The branch of the Vietnam Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development in the central province of Quang Nam has donated nearly VND100 million ($5,200) worth of scholarships to ethnic students of the ethnic boarding school since 2006.
Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has issued a decision to add VND41.32 billion ($2.16 million) from the state budget for ministries, agencies and Hanoi to organize the National Congress of Ethnic Minority Groups slated for May. The PM also authorized...
The French Development Agency, or AFD, has signed an agreement to provide a loan of EUR100 million to help the Vietnamese government finance its economic recovery plan, the French Embassy said in a statement Mar. 29. The agreement, signed by Deputy...
Spain will grant EUR2.5 million to help Vietnam implement a four-year project to eliminate child labor practices, the state-run Vietnam News Agency said Mar 30. Under the terms of the agreement signed in Hanoi on Mar 29, the Vietnamese Ministry of...
Societe Generale, BNP Paribas of France and Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp of Japan signed deals to lend a combined $174.4 million to Electricity of Vietnam Group (EVN) to develop the 100-MW Song Bung 2 hydropower plant in Vietnam. The loan will make...
The United Nations (UN) will fund $2 million to help Vietnam build labor institutions and improve the capabilities of trade unions to support local workers, the Thoi Bao Kinh Te newspaper reported April 2. An agreement on the issue was signed...
The World Bank (WB) will assist Vietnam to build up a project on science and technology renovation, the WB’s Vice Chairman Janamitra Devan at a meeting with Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Thien Nhan April 1. Nhan proposed the WB help Vietnam organize...
The United Nations Development Program (UNDP) and the Ministry of Planning and Investment Mar 31 co-held a conference on building Vietnam’s socio-economic strategy for 2011-2020. The UNDP has announced the results of its studies on socio-economic...
Credit Suisse Bank will arrange $200 million in loans for the state-owned Vietnam National Coal-Mineral Industries Group (Vinacomin), the Dau tu newspaper reported April 2. Seven international financial institutions have signed agreements to provide...
Lien Viet Commercial Joint Stock Bank (LienVietBank) Mar. 28 donated VND15 billion ($785,300) to help build a cancer hospital in Vietnam’s central city of Danang. Of the sum, VND5 billion came from LienVietBank and the rest from Him Lam Joint Stock...
