The number of Vietnamese students in the U.S. in the 2012-2013 academic year increased by 3.4% year-on-year to 16,098, according to a report released by the U.S. International Institute of Education (IIE) on Nov 11. Of the total, 70% of students are...
Vietnam and Russia signed on Nov 12 two agreements during President Vladimir Putin’s official visit to Hanoi to strengthen their cooperation in education, local media reported. The pacts include one on Vietnamese citizens studying at Russia’s...
The Vietnam Television’s “Vietnamese Heart” fund and the Lien Viet Post Joint Stock Commercial Bank (LienVietPostBank) will join hands to support disadvantaged individuals, households and localities across the country. An agreement to this effect...
Vietnam has 16 national target programs covering such areas as building new rural areas, employment and vocational training, sustainable poverty reduction, and child protection. They greatly contribute to ensure social security. Report by Radio The...
Over the past years, the State of Vietnam, besides supplementing legal documents targeting ethnic minority people, has implemented many policies to improve the spiritual and material life of these people. The task has been conducted unceasingly...
Vietnam has made significant progress in realising its United Nations Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), particularly in poverty reduction and the universalisation of primary school education, General Director of the United Nation Development...
The Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO) will help Vietnam enhance export of farm produce to Japan, said JETRO’s Chief Representative Atsusuke Kawada. The Japanese official made this statement at a working session in northern Ha Nam province on...
The Swedish government plans to stop providing grants to Vietnam, but it will continue to provide soft loans to help the Southeast Asian nation’s socio-economic development, Ambassador Camilla Mellander said. “Sweden wants to change the nature of...
The Saudi Fund for Development will fund $14.5 million for the construction of a medical training center costing total $16.54 million in Vietnam’s northern mountainous province of Bac Kan under an agreement signed recently. Kicked off in November...
Vietnam’s Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has approved a plan to build five large-scale hospitals in the capital city of Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City to ease the severe overload. Under the plan, the second facilities of Hanoi-based Bach Mai Hospital...
