The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) has pledged to continue providing official development assistance (ODA) for Vietnam in the coming years, JICA’s chief representative Tsuno Motonori said. Vietnam is now among average income countries...
The German government will provide an additional loan of EUR4 million for Ben Thanh-Tham Luong metro route in Ho Chi Minh City, the Vietnamese southern economic hub, Ambassador Rolf Schulze said. He made the commitment at the 35th anniversary of...
Cham ethnic people in the Mekong Delta province of An Giang are celebrating the Royal Festival after concluding their Ramadan month of fasting. During the ten-day festival, Cham people hold parties, visit their relatives and attend recreational...
The rights of women, children and ethnic groups are among top agenda of the sixth ASEAN People’s Forum (APF6) hosted by Vietnam on Sept 24-26 with the participation of over 700 delegates. The forum proposed lots of measures to ensure and raise...
Fatherland Front Committee of Ho Chi Minh City has started building 55 houses for the poor and ethnic people in central highlands province of Kon Tum. They are live in communes of Muong Hoong, Ngoc Linh, Mo Rai, Ya Tang, Sa Thay, the Phap Luat TpHCM...
Authorities of Vietnam’s central highlands province of Dak Lak have spent VND2.74 billion to help poor people living conditions since 2006. This is part of the national program on poverty reduction in the period of 2006-2010, the Quan Doi Nhan Dan...
Vietnam reported a total of 688,400 families with 2.65 million people, equaling to 3.06% of its population, suffering from hunger in the first nine months of 2010, the General Statistics Office said. The hungers are mainly from northern mountainous...
Associations of Agent Orange (AO) victims in 50 cities and provinces across Vietnam have collected VND56 billion during the “Action month for Vietnamese AO/dioxin victims”. Of the total, the AO victims sponsor fund spent around VND49 billion...
Vietnam’s southern province of Bac Lieu has found many bombs and warheads in recent times, which cause troubles for the locals, the Thanh Nien newspaper reported on Sept 30. Among those, a 250-kg bomb was detected by Gia Bao construction...
Vietnam’s central province of Quang Binh has invested VND720 million ($36.9 million) in a program to provide an education chance for local poor students who are vulnerable to dropouts. This is the second year the locality has implemented the program...
