Vietnam will set up the National Mine Action Coordination Centre (VNMAC) to better cope with landmines and unexploded ordnance (UXO) issues. The decision was made at a meeting in Hanoi on Jan 7 by the National Steering Committee on Controlling...
Lai Chau should focus on linking its production to processing and sake of its products as a way to helps the province reduce poverty sustainably, said Deputy Prime Minister Vu Van Ninh. The Deputy PM made the request during his working session with...
The country’s business and trade hub, Ho Chi Minh City, helped 2,445 ethnic minority households escape from poverty in 2013. The achievement was announced by the municipal Committee for Ethnic Affairs on January 7 while reviewing its performance in...
Experts from South Korea have introduced a $5 million project to upgrade the vocational training college for youngsters from ethnic minority groups in the Central Highlands region. The project, funded by South Korean government, was also launched...
Back home from the war in Vietnam, many U.S. veterans had to turn to therapy to heal the wounds of their souls. The images of the war still haunt their daily lives. It is a mental illness called “Vietnam syndrome”. An organization named “Soldier’s...
The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) pledges to fund an additional $239 million for Vietnam in the next five years, the agency said in a press release on Jan 8. The amount would focus on preventing bird flu and HIV/AIDS; supporting...
The Canadian fund Grand Challenges Canada (GCC) on Jan 10 announced a primary CAD7.7 million CAD ($7.2 million) aid to 22 mental healthcare projects worldwide, including one in Vietnam. Funded by the Canadian government, GCC seeks affordable...
Hanoi will pour VND120 billion ($5.7 million) into upgrading its medical facilities in 2014 in order to become the country’s healthcare hub by 2020. The plan was outlined at a January 9 conference reviewing the implementation of National Criteria on...
Vietnam’s chicken farms have been hurt as substandard and smuggled Chinese chickens are flooding the local markets, state media reported. Due to a high supply of China-sourced chickens, local farmers couldn’t sell their stock. Prices of locally-...
Vietnam’s capital city of Hanoi plans to invest roughly VND42 trillion ($2 billion) including 50% from the official development assistance (ODA) in upgrading waste treatment system until 2020. The money would enable the municipal government to...
