vietnamnet online newspaper reported May 5. The lending deal was inked by Governor...
The French Development Agency (AFD) has pledged to grant EUR1-million technical assistance to Vietnam’s medical sector, state media reported April 30. Minister of Planning and Investment Vo Hong Phuc and General Director of AFD Dov Michel Zerah and...
The annual global campaign entitled Save Lives: Clean Your Hands was launched by the Vietnamese Ministry of Health and the World Health Organization (WHO) May 4. The campaign is aimed to improve the public awareness of the importance of hand washing...
Vietnam and the French Development Agency (AFD) May 5 signed a EUR1-million agreement for technical assistance to Vietnam’s medical sector in the future, state media reported May 5. A deal to this effect was inked by Minister of Planning and...
France will provide a loan of EUR20 million to help Ho Chi Minh City achieve its socio-economic development objectives, meet the challenges of its urban growth and encourage measures to cope with climate change. The financing agreement is expected...
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has provided 114 sovereign loans totaling $9.09 billion for Vietnam since the communist nation has become its member in 1996, the Tien phong newspaper reported May 5. ADB has given Vietnam 255 technical assistance...
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) will arrange loans worth $1.3 billion for Vietnam in the coming years and speed up the public-private partnership (PPP) model, State Bank of Vietnam (SBV)’s governor, Nguyen Van Giau, said. Giau made the statement at...
The Vietnamese Ministry of Finance and the French Development Agency (AFD) on May 5 inked a credit agreement worth EUR20 million for development projects in Ho Chi Minh City. The program, partially financed by AFD through Ho Chi Minh Finance and...
Vietnam Thursday signed an agreement with the Asian Development Bank (ADB) for a financial assistance package worth $1.38 billion for water, environment and transport projects, state media reported May 6. The agreement was signed by Governor of the...
E-idea, an innovative competition, co-held by the British Council and the Lloyd’s Register Quality Assurance (LRQA), to seek solutions to protect the environment and cope with climate change, has been launched in Vietnam. The competition’s...
