Belgian Liege University and Danang University are joining hands to offer Logistics and Transport Masters training courses. The training, which is part of a post-graduate training program between the two universities signed in 2008, is the first of...
The U.S. government will donate $100,000 worth of medical equipment to help Vietnamese health workers to cope with bird flu or A/H1N1 flu outbreaks, the U.S. Embassy in Vietnam said in a statement Mar. 22. The United States Agency for International...
The Australian government has pledged AUD10.7 million ($9.76 million) for a project to prevent the spread of HIV/AIDS associated with drug use in Vietnam, the Phap Luat Vietnam newspaper reported Mar. 26. Vietnam’s Ministry of Health and the HIV/...
Up to 80% of diseases in Vietnam are caused by polluted water resources, said the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment at a ceremony in Hanoi Mar. 23 to mark the World Water Day and 60th birthday of the World Meteorological Organization....
Vietnam’s central province of Quang Tri authorities have approved the second phase of a clean water supply and environmental sanitation project that costs $2.7 million. The UN Human Settlements Program (UN-Habitat) has donated $2.17 million to the...
The Japanese Embassy in Vietnam said Wednesday the Japanese government has approved an underground water sources-tapping project worth JPY2.05 billion ($22.3 million) in the central highlands region of Vietnam. Previously, Japan provided financial...
Vietnam’s Mekong Delta province of Tien Giang has asked the government to allocate VND30.8 billion to protect winter-spring rice crop against droughts, the state media reported. Droughts are threatening over 8,000 hectares out of 29,000 hectares of...
Vietnam’s southern province of Ca Mau authorities have approved a plan to build a VND351 billion ($18.38 million) waste treatment plant in Ca Mau City in early April. Covering on a site of 25 hectares in Tan Xuyen ward, the plant will have a daily...
Vietnam’s central highland province of Lam Dong Mar. 22 started a $3.8 million project funded by Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) to protect biodiversity in Bidoup Nui Ba National Park. The four-year project is aimed to enhance the...
The Vietnamese government is estimated to spend VND17.678 trillion ($925.55 million) a year to implement environment-cleansing and pollution reduction projects in craft villages and industrial parks. Vietnamese authorities are imposing four fees of...
