Japan, with its rich experience, is willing to assist Vietnam in settling down the bad debt of local banking system, said Ambassador to the Southeast Asian country Yasuaki Tanizaki on March 12. “We [Japan] went through similar troubles more than ten...
Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) plans to sign on Mar 22 an agreement to provide JPY13.79 billion ($147 million) in official development assistance (ODA) to Vietnam to upgrade 44 bridges that serve the 1,700-km Hanoi-HCM City...
Vietnam’s Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development will carry out a $74 million green agricultural project as funded by the Asian Development Bank (ADB), the Thoi Bao Kinh Te newspaper reported on Mar 13. The “Low Carbon Agricultural Support...
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the European Investment Bank (EIB) will loan a total $760 million to the metro route No. 5 project in Vietnam’s southern economic hub of Ho Chi Minh City. A memorandum of understanding (MoU) to this effect was...
A collection of photographs capturing meetings between trans-Vietnam cyclists and Vietnamese victims of Agent Orange (AO) taken by Lee Jong-hun are on display at an exhibition that opened in South Korea recently. The exhibition is being held by the...
The Hanoi Association of Victims of Agent Orange (AO)/Dioxin has set a target of raising about VND7 billion this year to help AO victims. In 2012, the association campaigned organizations and individuals to donate nearly VND6 billion in kind and...
A delegation from the Vietnam Association of Victims of Agent Orange (AO)/Dioxin (VAVA) led by its President Nguyen Van Rinh is paying a working visit to Australia from March 3-10 to foster links in seeking justice for AO victims in Vietnam,...
Soldiers based in the north-central province of Ha Tinh have defused a 450-kilogram war-era bomb, news website Dan Tri reported Thursday. The bomb was discovered during a search for unexploded ordnance (UXOs) at a cemetery in Ky Phuong Commune, Ky...
As many as 147 scholarships have been presented to poor, orphaned and disabled students at all levels in southern Ben Tre province to support their 2012-2013 academic year. The scholarships, totaling 133.5 million VND (about 6.000 USD) were jointly...
Free heart disease check-ups and counseling were given to over 1,600 poor children under 16 years old in Tuyen Quang province from March 2-3. The medical care was provided by Vietnam’s Military Telecom Corporation (Viettel), Hanoi’s Viet Duc...
