Tropical storm Melor has entered the Vietnamese East Sea to become the fifth storm hitting the country so far this year after traversing through the Philippines, according to National Center for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting. The center has asked...
Auto Motors Vietnam, the importer of Renault cars in Vietnam, and Mai Linh Group signed an agreement to launch the electric taxi service next year in Vietnam on December 16 to reduce gas emissions and improve environment in major cities, state media...
Vietnam’s northern highlands is in its coldest time of the year and many primary school children are still going to school in thin clothes, bare heads and some even without sandals. Teachers at a boarding school in Son La, one of the country’s...
The Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA)’s assistance to clear landmines and unexploded ordnance (UXO) has cemented agreements between the two countries, KOICA Vietnam Country Director Chang Jae-yun said. At a meeting with Vietnamese...
A conference was held in Hanoi on December 10 to seek rapid and sustainable poverty reduction measures for the northwestern region, where the number of low-income households is highest in Vietnam. The Steering Committee for the Northwestern Region...
The United Nations Children’s Fund in Vietnam (UNICEF) and the Johnson & Johnson Company signed an agreement on improving health for disadvantaged ethnic minority women and children in Hanoi on December 9. The targeted localities are Dien Bien,...
Ethnic minority development targets must be included in the 2016-2020 Socio-economic Development Plan, said participants at a forum in Hanoi on December 9 co hosted by the National Assembly's Council for Ethnic Affairs, the Government's Committee...
The Ministry of Finance (MoF) on December 5 signed an agreement on loans worth $29 million with the Saudi Fund for Development (SFD) for three projects in Vietnam’s northern provinces of Lang Son, Hoa Binh and Ha Nam, state media reported. The...
The World Bank (WB), the biggest multilateral donor of Vietnam, has pledged $20.1 billion in soft loans and grants in the 1993-2015 period, according to the Ministry of Planning and Investment. Of the sum, $17.32 billion came from the International...
The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) has provided Vietnam with $104 million to finance the construction of ten hospitals spread out across the country, according to information released by the Ministry of Health at its yearly review...
