The World Bank (WB) has approved a credit worth $200 million for the third Rural Finance Project (RFP) in Vietnam, even though the second project has not yet been reviewed. It is a precedent which has never been applied for any WB-funded projects, a...
Authorities of the central province of Phu Yen have provided nearly 60 tons of iodized salt for 11,500 locals in Song Hinh district. The salts benefited local people in the fives communes of EaBa, EaLam, Ealy, Song Hinh and EaBia, the Nong Thon Ngay...
Up to 80 poor patients with facial deformities, who are ethnic minority people in the central highlands province of Dak Nong, have received free-of-charge operations starting June 21. The four-day program, co-held by the provincial General Hospital...
Authorities of Vietnam’s southern province of Vinh Long have approved a project to provide safe water for poor Khmer ethnic people. More than 1,000 families in communes of Tra On, Tam Binh, Binh Minh, Vung Thiem and Mang Thit will get benefit from...
The government will provide as much support as possible for the northern mountainous province of Bac Kan to help it eradicate poverty and develop agriculture, industry and services. Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung made the pledge while working with...
Oxfam, a U.K. non-governmental organization, will support economic development for ethnic people and poor women in the northern mountainous province of Lao Cai and help develop trademarks for local farm produce. This was the focus of a working...
Authorities of Vietnam’s central province of Quang Nam have funded nearly VND14 billion to help poor people in 16 districts’ 126 communes since early this year. Local authorities are working out a plan to provide essential goods, such as iodized...
The Ho Chi Minh City Communist Youth Union has funded VND3.3 billion to help nearly 13,800 young people escape from poverty, the Communist Party of Vietnam said June 24. During a meeting to review youth activities in the 2009-2010 school year, the...
Provinces in the Mekong River Delta have generated jobs for 60,000 rural workers between Jan and Jun, including 17,000 ethnic people. However, 19% of the rural labor force remains unemployed, the Voice of Vietnam Radio said June 27. To achieve this...
The Vietnamese Army Engineer Corps successfully deactivated a 250-kg bomb in Hanoi’s Dong Anh District on June 24. The 1.54m-long bomb contained 192 kg of explosive. The device was highly dangerous because the explosive was found on its fuse, the...
