Forty members of the Chau Ma ethnic minority group have been trained as professional forest supervisors who can use the Global Positioning System (GPS) for their work in Da Teh commune, Bao Lam district in the Central Highlands province of Lam Dong....
A pictorial magazine, Dan Toc va Mien Nui (Nationalities and Mountain), owned by the Vietnam News Agency (VNA), debuted in Hanoi on January 22.The magazine, published in Vietnamese and five ethnic languages - Khmer, Cham, Bahnar, Jrai and Ede – was...
The Vietnamese Party and State always pay special attention to ethnic affairs and national solidarity and give the issues a long-term strategic position in the country’s revolutionary cause.The statement was made by National Assembly Vice Chairwoman...
PetroVietnam Exploration and Production Corporation (PVEP) signed on Jan 18 a credit agreement with 17 foreign banks to borrow $300 million to serve its oil and gas projects at home and abroad in the next five years.The loan which has a five-year...
Argentina is willing to assist Vietnam in developing biotechnology in crop cultivation and livestock farming, said Argentine Secretary of National Integration of the Chief of Staff Maria del Alarcon at a meeting with leaders of Vietnam’s Ministry of...
The World Bank (WB) is willing to provide Vietnam with a new loan to help the country recapitalize the banking system hurt by rising bad debts, said WB’s Vietnam Country Director Victoria Kwakwa.“We would certainly be ready to find the resources to...
Vietnam’s southern economic hub of Ho Chi Minh City wants to continue receiving Japan’s assistance for some major development projects, Secretary of the municipal Party Committee Le Thanh Hai said. Mr. Hai has expressed his hope at a meeting with...
The International Finance Corporation (IFC) is willing to support infrastructure development in Vietnam’s central city of Danang, Program Manager for Advisory Services for public–private partnership (PPPs) in East Asia and the Pacific, Edgar Saravia...
Vietnam recorded 86 deaths from obstetric complications during giving births in 2012, rising by 17% from a year earlier, according to Minister of Health Nguyen Thi Kim Tien.The minister released the figure at a meeting in Hanoi on Jan 24 to review...
The Drug Administration of Vietnam under the Ministry of Heath will no longer allow India-based XL Laboratories Pvt. Ltd to operate in the country due to its violations, state media reported.On Sept 13, 2012, the administration received a dossier...
