General News

  • Vietnam’s southern city of Can Tho has approved a list of ethnic people who will enjoy support from VND24.4 billion under the Resolution No. 74 by the government, the Giao duc & Thoi dai newspaper reported Jul 22. Of the sum, VND11.6 billion was...
    Wednesday, 28th July, 2010
  • Bilingual education will help improve living conditions for Vietnamese ethnic minority communities, said Gay McDougall, an expert on minority issues for the United Nations, on July 21 after spending a ten-day fact finding tour in the country. “Equal...
    Wednesday, 28th July, 2010
  • The Action Aid International (AAI) has pledged to continue its humanitarian activities in Vietnam in the future, said AAI General Director Joanna Derobah Kerr. Joanna Derobah Kerr made the commitment at a meeting with Vice President Nguyen Thi Doan...
    Wednesday, 28th July, 2010
  • The Vietnamese Prime Minister has approved negotiation results of the 9th Poverty Reduction Support Credit (PRSC-9) with the World Bank (WB). Governor of the State Bank of Vietnam, the country’s central bank, was empowered to sign the PRSC-9 and...
    Wednesday, 28th July, 2010
  • A delegation of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) attended a seminar on poverty reduction of the International Conference of Asian Political Parties (ICAPP) in Kunming city, China from July 13-20. The seminar, themed “Poverty Reduction and...
    Wednesday, 28th July, 2010
  • The Vietnamese Prime Minister has approved negotiation results of the 9th Poverty Reduction Support Credit (PRSC-9) with the World Bank (WB). Governor of the State Bank of Vietnam, the country’s central bank, was empowered to sign the PRSC-9 and...
    Wednesday, 28th July, 2010
  • Authorities of Vietnam’s northern city of Can Tho have defused a 225-kg wartime bomb in Thot Not district’s Tan Loc ward, the Quan Doi Nhan Dan newspaper reported July 17. Between Jan and June, local authorities found and deactivated various kinds...
    Wednesday, 28th July, 2010
  • Authorities of Vietnam’s northern province of Bac Kan have de-activated a 400kg bomb in Duc Xuan ward. The bomb was believed to have been dropped when the U.S. Air force attacked northern Vietnam, the Quan doi Nhan dan newspaper reported on Jul 18....
    Wednesday, 28th July, 2010
  • Around 100 organizations and individuals representing more than 1,600 members of the Vietnam Association for the Victims of Agent Orange/Dioxin were honored at the 1st Emulation Congress (2005-2010) in Danang city on July 27. Nguyen Thi Hien,...
    Wednesday, 28th July, 2010
  • Vietnam’s central province of Thua Thien-Hue has approved a VND1 billion ($52,377) project funded by the U.S.’s Clear Path International (CPI) to support unexploded ordnances (UXO)-hit victims.  Of the sum, $50,000 was sourced from the U.S. non...
    Wednesday, 28th July, 2010