General News

  • The German government will finance EUR7 million for the AKIZ project to build wastewater treatment facilities in industrial zones in Vietnam from now up to 2014, said participants at a kicking-off ceremony in Can Tho Mar. 24. The project will be...
    Wednesday, 31st March, 2010
  • The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) held an international seminar in Hanoi Mar. 22 to discuss measures to mitigate risks of natural disasters and climate change. Nearly 100 leading environmentalists from 25 countries took part in...
    Wednesday, 31st March, 2010
  • The World Bank will continue assisting Vietnam in adapting to climate change, Vice President for East Asia and the Pacific of the bank James Adams said at a meeting with Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Sinh Hung in Hanoi Mar. 22. Adams praised...
    Wednesday, 31st March, 2010
  • The World Bank will continue assisting Vietnam in adapting to climate change, Vice President for East Asia and the Pacific of the bank James Adams said at a meeting with Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Sinh Hung in Hanoi Mar. 22. Adams praised...
    Wednesday, 31st March, 2010
  • The American Telecommunication Certification Body (ATCB) said in a statement last week that a number of U.S. agencies and companies will work with Vietnamese partners to hold conferences on environment solutions in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh cities in...
    Wednesday, 31st March, 2010
  • Director of the Department of Global Ecology at the Carnegie Institution of Washington Christopher Field has publicized three scenarios on climate change in Vietnam, the Tien phong newspaper reported Mar. 26. Christopher Field released the scenarios...
    Wednesday, 31st March, 2010
  • ACE Life Vietnam started building a primary school worth VND1.2 billion ($62,827) in the central province of Phu Yen on Mar 24. Xuan Lam Primary School is designed to have two storeys with five classrooms, the Ha Noi Moi newspaper reported Thursday...
    Wednesday, 31st March, 2010
  • Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has approved the establishment of Natural Resources and Environment University, raising the total number of universities and colleges to 380. The foundation of the university is Hanoi Natural Resources and...
    Wednesday, 31st March, 2010
  • The Association for International Manpower Development of Medium and Small Enterprises (IMM Japan) will receive 1,000 Vietnamese trainees for a three-year technical training program this year, said IMM Japan president Kyoei Yanagisawa. An agreement...
    Wednesday, 31st March, 2010
  • 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...
    Wednesday, 31st March, 2010