The Asian Development Bank (ADB) will lend Vietnam $70 million to further improve its workers’ skills, the Dat Viet newspaper reported July 19. The loan sourced from ADB concessional Asian Development Fund will go to the Vietnam Skills Enhancement...
The World Bank (WB) will provide a $210-million loan for a $276-million urban development in the three Vietnamese cities, the Ministry of Planning and Investment (MPI) said. The cities are Lao Cai and Phu Ly in the northern provinces of Lao Cai and...
Intel Corp, the world’s largest chip maker, has joined hands with Portland State University (PSU) to expand a scholarship program for Vietnamese students. Intel will provide an additional $2.5 million to the two-year scholarship program for...
Japan-based NEC electronic firm has signed a contract with Hanoi authorities to help the Vietnamese capital city build an information system with total value of JPY260 million ($3 million). The project will help Hanoi manage database on tax and...
The World Bank (WB) provided a total aid of $10.4 billion for 93 programs and projects in Vietnam by late February this year, and $6.7 billion of which was disbursed, the Vietnamese government said on its website July 21. The funds have been...
The European Commission (EC) has approved a budget of EUR5.1 million to support ASEAN countries in protection of intellectual property rights, during a period of 2010-2013. Tran Viet Hung, head of the National Office of Intellectual Property, said...
Vietnam Post and Telecommunications Group (VNPT) handed over 20 houses to Xe Dang ethnic people in Vietnam’s central highlands province of Kon Tum July 15. The beneficiaries from Tu Mo Rong district’s Dak Na commune were hurt by landslides and...
A website on Vietnamese ethnic minority people at http://www.langvietonline.vn made its debut on July 19, the Voice of Vietnam Radio said July 20. It has been produced by the Vietnam Ethnic Culture and Tourism Village under the Ministry of Culture,...
Ethnic minority people in Vietnam’s central highlands province of Lam Dong have agreed to work together to fight against climate change. More than 5,500 people, who were primarily from the Co Ho ethnic group, along with 24 interlocutors from the...
Vietnam Commercial JS Bank for Industry and Trade (Vietinbank) and authorities of the central province of Thua Thien-Hue have started building 105 charitable houses for ethnic minority people in A Luoi district’s Hong Thuy commune. Total the project...
