The U.S. Embassy Hanoi on March 10 announced the 2017 Fulbright Vietnamese Scholar Program (VSP) which provides grants to Vietnamese scholars to lecture and conduct research at American institutions or universities for three months up to nine months...
A 250 kilogram general-purpose bomb from the Vietnam War was unearthed in the central province of Quang Tri on Mar 2 when local workers were digging a well. Some workers found the bomb, which has been identified as an MK82, at around three meters...
Quang Binh Province will receive financial aid of nearly VND5.4 billion ($242,000) from the Golden West Humanitarian Foundation (GWHF) for an explosive objects detection project. The project is aimed at improving the knowledge and skills of officers...
Two European philanthropists have spent more than a year walking from their continent to Asia to raise funds for needy children in Vietnam. Simon Niggli from Switzerland and Christoph Obmascher from Austria have walked 7,000km across 19 countries...
Total outstanding loans to ethnic people in Vietnam reached an estimated VND33 trillion ($1.46 billion) at the end of 2015, the Thoi Bao Kinh Te Viet Nam newspaper reported, citing Vietnam Bank for Social Policies (VBSP). The money, which was...
The World Bank (WB), the biggest provider of official development assistance (ODA), pledged to finance $622 million to Vietnam in 2016, nearly halving the figure of 2015, according to the national Television station (VTV). The funding has focused in...
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) will help Vietnamese farmers build 13,654 biogas plants worth over VND175 billion ($7.8 million) in 2016 under the Low Carbon Agricultural Support project, which is expected to reduce pollution from agricultural...
Non-profit organisation Handicap International on March 3 provided central Thua Thien-Hue province half a million US dollar in non-refundable financial aid to support people living with brain injuries. The 2016-2020 project involves designing...
Vietnam has about 100 out of more than 7,000 rare diseases reported from across the world, it was announced at a conference organized by the National Hospital of Pediatrics. The conference was held on Sunday to mark International Rare Disease Day. A...
Vietnam’s Ministry of Health Feb 29 held a meeting to review operations in the northern region and set out plans for this year, with a focus on improving disease prevention, medical care, and private investment in the sector. In 2015, over 1,300...
