General News

  • The U.S. will assist $95 million to Vietnam to combat effects of the HIV/AIDS epidemic in 2010, American Ambassador to Vietnam Michael Michalak said. The total aid the American government has given to Vietnam’s HIV prevention projects since 2004...
    Tuesday, 8th June, 2010
  • Vietnam Joint Stock Bank for Industry and Trade (Vietinbank) will disburse $3 million worth of the World Bank loan to a project to upgrade urban transport in the northern port city of Haiphong.  The sum is part of $167.5 million funds pledged...
    Tuesday, 8th June, 2010
  • The Swiss government has pledged to continue providing $25 million in official development assistance (ODA) for Vietnam annually in the coming years, said Martin Dahinden, Director-General of the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation. Martin...
    Tuesday, 8th June, 2010
  • Vietnam will need between $30 billion and $32 billion in official development assistance (ODA) for development projects in 2011-2015 period, the Ministry of Planning and Investment (MPI) said at press conference in Hanoi on June 3. The Dau tu...
    Tuesday, 8th June, 2010
  • Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) has funded $2 million for a project to study an environmentally-friendly express bus system in Ho Chi Minh City. KOICA and Sub-Institute of Hydrometeorology and Environment of South Vietnam signed an...
    Tuesday, 8th June, 2010
  • The World Bank (WB) will not participate in Vietnam’s north-south express railway project that is estimated to cost $55.8 billion, local newswire VnExpress reported June 3, citing the Hanoi-based Chief Economist Martin Rama of the WB.  Vietnam...
    Tuesday, 8th June, 2010
  • Legislation Department, Government Committee for Nationalities and authorities of Vietnam’s central province of Khanh Hoa have held a conference to disseminate law for the mountainous ethnic minority. The events attracted over 140 leaders of Khanh...
    Tuesday, 8th June, 2010
  • Authorities in Vietnam’s central province of Ninh Thuan has recently opened a new secondary school costing VND3 billion ($157,894) funded by Mekong Housing Bank (MHB). The Ngo Quyen Secondary School, which is located on a 518.33-sq.m area in Bac Ai...
    Tuesday, 8th June, 2010
  • Center for Rural Water Supply and Environmental Sanitation of Vietnam’s southern province of Bac Lieu has operated 13 water treatment systems for more than 4,000 ethnic households since 2007.  These water stations have been built in Bac Lieu...
    Tuesday, 8th June, 2010
  • Authorities of Quang Tri province in central Vietnam plans to build houses for more than  2,000 poor households with total investment of between VND6 million and VND7 million each this year. In addition, the Bank for Social Policies has pledged...
    Tuesday, 8th June, 2010