The Vietnam Environment Protection Fund (VEPF) had lent more than VND547 billion ($26.17 million) to 111 environmental protection projects by end-2010, the Communist Party of Vietnam said on its website Mar 25. The information was released at a...
Vietnam saved 400,000 kWh of electricity, equal to VND500 million ($23,809), by switching off lights for an hour during the Earth Hour campaign, on March 26, the Electricity of Vietnam (EVN) said. The event attracted participation of 30 provinces...
Vietnam’s International University and America’s University of Illinois have clinched a memorandum of understanding to boost cooperation in training and student exchanges. Under the deal, Vietnamese students who study in the fields of science and...
Vietnam has kicked off a school to train judges costing $3 million in Hanoi funded by South Korea, state media reported March 29. The project using non-refundable aid by the Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) is the first step in...
Vietnam will not have enough preschool teachers in the near future, since working teachers want to give up their jobs, while high school graduates do not want to become teachers, educators have warned. The country is now lack 20,000 preschool...
Vietnam and Angola signed a protocol of education cooperation in Luanda on March 30 as part of the 5th Session of the Bilateral Commission. The signing ceremony had the participation of Angola Minister of Higher Education, Science and Technology,...
A trade mission comprising of representatives from around 60 universities, four-year colleges, community colleges and English-language programs kicked off their trip to two of the fastest growing markets in Asia - Vietnam and Indonesia - from April...
Netherlands is willing to share experiences and professional knowledge as well as provide technical supports to assist Vietnam’s southern economic hub of Ho Chi Minh City in climate change and water management solutions in the coming years. Joop...
International and domestic donors have pledged to continue assisting Vietnam to carry out the third phase of the national program on clean water supply and rural environmental sanitation between 2011 and 2015, state media reported April 1. During...
Danish enterprises have started a visit to Vietnam as part of Vietnam-Denmark Water Days 2011 held from March 28 to April 1, to seek investment opportunities in the local water sector, said a senior official said at a meeting in Hanoi Mar 29. The...
