Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung recently approved a water supply project for Ly Son Island in the central province of Quang Ngai that uses official development assistance (ODA) from the RoK.
Belgium pledges to increase assistance projects for Vietnam and Ho Chi Minh City, in particular in health care, human resources training, and waste treatment.
The Prime Minister has approved the content of a draft cooperation agreement on mutual administrative assistance in customs between the Governments of Vietnam and Italy.
Deputy Prime Minister Vu Van Ninh asked ministries and branches to quadruple central budget allocations to disadvantaged border, island and coastal communes for the building of new-style rural areas.
The Mekong Delta city of Can Tho is in need of substantial funding to implement an embankment project along the Can Tho River to respond to climate change.
Indonesia has accepted Singapore's offer for a haze assistance package to deal with forest fires, Singapore's Foreign Minister Vivian Balakrishnan said on October 7.
Tran Hai Quang and Le Thi Bich Lieu's dream wedding ceremony and party finally came true as the couple were part of the Mass Wedding of 100 Disadvantaged Couples.
The Vietnam Bombs and Mines Action Support Association (VBMASA) coordinated with the Quang Nam People’s Committee to organise a programme on August 19 to assist victims of u nexploded ordnances.
As the new school year quickly approaches, needy students across the nation have received domestic and international assistance towards their academic careers.
The Vietnam Lawyers’ Association (VLA) has thus far set up 54 legal consultation centres nationwide as part of a project on legal education and assistance for the public.
The central province of Quang Binh has map out a plan to provide financial assistance for local fishermen to build and upgrade 80 more fishing vessels and five logistics vessels by 2016.
The northern mountainous province of Bac Kan has disbursed 4.9 million
USD of the 5.7 million USD in assistance from non-governmental
organisations (NGO) in the past five years, noted a provincial leader at
a recent meeting with a working group from the Committee for NGO
Affairs.
Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung spoke highly of the World Bank’s
support for Vietnam, while receiving WB Country Director in Vietnam
Victoria Kwakwa in Hanoi on July 24.
The Government should carry out financial assistance measures
appropriate for small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) to develop
the support industry, said delegates to the Vietnam-Japan Support
Industry Forum in Ho Chi Minh City on July 8.
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