A 340-kg bomb was successfully defused by disposal experts in Quang Tri central province on October 30. Earlier, a local person Ho Van Hai in Sa Ly commune, Huong Son village, Huong Hoa district, Quang Tri province found the bomb in the entrails of...
The southern province of Dong Nai will set aside over VND2.5 trillion ($117.8 million) from its budget in 2015-2020 to help poor households have better access to health care, credit, education, housing and employment opportunities. Of the approved...
As many as 1,000 breeding cows were handed over to ethnic minority households in seven districts and towns in the Central Highlands province of Dak Nong from October 17-27. This is part of VinGroup’s corporate social responsibility program to donate...
The Central Highlands provinces have provided financial assistance and language training, and allocated land to local ethnic minority households in a bid to improve their living conditions. By 2013, as many as 231 households in Krong Nang district,...
President Truong Tan Sang met with 78 outstanding ethnic minority students in Hanoi on November 1, asking them to continue their academic endeavours as a contribution to the nation-building process. Ethnic minority students are an important human...
The French Development Agency (AFD) has pledged over EUR1.5 billion for development projects in Vietnam over the last 20 years, said AFD Country Director Rémi Genevey. The AFD has financed 75 projects in Vietnam, mainly in sustainable urban...
South Korea will support in environment protection to Vietnam, mostly in biodiversity conservation and sustainable use of biological resources, officials said at the 11th Vietnam-South Korea Environment Minister Conference on Oct 27. The two sides...
The US Agency for International Development (USAID) launched a program to stimulate a market for HIV-related goods and services with the involvement of the private sector in Ho Chi Minh City on October 31. The project will provide financial support...
A humanitarian campaign launched by the Vietnam Red Cross (VRC) and the Ministry of Health aims to provide free health check-ups and treatment for over one million poor people each year in Vietnam, VRC Chairman Nguyen Hai Duong said on October 30....
Vietnam’s Cho Ray Hospital, which receives a daily average of five people with brain death or a non-beating heart due to traffic accidents, has set up a unit to coordinate human organ transplants. The Unit for Coordinating Human Organ Transplants at...
