Stable politics

Phạm Xuân Tiến, deputy director of the Hà Nội Department of Education and Training, expressed regret about the case of one student being killed and two others being injured on a roller coaster in Phú Thọ Province during the picnic. … [Read more...] about Schools urged to prevent accidents during extracurricular activities

Australian investors have put up to US$1.9 billion worth of capital in 400 Việt Nam-based projects, in the fields of processing, manufacturing, agriculture, forestry and fishery, education and health services. Việt Nam is also a top travel destination for Australian tourists, with 400,000 visitors in 2017, according to the Prime Minister. … [Read more...] about PM welcomes Australian firms to Vietnam

In the past months, VBSP has worked out numerous measures on credit expansion serving production and business while simultaneously pushing back black credit, such as raising the loan limit to VND100 million ($4,350) per household without collateral or raising loan durations to at most 120 months for needy, near-poor households, and those who have just freshly escaped from poverty. The bank is also doing a good job of managing credit quality and improving policy communication activities. … [Read more...] about Policy credit helps push back black credit

The lending volume during the first half reached VND42.583 trillion ($1.85 billion) which was distributed to nearly 1.2 million households that are poor, near-poor, or freshly escaped poverty, and other policy beneficiaries. Meanwhile, total collected debt volume amounted to VND29.670 trillion ($1.3 billion). Policy credit sources helped create jobs for nearly 216,000 labourers, 1,900 of whom have begun work under fixed-term contracts abroad, helping nearly 9,000 underprivileged pupils and students secure loans to continue their studies, and building 770,000 clean water and latrine facilities in rural areas. The capital source also helped build 11,500 housing units for policy beneficiaries. … [Read more...] about VBSP registers upbeat first-half performance

Every section of the 20-ha facillity in Cu Chi district tells its own story, said Director Tran Thi Tuyet Nga, citing the Hill of Eggs as an example, saying it tells a folk legend of Lac Long Quan and his wife Au Co who gave birth to a brood of a hundred eggs from which a hundred of children hatched and became the ancestors of all Vietnamese people. … [Read more...] about VIETNAM NEWS JANUARY 19