Vietnam’s central province of Thua Thien Hue and the Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) have reached an agreement on a project to adjust Hue city’s general planning a budget of $3.5 million funded by the South Korean government. The two-...
The Vietnamese Ministry of Transport has issued a list of seven transport infrastructure projects to seek loans from the World Bank (WB), the Dau tu newspaper reported April 20. The projects include upgrading and maintaining national road network...
The World Bank (WB) has provided Vietnam’s central city of Danang with Trace software to help the city raise the efficiency of energy use in urban areas. The move is part of the Global Initiative program launched by the WB three years ago in an...
Agilent Technologies Inc., a world’s leading measurement company from the U.S., has pledged to provide Vietnam with technical solutions to help the country develop its petrochemical industry. Agilent Vietnam’s National Director Gordon Tai made the...
Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC) will provide enough capital for pledged projects in Vietnam despite effects of the earthquake and tsunami, Senior Executive Director Fumio Hoshi said. Hoshi made the commitment at a meeting with...
(VOV) - Around 380 ethnic athletes from 9 teams attended the 4th ethnic minorities’ sport festival, which started in the northern province of Dak Lak on April 22. They competed in 8 events such as volleyball, football, tug of war, crossbow shooting...
More than 50 women veterans have gathered at a meeting held on April 21st by the Krong Buk District’s Military Command in the central Highlands Province of Dak Lak. During the resistance war against American invaders, these women, including some...
The 2011-2012 school year will the first year that the Cham ethnic language will be taught at primary schools in Cham ethnic-inhabited areas. The Department of Ethnic Education under the central Ninh Thuan provincial Department of Education and...
The Ministry of Construction's Housing for the Poor Project committee reported on April 20 that 339,805 houses had been newly built or renovated since the program began in 2008. The number accounts for 66 percent of the targeted number of houses to...
Under Decision 167 by the Prime Minister on supporting poor families for their housing, the Ministry of Construction expects that from 2008 to 2012, 500,000 houses will be given to poor families in rural areas across the country. However, so far,...
