Deputy PM Vu Van Ninh has called for specific policies to support sustainable poverty reduction with order of priority from poor to near-poor households. The Deputy PM made the remark in Hanoi on Apr 9 while presiding over a meeting of the Central...
Two teams of doctors and nurses of units under Military Zone 9 provided check-ups and medicines for free for nearly 1,000 poor people, policy beneficiaries and people of ethnic minorities on April 13th. According to organizers, the drive aimed to...
A national conference to review policies for ethnic and mountainous areas opened in Hanoi on Apr 11 with the presence of PM Nguyen Tan Dung, Deputy PM Nguyen Xuan Phuc and Chairman of the Committee of Ethnic Minorities Giang Seo Phu. Over the past...
Ministries and authorities of localities should take actions to narrow the development gap among ethnic groups in Vietnam, Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has said. The PM made the request while speaking at a national conference to review the...
ChildFund and KB Financial Group from South Korea have recently handed over 100 bikes to needy children at Cuoi Ha commune, Kim Boi district, Hoa Binh Province. According to Ms Nguyen Thi Thai Ha, a manager at ChildFund Vietnam, bikes are very...
Vietnam’s central province of Nghe An will carry out a project costing $273.93 million to upgrade the local irrigation system with major funding from the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), the Quan Doi Nhan Dan newspaper reported. The...
France signed several loan and aid agreements for development projects in Vietnam at the first Vietnam-France Annual High-Level Economic Dialogue in Hanoi on Apr 9, state media reported on Ap. France will provide an additional grant of EUR1...
The Western Australian Wheelchair for Kids charity organization has pledged to donate 160 wheelchairs to Vietnamese children affected by Agent Orange (AO) this Sept. The announcement was made during a recent visit by Vietnamese Consul General in...
The central province of Thua Thien-Hue has built 10 centers that provide health care and vocational training for disabled children suspected of being infected with Agent Orange (AO)/dioxin. The information was released on April 2 by the provincial...
Mines Advisory Group (MAG), a U.K. non-governmental organization, April 4 started a program to improve awareness of Vietnamese children about the impacts of bombs, mines and unexploded ordnance (UXO) left from wars. In response to International Day...
