VOV.VN - The World Bank and the State Bank of Vietnam have signed an agreement that will allow a US$2.5 million grant from the Japan Social Development Fund to finance a project that will strengthen the delivery of legal aid services to vulnerable groups in the northern part of Vietnam.
VOV.VN - Leaders of US economic and financial groups such as Kohlberg Kravis Roberts (KKR), VISA, Citigroup, and Standard & Poor’s all hailed Vietnam’s development potential during separate meetings with visiting Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh.
The restructuring of State-owned enterprises should focus on poor-performing and loss-making firms, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has requested.
On the occasion of the Lunar New Year (Tet), National Assembly (NA) Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue visited and presented Tet gifts to poor and near-poor households and social policy beneficiaries in Nghi Loc and Hung Nguyen districts in the central province of Nghe An.
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the WorldShare organisation have recently signed a cooperation agreement to build 73 flood-resilient houses for poor households affected by storms in the central province of Quang Binh.
More than 2 million poor households won access to loans worth over VND80 trillion (US$3.52 billion) from the Vietnam Bank for Social Policies (VBSP) last year.
VOV.VN - The Vietnam Red Cross Society (VNRC) has launched a humanitarian campaign to support underprivileged people in the buildup to the upcoming traditional lunar New Year holiday (Tet).
The People’s Council of Ho Chi Minh City has approved the largest-ever relief package worth over VND7.3 trillion (US$321.3 million) to support people affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.
VOV.VN - Local authorities and a large number of benefactors in Can Tho City have been carrying out a range of charity activities in recent days in an effort to support poor people during the nation’s ongoing fight against the COVID-19 pandemic.
VOV.VN - Tieu Vy, Miss Vietnam 2018, joined a number of other beauties to prepare meals for over 15,000 poor people in Ho Chi Minh City as a way of contributing to the southern city’s ongoing fight against the COVID-19 pandemic.