Asian Development Bank, a regional development with Japan holding the lion’s share, has approved a $100 million loan to improve a road connecting Eindu and Kawkareik in Myanmar and another road in the East-West corridor of the Greater Mekong Sub-...
As many as 493 foreign non-governmental organizations (NGOs) are working in Vietnam, state media reported Tuesday, citing the Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF) at a meeting on Nov 16. The number of foreign NGOs has doubled in the past decade. They have...
President of the Vietnamese Fatherland Front Nguyen Thien Nhan (VFF) has extended Vietnamese people’s sincere gratitude to foreign non-governmental organisations (NGOs) for their contributions to the country’s development. He said at a ceremony held...
European Union (EU) Commissioner for International Cooperation and Development Neven Mimica has signed an aid package worth EUR8.4 million for the Health Professional Education and Training Project (HPET) in Vietnam through a trust fund managed by...
Vietnam has recognized contributions of foreign NGOs in Vietnam over the past years. Foreign non-governmental organizations (NGOs) have contributed $300 million annually over the past five years, the government’s website reported. “This is a huge...
The construction of the Danang-Quang Ngai Expressway, funded by Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) and the World Bank (WB), in Vietnam is being hampered by capital shortage for site clearance and issues on compensation. Vietnam lacks VND1...
The U.S. government will provide an assistance of $20.5 million for Vietnam in the fiscal year of 2016 to help the Southeast Asian nation enhance its maritime capacity to protect its sovereignty in the East Sea amid China’s increasing aggressiveness...
Vietnam’s central coastal province of Khanh Hoa has recorded nearly 5,500 dengue fever cases in the year to date, up over 5-fold from the whole year of 2014, according to the local health department in a meeting on Nov. 19 with the provincial People...
The Hanoi People's Committee has approved a plan to build a high-quality medical facility at the Oncology Hospital to meet the increasing demand for health check-ups and treatment. The building will be located in the campus of the Ha Noi-based...
Vietnam’s Ministry of Health urged parents to bring toddlers under 12 months to health facilities for oral polio vaccines (OPVs) today, as neighboring Laos has detected cases of polio. Localities with high risk of infection are launching campaigns...
