Archive for June 27th, 2008
US-based Rockwell Automation Inc. will grant 355,000 USD to equip an automation lab for the Ho Chi Minh City University of Technical Education.
The donation is part of a strategic cooperation agreement signed by the two partners in HCM City on June 26.
In addition, the US company pledged to provide scholarships for students and lecturers [...]
The Vietnam Red Cross (VRC) on June 27 presented 350,000 USD to victims of the earthquake in China and cyclone Nargis in Myanmar .
The donation which was contributed by Vietnamese organisations and people aims to help the two countries’ victims overcome the aftermath of the disasters and return to stable life.
Of the money, 200,000 [...]
A joint circular of four ministries on procedures to verify and welcome the return of trafficked women and children was announced at a press briefing in Hanoi on June 27.
The Ministry of Public Security’s Police Department Deputy Director, Major General Vu Hung Vuong, said Vietnam is one of the major areas for not only [...]
The Christina Noble Children’s Foundation, a non-government organisation from the UK , will finance a medical project in Dinh Quan district of southeastern Dong Nai province.
The project will put into operation a medical clinic in Gia Canh commune to serve poor and ethnic minority people, particularly in raising public awareness of health care.
In addition [...]
The French Research and Technological Exchange Group (GRET) will grant 2.05 million EUR (3.2 million USD) to a project on cooperative development in Vietnam .
Under an agreement signed between GRET and the Ministry of Planning and Investment in Hanoi on June 27, project AID-coop will assist the poor through strengthening and improving the role [...]
China has set up a centre for Vietnam studies in its southern province of Yunnan in an effort to boost cooperation between the region and Vietnamese provinces.
The centre, located in the Honghe Institute, will serve as a playground for academic exchanges between researchers, scholars and students of the two countries.
It is also designed to [...]
Outgoing Cuban Ambassador Jesus Aise Sotolongo has affirmed Cuba ’s determination to strengthen the traditional relations with Vietnam .
The ambassador was received by General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee Nong Duc Manh in Hanoi on June 27.
The ambassador thanked the Vietnamese Party, State and people and General Secretary Manh in [...]
National Assembly Chairman Nguyen Phu Trong said the signing of cooperation agreements with the parliaments of Hungary , Romania , Bulgaria and France is an outstanding result of his freshly-concluded tour of those countries.
In discussions, leaders of those European parliaments all emphasised the need to beef up ties with the Vietnamese National Assembly to meet [...]
Party General Secretary Nong Duc Manh on June 26 received a visiting delegation from the People’s Security Ministry of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea .
Minister Ju Sang Song, who led the delegation, informed the Party General Secretary about the working results on bilateral cooperation with the Vietnamese Ministry of Public Security.
The minister said [...]