Vietnam started the Ca pass tunnel project connecting Phu Yen and Khanh Hoa provinces in central region on Nov 18 after many delays, state media reported. The VND15.6 trillion ($746.55 million) project has a total length of 13.4 km, with Ca Pass...
The disbursement of capital for Vietnam’s Second Rural Energy Project (SREP), which received roughly $220 million from the World Bank (WB), has been slow despite the closing date falling on June 30, 2014. Kicked off in 2004, the project costing...
Vietnam’s central province of Quang Ngai has completed a JPY818 million project on upgrading seven small-scale reservoirs using a grant from the Japanese government.Of the sum, JPY698 million ($8.52 million) came from Japan and the remaining from...
Vietnam’s Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has approved the negotiation result for an ozone-depleting substance phase-out project with $9.76 million funding from the World Bank (WB).The PM has authorized Governor of the State Bank of Vietnam (SBV)...
The French Development Agency (AFD) has provided EUR60 million in aid for Vietnam’s support program to respond to climate change (SP-RCC) since 2009, said the French embassy. The information was released at a signing ceremony of an AFD-funded...
The Vietnam Aerospace Association (VAA) and the Swedish Unmanned Group has signed an agreement on which Sweden will assist Vietnam to build unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs).According to the agreement signed in Hanoi on Nov 20, Unmanned Group will...
New Zealand will continue to provide official development assistance (ODA) for Vietnam in the next years, Prime Minister John Key said at a meeting with his counterpart Nguyen Tan Dung on the margins of the 21st ASEAN Summit in Cambodia on Nov...
The United Nations Education, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), the International Organization (ILO) and the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) are jointly holding a workshop in Vietnam’s central province of Quang Nam today to...
Japan will provide more official development assistance (ODA) for Vietnam to implement infrastructure projects to serve national socio-economic development, Ambassador Tanizaki Yasuaki said. Mr. Yasuaki made the statement at a meeting with National...
Jobs Program for Survivors of Domestic Violence, a plan receiving support from the U.S. Embassy in Hanoi, has been launched to assist Vietnamese victims in finding jobs in the country, where male chauvinism has existed for centuries.The embassy...
