• Norway funds $1.8 million for UN eco-office in Hanoi

    14/04/2009 05:00

    Norway will grant US$1.8 million toward building the One UN House, an eco-friendly office for 16 United Nations organizations in Vietnam. Visiting Norwegian State Secretary for International Development, HÃ¥kon Gulbrandsen, Tuesday signed the grant in...

  • New Zealand, Vietnam to increase education cooperation

    14/04/2009 05:00

    New Zealand has agreed to assist Vietnam in training personnel for the newly set up Human Resource Forecasting Center (HRFC) and to improve English teaching in the national educational system. It has also agreed to provide a management software program...

  • Government accepts blame for slow compensation in power project

    Government accepts blame for slow compensation in power project

    14/04/2009 05:00

    The government on Tuesday admitted it was to blame for slow financial compensation to residents displaced by the Son La Hydroelectric Plant project, which started construction in 2005 in three northwestern provinces....

  • Vietnamese PM to attend Boao Forum for Asia 2009

    Vietnamese PM to attend Boao Forum for Asia 2009

    14/04/2009 05:00

    - Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung will attend the Boao Forum for Asia (BFA) 2009 to be held in Hainan, China at the invitation of the Chinese government and the BFA organising board. Boao, China, where hosts the Boao Forum 2009. LookAtVietnam — Prime Minister...

  • Resettlement progress slows at dam project

    Resettlement progress slows at dam project

    14/04/2009 05:00

    A resettlement zone in Muong Lay District, Son La Province. National Assembly Chairman Nguyen Phu Trong emphasised the social consequences of resettling people to make way for the Son La Hydroelectric Plant to NA’s Standing Committee that met in Ha Noi...

  • New NA Standing Committee session opens

    New NA Standing Committee session opens

    13/04/2009 05:00

    The 19th session of the National Assembly (NA) Standing Committee opened this morning, April 14, in Hanoi. The 19 th session of the National Assembly (NA) Standing Committee opened this morning, April 14, in Hanoi. Today, NA deputies will...

  • Singaporean Minister Mentor Lee begins Vietnam visit

    Singaporean Minister Mentor Lee begins Vietnam visit

    13/04/2009 05:00

    LookAtVietnam – Singaporean Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew has shared his Lion-labeled nation’s experience with Vietnam in focusing on human resource development as an effective tool to curb economic crisis. Singaporean Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew. Lee...

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