Hundreds of thousands of graduates fail to find jobs and yet businesses say they face a shortage of skilled employees. University graduates face high unemployment Soft skills are critical to success of Vietnam’s IT graduates. Solutions to this labor...
A chapter of the Vietnam Bomb and Mine Action Support Association was set up in central Danang city on October 26 to step up efforts in dealing with unexploded ordnance (UXO) consequences in the heavily contaminated locality. The chapter is tasked...
The third conference of an expert working group on humanitarian mine action within the framework of the ASEAN Defense Ministers Meeting- Plus (ADMM+) was held in the central province of Thua Thien-Hue on October 29. The event, which was organized by...
The poverty rate is projected to fall below 5% by the end of the year, according to a report to the National Assembly on the implementation of national target programs that aim to improve people’s living standards. The government estimates that the...
Vietnamese ethnic minority pupils and students from poor households pursuing higher education will get scholarship and financial support for school accessories, Lunar New Year holidays, and transport fees, according to a recent government policy....
Vietnam’s Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has approved a project on greenhouse gas emission reduction project costing $3.6 million to be funded by the World Bank, the state-run Thoi Bao Kinh Te Vietnam newspaper reported. The project will leave a...
Representatives from the People's Committee of central Quang Ngai province and the Dutch Embassy in Vietnam have discussed the possibility of applying the Netherlands’ technology to protect beaches in Hoi An city. Prof. Marcel Stive from the...
The United States government has funded a total of $900 million for health programs in Vietnam since the normalization of relations in 1995, state media reported on October 29 from the 20th anniversary celebrations of the U.S. - Vietnam health...
The European Union (EU) will finance Vietnam approximate $400 million worth of official development assistance (ODA) for development in a range of sectors, mostly energy from now until 2020, said newly-accredited Ambassador to Vietnam Bruno Angelet...
Vietnam’s capital city of Hanoi is building another pediatric hospital costing VND785 billion ($35.2 million), according to the municipal Health Department, raising the total number of pediatric hospitals in the city to two to meet the healthcare...
