Aid and development

PM Nguyen Xuan Phuc on Sunday attended a ceremony to put Nghi Son oil refinery and petrochemical complex into commercial operations after more than five-year construction.Speaking at the event, PM Phuc said output of the Nghi Son and Dung Quat refineries will meet around 80-90% ...

The European Union has signed an agreement to support Vietnam’s forest governance improvement goals, aimed at ensuring that the timber it imports from the Southeast Asian country is legally sourced.Keep reading ...

Vietnam, which has been using ODA (official  development assistance) capital for 25 years, has looked at the situation realistically and found the problems of ODA.Keep reading ...

Vietnam has been advised to carefully consider whether to borrow official development assistance (ODA) loans in the future.ODA should be only a temporary foreign-currency mobilisation channel. The biggest benefit of foreign loans is having foreign currency resources to access technology, assets and advanced expertise.Keep reading  ...

The Vietnamese Government and business community have adopted policies and strategies to aid their competitive goal – to catch up with the rest of the world, especially in ensuring sustainable national development.Keep reading ...

The Vietnamese Permanent Mission to the United Nations (UN) is attending the 17th Session of the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (UNPFII), which takes place from April 16 to 27 at the UN Headquarters in New York. In a speech, a representative of the ...

The UN Women and the Australian Embassy in Viet Nam are calling on labourers to participate in an online survey to assess the effects of the revision of the Labour Code on men, women and different labour groups in society. Keep reading ...

Youngsters are considered as an asset to the country’s prosperity, however, the Vietnamese youth are facing a range of challenges in many aspects, such as employment, education and reproductive and sexual healthcare, according to a new report released on November 22.Keep reading ...

Deputy Prime Minister Vũ Đức Đam has called on society as a whole to collaborate in meeting the United Nations’ 90-90-90 Goals in HIV/AIDS prevention and control by 2020. Đam made the call during a meeting held in the northern province of Hải Dương yesterday in response to ...

Vietnam began today with the help of the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) a project aimed at strengthening the adaptability of coastal communities vulnerable to climate change. Executable for five years and valued at some 30 million dollars that will contribute the Green Climate Fund, ...