Vietnam’s Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has approved a project costing $110 million funded mainly by the World Bank to help reduce poverty in northern mountainous provinces in the 2015-2018 period. The total, which includes $100 million from the...
As many as 70% of Vietnamese children have experienced some forms of violent discipline with physical and psychological impact, Mr. Jesper Moller, UNICEF deputy representative said at a conference in Hanoi on Dec 9. Vietnam has two million children...
Vietnam aims to raise the share of locally-made medicines to 80% of the domestic market by 2020 from the current 50%, with a focus on the production of generic drugs, said Truong Quoc Cuong, head of the Drug Administration under the Ministry of...
Vietnam will require roughly $8.7 billion to build wastewater treatment plants for 900 urban areas across the nation by 2020, the Ministry of Construction said. The country needs another VND5.5 trillion ($262 million) to maintain the facilities...
The Prime Minister has approved a scheme to better protect natural forests for the 2014-2020 period, with a view to improving their coverage quality and meeting domestic demand for timber. Specifically, the exploitation of natural forest wood will...
Chief justices and senior members of judiciaries from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) member countries discussed ways to step up their cooperation in addressing environmental challenges at a roundtable that opened in Hanoi on...
428 universities and colleges that have proposed their owned enrolment regulation projects confirmed they would use high school exit examination results for enrolment, announced the Testing and Accreditation Department under the Ministry of...
The Vietnam Bank for Social Policies (VBSP) has provided preferential loans for around 24.8 million poor and near-poor families, allowing 3.2 million of them to escape from poverty. A report on the bank’s nearly-12-year operation showed that it had...
A New York-based corporation, Streets international (STREETS) has organized a gala to raise funds for Vietnamese poor children, which is set for December 4 at the five-star Sofitel Hotel in Vietnam. The event has attracted a number of well-known...
Two anti-illiteracy classes have been organized for ethnic minority people in Dak Mil district, the Central Highlands province of Dak Nong since the beginning of this year. Co-organized by the district women’s union and education department, the...
