Vietnam has lost about VND254 billion ($12.09 million) from natural disasters in May, versus nearly VND169 billion in the same period last year, said the government’s General Statistics Office (GSO). Natural disasters also left 16 people dead and...
Vietnam has found 497 cases violating the regulations on environmental protection nationwide in May, compared to 259 cases in May 2012, said the government’s General Statistics Office (GSO). During the month, environmental protection agencies...
The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) has held a conference to review a Japan-funded project on enhancing human resource capacity for the water sector in central Vietnam. Kick-started in Aug 2010, the three-year project targeted to help...
ASEAN ministers have adopted a first-time draft of the ASEAN statement on enhancing cooperation in natural disaster management, at a closing ceremony of a meeting in Vietnam’s capital city of Hanoi. The consensus was reached at the second...
Vietnam disbursed an estimated amount of VND233 billion ($11.2 million) worth of state funds for education and training projects in the first five months of 2013, meeting 33.4% of the whole-year target, according to the General Statistics Office (...
Vietnamese Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Thien Nhan met with representatives from Japanese universities at a forum in Tokyo on May 25 to discuss measures to boost bilateral education cooperation. Deputy PM Nhan said that the Vietnamese government has...
Two unexploded wartime bombs recently discovered at the banks of the Hong (Red) River running through the northern province of Hung Yen have been safely disabled by disposal experts. With a diameter of 30 cm and a length of 80 cm, each weighs more...
Vice President cum General Secretary of the Vietnam Association for Victims of Agent Orange/Dioxin (VAVA), Tran Xuan Thu, received a delegation from the Korean Victims of Agent Orange Veterans Association (KAOVA) in Hanoi on May 22. Thu welcomed the...
A conference to deploy Decision 738/Q?-TTg issued on May 13th by the Prime Minister on the Plan to implement the National Action Program on overcoming the aftermath of bombs and mines left by the war to 2015 took place on May 24th in Hanoi. The...
The Vietnam General Confederation of Labor (VGCL) has proposed expanding a Ho Chi Minh City-based microfinance fund to help more poor households get low-interest loans to improve their living conditions. Although the Capital Aid Fund for Employment...
