General News

  • Vietnam always places her people in the cornerstone of every policy related to climate change, especially the national climate change response strategy, a Vietnamese representative addressed the United Nations Human Rights Council’s session on...
    Monday, 9th March, 2015
  • The government of Vietnam has proposed the National Assembly (NA) allow it to provide an additional VND3.7 trillion (nearly $173 million) worth of g-bonds to complete the 2011-2015 school consolidation scheme. Minister of Planning and Investment Bui...
    Monday, 9th March, 2015
  • The New Zealand Embassy in Vietnam has announced New Zealand ASEAN Scholarships for postgraduate courses for the 2016 academic year, calling for applicants from Vietnam. Under the program, 30 successful awardees from Vietnam will receive full...
    Monday, 9th March, 2015
  • The Hau Giang Provincial Department of Education and Training in the Mekong Delta took steps to lower student drop-out rates in the 2014-2015 school year's second semester. Nguyen Hung Nhien, deputy head of the Hau Giang Department of Education and...
    Monday, 9th March, 2015
  • Vietnam aims to reduce the rate of poor households by 1%-1.5% each year under the updated standards of poverty between 2016 and 2020, according to the Ministry of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs (MoLISA). The updated standards of poverty,...
    Monday, 2nd March, 2015
  • As many as 700 impoverished individuals, war veterans and orphans in two communes of the Phuc Tho district in Hanoi received free health check-ups thanks to a campaign from February 25-26. The drive was jointly organized by the Labor Union of the...
    Monday, 2nd March, 2015
  • The Association for the Protection of the Disabled, Orphans, and Poor Patients of the Mekong Delta province of An Giang has benefitted thousands of disadvantaged locals through various activities over the last two decades. An Giang is now home to...
    Monday, 2nd March, 2015
  • The Central Highlands province of Dak Nong has launched two general hospitals with a combined cost of VND231 billion ($10.9 million) in the border districts of Cu Jut and Dak Mil in a bid to improve health care services for locals. According to Ngo...
    Monday, 2nd March, 2015
  • The first Mong (H’mong) Ethnic Culture Festival was kicked off in Meo Vac district, the northernmost province of Ha Giang on February 28. The two-day event aims to nurture the traditional culture of the Mong ethnic minority group that has been...
    Monday, 2nd March, 2015
  • The Railway Projects Management Unit under Vietnam’s Ministry of Transport is seeking to borrow official development assistance (ODA) for a VND33.36 trillion ($1.5 billion) railway project in northern Vietnam. The project includes the construction...
    Monday, 2nd March, 2015