More than 5,300 ethnic households in the mountainous province of Son La have joined the national grid as a result of a local power project that began in September 2015. The beneficiaries come from the Mong, Thai, Kho Mu, Xinh Mun communities...
The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors has approved a $150 million credit for the Vietnam Improved Land Governance and Database Project with an aim to better Vietnam’s land administration services. To be financed by the International...
The U.S. has granted additional financial assistance of $500,000 for people affected by recent droughts and salt water intrusion in Vietnam, announced Ambassador Ted Osius to the Southeast Asian nation. The package will aim to help people in the...
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and other UN agencies this year will bring their support closer to the most disadvantaged and vulnerable children in Vietnam, said UNICEF representative in Vietnam Youssouf Abdel-Jelil. It will be in line...
A technical assistance project for establishing Vietnam’s green city master plan, funded by the Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA), kicked off in Hanoi on July 7. According to Deputy Minister of Construction Phan Thi My Linh, the $6.5...
Vietnam’s Deputy Prime Minister Pham Binh Minh has directed relevant agencies in receiving and using the Asian Development Bank’s emergency aid to help the country deal with impacts of drought and saline intrusion in the South Central, the Central...
The number of babies born in the first half of this year increased 9.9% compared to the same period last year. The information was revealed by Le Canh Nhac, deputy head of the General Department of Population and Family Planning (GDPFP), at a press...
The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health has started to provide free medicines to 330 children and 120 adults in a lead recycling village in northern Vietnam to treat lead poisoning. Doan Ngoc Mai, director of the institute, said at...
The number of abortions has reduced in Vietnam though it remained high at around 280,000 last year, including 2% by teenagers, according to figures from the General Population and Family Planning Department. Department officials said at a recent...
Hanoi’s Department of Construction has asked for the quick resumption of water supply to thousands of households in the Dai Kim Urban Area. The Hanoi Housing and Urban Development JSC has been told to work with the Clean Water Investment and...
