Authorities of Vietnam’s central province of Quang Binh have detonated 28 wartime shrapnel bombs at sub-area 1 in Nam Ly ward, Don Hoi city, the Tien phong newspaper reported on June 25. All bombs were detected by the locals during the...
Vietnamese firms exported 200,000 tons of rice more in the first two weeks of June, raising the total export volume to 2.9 million tons worth $1.3 million so far this year, the Vietnam Food Association (VFA) said. Firms sold rice for $513.43/ton on...
The Vietnamese Ministry of Education and Training on June 11 kicked off a program on improving the quality of high school education worth of $71 million, of which $60 million comes from the Asian Development Bank (ADB). The 2010-2015 program will be...
Vietnam Bank for Social Policy (VBSP) has lent VND22.54 trillion to nearly two million students by early May, the Lao Dong newspaper reported on June 14. The figures were up 75 times in value and 18 folds in volume from three months ago, the...
Vietnam National University and Thailand’s Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on cooperation in business administration (BA) training. Under the MoU, students from the Vietnamese school will be able...
The Vietnam National Assembly (NA) and government on June 16 approved resignation of Minister of Education and Training (MoET) Nguyen Thien Nhan, who will make more efforts for the task as Deputy Prime Minister. Pham Vu Luan, MoET deputy minister...
Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Thien Nhan said the Government's three-year tertiary education reform program that had begun this year was expected to improve curricula and teaching quality, as well as meet employers' demands for well-trained graduates...
The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment will cooperate with authorities of Ho Chi Minh City and southern provinces of Binh Duong, Dong Nai and Ba Ria-Vung Tau to inspect firms for environmental pollution in July. The inspection is in line...
Vietnam expects to receive nearly 1.2 million doses of A/H1N1 vaccine from the World Health Organization (WHO) by the year-end, Deputy Head of the Preventive Health Department Nguyen Van Binh said. The vaccines will be used for high-risk groups,...
Norway has pledged to help Vietnam, which is listed among five countries hardest hit by climate change worldwide, to outline schemes to cope with the natural disaster, the Vietnamese government said on its website late June 14, citing Norwegian...
