The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism (MoCST) will continue speeding up projects on preserving and developing the ethnic minority culture in 2014. MoCST Deputy Minister Huynh Vinh Ai said the ministry plans to build a set of cultural...
Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has appreciated development work undertaken by ethnic groups, reiterating that the Party and State attach great importance to ethnic community development. The Prime Minister made the statement at a conference of the...
The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) disbursed nearly JPY60 billion for transport projects in Vietnam as of Dec 30, accounting for 51.6% of the sector’s total pledged loan for Vietnam in the 2013 fiscal year ending March 2014. The JICA...
The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) pledges to fund a total of $344 million for Country Development Cooperation Strategy (CDCS) in Vietnam in the next five years, the agency said in a document. In its fact sheet published on its...
The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) will provide a loan of $22.5 million and a grant of $500,000 to help Vietnam implement a project on sustainable rural development for the poor. The $45.6 million project was launched at a...
The northern province of Bac Ninh – a gateway to the capital city of Hanoi – is put on alert after bird flu has spread across a number of its localities. The provincial People’s Committee announced the deadly A/H5N1 virulent strain was found on...
As there are outbreaks of flu A/H7N9 in China and a series of other flu strains, the diseases tend to be on the rise and approach Vietnamese borders, so to ensure food safety during the lunar New Year, localities are carrying out drastic measures to...
A $6.28 million project on water, sanitation and hygiene, sponsored by the Australian government, was launched in Vietnam’s capital city of Hanoi on Jan 15, the government said on its website. The project aims to improve the environmental sanitation...
Vietnam targets to have all newly-invested projects in energy-intensive industries, potentially causing serious pollution to the environment meet regulations on clean technology. This is one of the specific objectives in the clean technology...
The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) has launched a program costing $26 million to help Vietnam cope with climate change. The Vietnam Forests and Deltas Program will focus on low carbon emission and green growth in four provinces of...
