Japanese Love Vietnam, a Japanese non-government organization, donated gifts and scholarships to children of AO victims in Vietnam’s northern province of Ninh Binh on August 20. The organization offered 6 scholarships, worth VND1.5 million-VND1.8...
A large number of wartime bombs and mines hurt 7,024 people in Vietnam’s central province of Quang Tri from 1975 through October 2008, making up 1.2% of its population. Of the victims, 2,618 people died of such unexploded ordnances (UXO) and 31%...
The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and the U.S.-based East Meets West Foundation (EMW) have funded over VND15 billion ($789,000) to build a preschool in Vietnam’s central highlands province of Kom Tum. This is one of 26...
Saigon Water Corporation (Sawaco), the key supplier of tap water in Vietnam’s Ho Chi Minh City, targets to provide clean water for nearly 92% of the city’s population by 2015, Sawaco General Director Tran Dinh Phu said at a recent meeting. Sawaco...
The World Bank has pledged to fund $65 million for a project to improve the quality of medical checkups and treatment and preventive medicine in Vietnam’s central region from now to 2016. The project, totaling $75 million, will benefit locals in the...
The Orbis Flying Eye Hospital, the world’s unique airborne ophthalmic surgical and training facility, started Aug 10 its program on transferring ophthalmic surgical technology and training for eye doctors in central Vietnam. Under the two-week...
The Vietnamese Prime Minister has approved the second phase of a project on infectious disease prevention for Mekong Sub-region countries funded by the Asian Development Bank (ADB). The project’s 2nd phase, totaling $30 million in which ADB...
Three foreign non-governmental organizations, the U.S.’s Operation Smile, France’s GIP-ADETEF and the U.K.’s Plan International, have pledged roughly $36 million to social projects in Vietnam from now up to 2013. Of the total, more than $30 million...
The World Bank (WB) will provide a $300-million loan for Vietnam’s central Danang city to implement a sustainable development project between 2013 and 2018, the Vietnam News Agency said recently. The project will focus on the city’s public transport...
The 5H Children’s Oasis E.V (5H), a German non-governmental organization, has selected Vietnam’s central province of Quang Binh to build an international children oasis worth $10 million, state media reported. The 100-hectare oasis including parks,...
