Vietnam’s Prime Minister has approved a German-funded project to protect groundwater resources in Vietnam between 2015 and 2017. The German Government pledged a non-refundable official development assistance (ODA) of EUR1.5 million ($1.6 million),...
Vietnam would need between $6.4 billion and $20 billion by 2025 to treat wastewater as part of its plan to have 70% of the urban inhabitants equipped with a wastewater gathering and treatment system, according to the Asian Development Bank (ADB)....
The Vietnam Red Cross (VRC) is carrying out a U.S-funded project on building disaster risk management capacity, as announced in Hanoi on November 23. Funded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), the program worth almost...
All eight species of pangolins are on the brink of extinction, and two out of the four species in Asia are on the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN)’s red list of endangered species, according to the IUCN. The population of all...
Vietnam has suffered harsh weather conditions this year as the consequences of the longest El Nino spell in history, according to the National Hydrometeorology Center. The harshness of weather in the nation has manifested in symptoms such as higher...
At least two Vietnamese students could benefit from grant scholarships offered next year by Thailand to total eight students in four ASEAN countries that also include Cambodia, Laos, and Myanmar, according to Professor Suthi Ekahitanonda, senior...
Under a guideline of Deputy Prime Minister Vu Van Ninh, students from low-income families may borrow VND1.35 million ($59.4) per month instead of VND1.1 million. The government office has announced the Deputy Prime Minister Vu Van Ninh’s guideline...
The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) launched its projects to support persons with disabilities in the southern province of Binh Phuoc on November 13. The support programs will be carried out in Binh Phuoc by Action to the Community...
Japan could help Vietnam finally get rid of traces of chemical warfare left in the soil since the Vietnam War. After Japan’s Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant ruptured in March 2011, Japanese civil engineering company Shimizu trialed its water...
The PM has issued multi-dimensional poverty lines from 2016-2020, with key criteria categorizing poor households, near- poor households, and households with average living-standards. Accordingly, the multi-dimensional poverty index consists of...
