Vietnam’s southern economic hub of Ho Chi Minh City expects that the European Union (EU) will continue providing the city with official development assistance (ODA) in coming years, Chairman of the municipal People’s Committee Le Hoang Quan said. Mr...
The Korean International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) has pledged to provide $3.5 million in grant for Vietnam to set up a multi-purpose land data management system in two years of 2013-2014.The funding was mentioned in the agreement signed between...
The Federation of Canadian Municipalities (FCM) and the Union of British Columbia Municipalities (UBCM) will help Vietnam build strategies for economic development in five localities, the Phap luat Tp. HCM newspaper reported. Two Canadian agencies...
Vietnam’s central city of Danang is seeking capital from the Asian Development Bank (ADB) to develop the East-West Economic Corridor 2 project (EWEC 2) to boost economic growth, Chairman Van Huu Chien said.Danang wants to have the funds to develop...
Denmark will grant $11 million to help Vietnam boost the efficient use of energy, which is poor in the Southeast Asian country due to loose management, the Thoi Bao Ngan Hang newspaper reported on Nov 9. Deal for the fund will be signed by officials...
The World Bank (WB) and the Vietnam Electricity Group (EVN), the country’s sole power distributor, has signed a credit agreement to fund $449 million for Vietnam’s Distribution Efficiency Project (DEP), the Thoi Bao Kinh Te Viet Nam newspaper...
The Bomb and Mine Clearance Centre under the Ministry of National Defence has discovered an unexploded bomb weighing 230kg in Nghe An. Major Vo Van Ba, the centre’s director, said the bomb was dropped by US air forces during the Vietnam war. The...
Three unexploded bombs weighing around 250 pounds have been discovered in Phuong Lam ward, Hoa Binh City. They lie 2.5 m underground and are spaced 4-5m apart from each other. Soon after receiving the information, Hoa Binh City's Military Command...
Ireland has pledged to help Vietnam clean up post-war bombs, mines and unexploded ordnance (UXO) in the next years under a memorandum of understanding (MoU) signed in Hanoi on Oct 29. The MoU was signed by Irish Minister for Trade and Development...
Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has called on localities to rally funds to pay 30% of the health insurance premium for people living near the poverty line as a way to get more people insured. By the end of last year, only 1.6 million near-poor people...
