General News

  • A workshop on creating job opportunities and improving livelihoods for people with disabilities and victims of Agent Orange (AO)/dioxin is held by the US Agency For International Development (USAID) and the National Action Centre for Toxic Chemicals...
    Monday, 21st August, 2023
  • Vietnam is one of 25 countries that have reduced their MPI (Multidimensional Poverty Index) by 50%, according to a recent report published by the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) and the Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative (OPHI...
    Monday, 21st August, 2023
  • A cultural festival for young people was held by the Kon Tum Provincial Youth Union from August 12 -14, bringing together more than 200 participants. The event is one of the efforts to preserve and promote traditional cultural values among young...
    Monday, 21st August, 2023
  • Vice President Vo Thi Anh Xuan had a meeting with female ethnic minority students who received scholarships from the Vu A Dinh Scholarship Fund, in Hanoi on August 16. Commending efforts made by the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union (HCYU) Central...
    Monday, 21st August, 2023
  • The World Bank wants to support the Vietnamese government in developing a roadmap for the implementation of the clean energy transition, said Ms. Zayra Romo - lead energy specialist at the World Bank. Ms. Romo made the statement at a working session...
    Monday, 21st August, 2023
  • Vietnam’s northern province of Yen Bai expects the Vietnam Union of Friendship Organizations to support it in accessing more aid from foreign non-government organizations (NGOs), said Vice Chairman of the provincial People’s Committee Ngo Hanh Phuc...
    Monday, 21st August, 2023
  • On August 17, authorities of Vietnam’s northern province of Thai Nguyen worked with representatives of the Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) and the Daejin International Volunteers Association (DIVA) on KOICA and DIVA-funded projects...
    Monday, 21st August, 2023
  • Swiss responsAbility Investments AG has provided a loan worth $20 million to CME Solar Investment JSC (CME), one of the Vietnamese leading renewable energy developers, to carry out renewable energy projects in Vietnam, state media reported. The loan...
    Monday, 21st August, 2023
  • Vietnam ought to keep abreast of the World Health Organization (WHO)’s information about the transmission and virulence of some new COVID-19 variants in the current context, said Associate Professor-Doctor Tran Dac Phu, former director of the...
    Monday, 21st August, 2023
  • The National Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology, under the Vietnamese Ministry of Health, decided to distribute 185,000 doses of the five-in-one vaccine granted by the World Health Organization (WHO) and the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF...
    Monday, 21st August, 2023