• IT businesses awarded for efficient operations
  IT businesses awarded for efficient operations
  

  

  Thirty-three information-communication technology (ICT) awards were presented to ICT businesses in Hanoi on March 20 in recognition of their efficient operations and contributions to national development.
  20/03
• US professor awarded Vietnam’s education medal
  US professor awarded Vietnam’s education medal
  

  Prof. Edward J. Baker on March 19 became the first US professor to be presented the insignia “For the Cause of Education” by the Ministry of Education and Training for his contributions to educational development in Vietnam.
  20/03
• JICA aids central region in urban water supply
  JICA aids central region in urban water supply
  

  

  The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) will provide technical assistance to a project on human resource development for the urban water sector in the central region of Vietnam.
  20/03
• Increasing capacity for combating drug-related crime
  Increasing capacity for combating drug-related crime
  

  

  The Ministry of Public Security has coordinated with the Supreme Prosecution of the Republic of Korea on a project to combat drug-related crime.
  19/03
• Vietnam, US to conduct a seminar on the environment
  Vietnam, US to conduct a seminar on the environment
  

  Some agencies and companies from the US will coordinate with Vietnamese authorities to organise a seminar on environmental solutions for Vietnam, said the American Telecommunications Certification Body (ATCB) on March 18.
  19/03

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• Finland helps localities cope with climate change
  Finland helps localities cope with climate change
  

  The Finish Embassy in Hanoi announced on April 7 that it will finance two projects worth EUR 460,000 to support the climate change correction and prevention in Vietnam.
  08/04
• Khmer ethnic people to celebrate New Year in mid-April
  Khmer ethnic people to celebrate New Year in mid-April
  

  More than 300,000 Khmer ethnic people in the Mekong Delta province of Tra Vinh will welcome their New Year festival - Chol Chnam Thmay - which will last from April 14-16.
  08/04
• Toshiba helps cut greenhouse gas emissions
  Toshiba helps cut greenhouse gas emissions
  

  Japan’s Toshiba Corporation has announced the establishment of a new company that will carry out a green development project to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in Vietnam.
  08/04
• Int’l charity funds clinics in Khanh Hoa province
  Int’l charity funds clinics in Khanh Hoa province
  

  The humanitarian organization Atlantic Philanthropies (AP) has donated US$4.2 million to 62 communal medical stations in the southcentral province of Khanh Hoa.
  08/04
• Nation responds to Voluntary Blood Donation Day
  Nation responds to Voluntary Blood Donation Day
  

  

  Nearly 500 youth union members in Hanoi registered to donate blood to mark Voluntary Blood Donation Day (April 7).
  07/04