International organizations have helped Vietnam promote energy saving programs to enable the country to implement its target to cut by between 8% and 25% of greenhouse emissions by 2030 as pledged by Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung at the 21st...
The Ministry of Education and Training (MOET), in an effort to reform higher education, is considering shortening the time for education from 4-6 years to 3-4 years. MOET’s plan on reforming the national education system which has been open to...
The Ministry of Education and Training’s (MOET) decision on setting limitations on universities’ training scale has raised strong opposition from schools. MOET has released Circular No 32 on enrolment quotas for university education establishments,...
Literacy in Vietnam has reached 97.3 %for those aged 15-50 under the Learning Society Program, the Ministry of Education and Training said on January 13. Deputy Minister of Education and Training Nguyen Vinh Hien said the program has helped raising...
Localities throughout the country have held a wide range of activities to support Agent Orange/dioxin victims, many of whom live in poverty and suffer from serious diseases as consequences of exposure to the toxic chemical. The Association of Agent...
The Ho Chi Minh City People’s Committee has raised standards of poor and near-poor households, which will be applied during 2016-2020, with new criteria on income and ability to access to basic services. According to the new standards, a household...
A ceremony was held in Muong Lay township, the northwestern province of Dien Bien on December 31 to publicize the recognition of the Xoe dance and Kin pang Then ritual as national intangible cultural heritages. The Xoe dance holds an important role...
PVI Holdings (PVI), BaoViet Insurance Corporation and BaoMinh Insurance Corporation have signed a contract to provide insurance service for package No.3 of the Nhon-Hanoi Station railway. Under the contract signed with the Hanoi Metropolitan Railway...
Can Tho city must pay more attention to disbursement for the World Bank-funded Mekong Delta Region Urban Upgrading Project, which is scheduled to finish in 2017, Hoang Thi Hoa, an expert from the bank, said on January 6. Pressure is arising as the...
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the French Development Agency (AFD) will provide a $30 million loan to help Vietnam set up a fund to boost development of public-private partnership (PPP) projects, said ADB Country Director for Vietnam Eric...
