Vietnam aims to raise the national literacy rate to 98% in 15 to 60-year-olds by 2020. Under a project recently signed by the Prime Minister, 800,000 people in the above age group will become literate by 2015, reaching 96%. Of which, the rate of...
Vietnam wants further global assistance to clear bomb and mine contaminated areas in the time to come, said a Vietnamese official. Pham Quoc Tru, deputy head of the Vietnam Permanent Mission to the United Nations, the World Trade Organization (WTO)...
The Quang Tri provincial People’s Committee approved a project on May 3 by the U.S.-based Clear Path International (CPI) to assist bomb and mine victims in the province. The project will be carried out in Gio Linh district and Dong Ha city with...
The Government has announced that it will reduce some financial subsidies for disadvantaged people and focus instead on implementing vocational training programs as it looks to stimulate the role played by the poor in improving their own lives. The...
Company 72 of the Corps 15 (the Defense Ministry) held a congress for 210 representatives representing some 3,000 cadres and soldiers on April 27th. Over the past time, the company overcame its current difficulties and expanded the acreage under...
The new web portal of the Government’s Committee for Ethnic Minority Affairs (CEMA) was launched on May 3 in Hanoi as part of the program to reform administrative formalities. Minister-Chairman of the Committee for Ethnic Minority Affairs Giang Seo...
The U.S. government said that it will provide $53 million for projects in environment and water, health, education, connectivity, food security and energy security in five Lower Mekong countries, including Vietnam. The commitment was made at the 4th...
Authorities in Vietnam’s two biggest cities of Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh will postpone an increase in the prices of a number of medical services that was earlier scheduled for Sept, in a move to ease financial burden on patients. Deputy Head of the...
Vietnam will inspect the quality of toys nationwide in Aug and Sept on concerns about low-quality Chinese products, which have made their way to every corner across the country. The Ministry of Science and Technology has asked all cities to tighten...
The Vietnamese prime minister has approved a community-based project to look for disadvantaged children in the 2013-2020 period. Beneficiaries are orphans, abandoned children, HIV/AIDS carriers, children with severe disabilities and victims of...
