The Japanese International Cooperation Agency (JICA) held a conference in Hanoi on January 30 to review Japan’s official development assistance (ODA) to Vietnam over the last 20 years and its future orientations.
(VOV) -The second southern folk cake festival will open on February 2 at the Hoa Su Restaurant in the Mekong Delta City of Can Tho, providing a cultural and gastronomic feast to welcome Tet (Lunar New Year).
(VOV) -The World Bank (WB) on January 30 approved an additional credit of US$156 million for an underway project to develop transport infrastructure in the Mekong Delta.
Over VND5.8 trillion (US$280 million) will be earmarked for a national target programme on pollution mitigation and environmental improvement in the 2012-2015 period.
The Ha Long Shipbuilding Company on January 30 handed over a 53,000-tonne cargo ship to its United Kingdom’s partner, MUHR Maritime Pte.
(VOV) -Vietnam is set to apply higher taxes, along with other stricter measures, on cigarette trading to limit consumption.
Vietnamese representatives Nguyen Thi Thanh An and Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son have pocketed tickets to the Chess World Cup in Norway next year at the Asian 3.3 Zonal Chess Championship, which concluded in the Philippines on January 29.
Officials from the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) and northern Dien Bien province have agreed to expand their pilot forest sustainable management project beyond selected areas given initial encouraging achievements.
The Vietnam - Netherlands Friendship and Cooperation Association (VNFCA) made its debut in Hanoi on January 29, in the presence of Vice President of the Vietnam Union of Friendship Associations Don Tuan Phong, and Dutch Ambassador to Vietnam JoopScheffers.
The National Assembly Committee for External Relations has collected its members and former members’ opinions on the draft amendments to the 1992 Constitution.