A memorandum of understanding (MoU) was signed on October 7 between the central province of Thanh Hoa and the US Agency for International Development (USAID), pledging to jointly develop an action plan for green growth. The document aims to further...
It was important to come up with ways to mitigate CO2 emissions in agriculture, which produces approximately 43% of the nation's greenhouse gas emissions, Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Le Quoc Doanh said at a recent seminar....
The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) is the most supportive foreign organization in working with Vietnam implement climate change programs over the past five years, providing $573 million so far. The amount accounts for 55.6% of total $...
Vietnam’s Ministry of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs and Germany’s Cooperation Development Organization (Deutsche Gesellschaft fuer Internationale Zusammenarbeit -GIZ) on Oct 8 signed an agreement on implementation of a project Center for high-...
As many as 217 disadvantaged students from 12 localities in the Mekong Delta region (except for Tien Giang) have received scholarships worth a total of VND1.85 billion ($86,000) for their outstanding performance during the recent university and...
Danang International Airport’s efforts to clean up 80,000m3 of dioxin-contaminated soil and sediments by 2016, with support from the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), are running according to schedule. The four-year project...
The Russian RT television channel has recently broadcast a documentary film on Vietnamese victims of Agent Orange, the toxic chemical that the U.S. troops sprayed in Vietnam during the war. Entitled ‘‘Vietnam: AO pain’’, the 28-minute film recorded...
Sai Gon Giai Phong newspaper last week offered 10 computer sets and 500 notebooks to Primary School Loc Chau and 1,000 notebooks to good students in Junior High School Luong The Vinh in the highlands province of Lam Dong. Total cost of gifts is...
Images captured by ethnic minority children are featured in I Tell You My Stories, a photo book that will be released today. The photographs were selected from thousands taken by children from ethnic Mong, Cham, Raglai and Mo Nong groups in the...
Frequent conflicts between wild elephants in the southern province of Dong Nai and local residents have increased the need for urgent protection of the endangered mammal. Since 2009, the conflicts have killed one local residents and injured tow,...
