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Secretary of the Ho Chi Minh City Party Committee Nguyen Thien Nhan has asked the municipal authorities to offer more financial assistance and new policies for the press for continued communications, especially to promote the National Assembly’s Resolution No. 54 to pilot a special mechanism and policy for HCM City’s development.

In March, the Department of Industry and Trade of Ho Chi Minh City will chair a meeting with the Ho Chi Minh City Export Processing and Industrial Zones Authority and the Saigon Hi-tech Park to organise a festival to seek support industry suppliers.

Japan’s Mizuho Bank has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the northern province of Vinh Phuc on cooperation in boosting Japanese investment in the locality.

The Spanish Government pledges to provide financial assistance for Ho Chi Minh City to develop one more metro line, said an official from Spain’s Ministry of Economy, Industry and Competitiveness (MEIC).

Localities in the central province of Thua Thien-Hue on June 9 continued providing compensation for locals affected by marine environment incident last year.

The Fulbright University Vietnam on June 6 announced the reception of two grants from the US Government worth a total of 15.5 million USD.

The central province of Thanh Hoa is offering numerous incentives to call for investment in 50 projects totaling 5 billion USD in the locality.

Financial assistance has continued to be delivered to residents in the south central region, which has suffered from back-to-back floods.

The Government has decided to allocate 260 billion VND, equivalent to 11.7 million USD, from the central budget reserve to help 12 northern provinces seriously affected by storms earlier this year.

The Prime Minister has just made a decision to allocate 260 billion VND (11.7 million USD) from the central budget’s reserve to help 12 northern localities seriously affected by storms earlier 2016.

Hanoi (VNA) – A number of banks will introduce financial assistance packages to small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) to enable their active participation in international integration.

Malaysia received 68 Syrian refugees on May 28, including 31 children, with hundreds more expected soon.

As many as 4,000 households hit by drought and saline intrusion in the southern province of Tra Vinh have received financial assistance worth 500,000 VND (22.7 USD) each.

The People’s Committee of central Thanh Hoa province is allocating over 39 billion VND (1.75 million USD) to fund meals for kindergarten children in the province.

Over 83 percent of central Quang Tri province’s area were contaminated with bombs, mines and explosives left from wars, according to statistics collected from a recent survey.

Developing criteria for providing loans for aquaculture, particularly shrimp raising, in the Mekong Delta was the focus of discussions at a workshop held on December 12 in the regional city of Can Tho

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.

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.