A conference took place in Hanoi on June 22 to update on the implementation of a Korean-funded technical assistance project on planning green cities in Vietnam.
The Republic of Korea (RoK)’s medical organisation for peace (Medipeace) has sponsored over 1 million USD for the central province of Quang Tri to support children with disabilities to access rehabilitation and improve their lives in 2018-2020.
The Republic of Korea’s government will provide 1.9 million USD in financial aid for a project promoting energy saving in Vietnam’s industrial sector.
More than 5 billion USD is needed to build a railway linking the Lao capital of Vientiane with Vung Ang seaport in Vietnam, according to research conducted under a technical support project for the railway’s feasibility study.
The Government of the RoK will provide a non-refundable aid package worth 5.5 million USD to help Vietnam carry out a project on upgrading and developing the national investment information system for 2018-2021.
A 380m ironwood-floored pedestrian road is under construction along the southern bank of Huong River, one of the most well-known destinations in Hue city in the central province of Thua Thien-Hue.
The RoK has granted 6 million USD through the Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) to finance a project that will strengthen geospatial data in the Lao province of Savannakhet.
The Republic of Korea-supported project on overcoming the consequences of post-war bombs and mines was launched during a ceremony in the central province of Quang Binh on March 9.
A decision to establish the Office of the Standing Agency of the National Steering Committee on the Settlement of Post-war Unexploded Ordnance and Toxic Chemical Consequences was announced on March 8.
A project to prevent violence against women and to provide consultations for victims of gender-based violence was launched in Hanoi on January 16.
The Republic of Korea (RoK) and Vietnam’s central province of Quang Nam will intensify community and cultural activities, and share experience in preserving and promoting cultural values.
A seminar took place in Hanoi on December 5 introducing the project on improving the value chain of Vietnam’s handicraft sector for 2017-2020.
Permanent Deputy Prime Minister Truong Hoa Binh is on a working trip to the Republic of Korea (RoK) from November 18-23 at the invitation of the RoK government.
Authorities of the central province of Quang Tri met with representatives of US organisation Roots of Peace, pledging optimal conditions for it to help develop local agriculture, especially pepper production, according to Tai nguyen & Moi truong (Natural Resources & Environment) newspaper.
More than 100 scientists, policy makers, researchers, lecturers and press experts from Vietnam and the Republic of Korea (RoK) were brought together at a workshop in Hanoi on November 1 to share experience in communicating public policy to promote social consensus in specific arenas such as healthcare and nuclear energy.
A high-level seminar on the reform of public sector, theme of the second-year research between Vietnam and the Republic of Korea (KOICA), took place in Hanoi on October 20.
Minister of Planning and Investment Nguyen Chi Dung has visited the Republic of Korea to attend a celebration of the Korea Economic Development Cooperation Fund (EDCF)’s 30th founding anniversary.
President Tran Dai Quang, on August 28, received Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Republic of Korea (RoK) Yang Sung-tae, who is on his first visit to Vietnam.
