A Vietnamese alumna of Oxford University has established a foundation to construct bridges to facilitate travel in isolated communities in Vietnam. The Nam Phuong Foundation, founded in 2013, is the first philanthropic organization set up by...
A project to improve the livelihoods of poor farmers and help them adapt to climate change has aided 2,400 households in southern Tien Giang province from 2013. Deputy Director of the provincial Department of Agriculture and Rural Development Le...
The Mekong Delta province of Vinh Long has proposed the Government’s Committee for Ethnic Affairs expand forms of assistance to ethnic minority groups. At a working session with the committee’s delegation on September 16, the provincial officials...
The Mother Tongue - based Bilingual Education project funded by UNICEF in Vietnam has proven effective, benefiting teachers, pupils, and education managers in the beneficiary localities, heard a conference in Hanoi on September 16. Addressing the...
The Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) will attempt to cooperate with Vietnam’s southern economic hub of Ho Chi Minh City to implement projects, especially those under public-private partnership (PPP) model, said KOICA Chairman Kim In...
The International Finance Corporation, a member of World Bank, has agreed to fund $50 million in loans through Vietnam Prosperity JS Bank (VPBank) for small and medium enterprises, especially women-led companies, state media reported. The syndicated...
Around 22,000 new cases of lung cancer are recorded every year in Vietnam, where the disease is ranked among the top causes of death, according to a seminar held in Ho Chi Minh City last week. According to figures presented by doctors at the event,...
Vietnam’s Ministry of Health (MoH) has proposed the government allow it to buy antiretroviral (ARV) drugs for people living with HIV/AIDS (PLWH) from the medical insurance fund amid falling finance aid from foreign organizations. The MoH said in a...
Vietnamese Tan Son Nhat International Airport’s authorities are seeking solutions to deal with flooding as its operation has been affected badly due to heavy rains, state media reported. The rain on September 11 quickly flooded the airport, leaving...
Authorities in Vietnam’s southern metropolis of Ho Chi Minh City have said that the tap water leakage rate in the city remains high, hitting around 28%, causing a loss worth more than $130,000 per day. Statistics by Saigon Water Corporation (Sawaco...
