France’s Agence Française de Développement (AFD) signed a deal with Vietnam’s Ministry of Finance on Feb 6 to fund EUR75 million ($101.3 million) for a high-voltage power transmission project in the Southeast Asian country.The signing ceremony,...
Japan is willing to assist Vietnam in choosing a suitable nuclear reactor for the latter’s first nuclear power plants, said Japanese Ambassador to the communist nation Yasuaki Tanizaki.The Japanese diplomat made this statement at a recent meeting...
Vietnam Expressway Corp. (VEC), South Korea’s Dohwa Engineering Co., Ltd and Korea Expressway Corp. yesterday signed a consultancy and designing agreement worth $2.06 million for the Danang-Quang Ngai expressway.Under the deal, the South Korea firms...
The French government is determined to maintain official development assistance (ODA) for Vietnam next year, Minister for la Francophonie Yamina Benguigui said at a meeting with Vice President Nguyen Thi Doan in Hanoi on Feb 7. Ms. Benguigui also...
Five wheelchairs and five blankets worth a combined VND16 million were delivered to agent orange victims by the Vietnam News Agency in co-ordination with northern Ninh Binh Province's Agent Orange Association yesterday as part of the For the Agent...
The Norwegian People’s Aid (NPA), a non-governmental organization (NGO), has pledged its continuous support to clear wartime bombs, mines and unexploded ordnance (UXO) in Vietnam’s central province of Thua Thien-Hue.NPA Country Director for Vietnam...
On the occasion of the upcoming Lunar New Year, the Central Highlands province of Dak Nong has presented 1,061 houses to poor families, mostly from ethnic minority groups in the locality.The houses, built at a total cost of 37 billion VND (1.76...
Disadvantaged high-school students will be supported with their food and accommodation expenses, the Prime Minister has decided.Ethnic minority students who are studying in state-run high schools and permanently residing in areas with poor economic...
National target poverty reduction program and State investments have enabled 12 northern provinces, which all together shape the poorest area in the country, to reduce the number of poor households to 24.68% in 2012.The number of households living...
Vietnam’s capital city of Hanoi has set a target of reducing the percentage of poor households citywide by 1% to 16,500 families this year. To obtain this target, local authorities have asked agencies and departments to mobilize all available...
