Authorities of Vietnam’s central province of Quang Ngai Sept 13 approved a VND598 billion ($30.67 million) project on clean water supply and environmental sanitation in rural areas from now up to 2015. This is part of the national target program on...
Authorities of Vietnam’s capital city of Hanoi Sept 15 approved a $40.2-million project to build a domestic waste treatment plant in Soc Son district this year. The 15-hectare facility will be built under the form of build-operate-transfer (BOT) in...
More than 220 firms from 23 nations worldwide will take part in an international exhibition and conference on water and wastewater treatment, slated in Ho Chi Minh City from Nov 10-12. The event will see the participation of leading firms from South...
Vietnam is forecast to need about $20 million to completely stop using hydro-chloro-fluoro-carbons (HCFCs) in the next 15 to 20 years as part of efforts to protect the ozone layer, an official of Hydrometeorology and Climate Change Department (HCCD...
As many as 24 people in Vietnam’s central city of Danang were hospitalized Sept 16 due to food poisoning, the Phap Luat Thanh Pho Ho Chi Minh newspaper reported Sept 17. The victims reportedly suffered from symptoms of headache, vomiting and...
Germany has pledged a total EUR1 billion in official development assistance (ODA) for development projects in Vietnam since 1990, the Kinh te Do thi newspaper reported Sept 16. The information was released at Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen...
A cultural exchange between young ethnic people from Vietnam and China opened in Hanoi on September 14. As one of the highlights of “Vietnam-China Friendship Year’ and an activity to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the two countries’ diplomatic...
Vietnam’s central province of Thua Thien Hue has decided to spend VND9 billion ($461,538) to build a fresh water system for five communes in local ethnic minority, the Dai doan ket newspaper reported on Sept 15. The facility with a capacity of 4,000...
Vietnam’s General Department No. 2 of Military Intelligence handed over a medical station for ethnic people in central highlands of Lam Dong on Sept 16. The department spent VND150 million on repairing and upgrading the medical facility, the Quan...
Authorities of Vietnam’s central province of Khanh Hoa presented 117 scholarships to outstanding poor students in the province on Sept 12. The scholarships included 77 ones worth VND700,000 and 44 others valued at VND1 million, the Quan Doi Nhan Dan...
