ADB okays $60 mln loans to support Vietnam’s secondary education

November 27, 2009 in Vietnam Education
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The Asian Development Bank approved Wednesday a financing plan for Vietnam’s secondary education development program which includes a sector development program loan of US$20 million, and a project loan of US$40 million.

Higher education graduates at a graduation ceremony in Ho Chi Minh City. A good secondary education is regarded as key to higher [...]

ADB raises Asian growth forecast after stimulus

September 22, 2009 in World
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The Asian Development Bank Tuesday raised its regional growth outlook for this year, with a huge dose of stimulus spending putting Asia on course to lead the world out of its economic slump.

File photo shows a street vendor waiting for customers at a shopping district in Seoul.(AFP Photo)
But the Manila-based bank said that signs [...]

ADB helps improve farming technology in China

December 4, 2008 in Uncategorized
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Hanoi (VNA) – The Asian Development Bank (ADB) will provide an 83 million-USD loan to help three Chinese provinces to improve farming technology and practices, ADB said on December 2. Around 600,000 farm households from Gansu, Henan and Shandong will benefit from the loan, the bank said in its statement. The bank added that these [...]

ADB pledges increased ODA for Vietnam

December 4, 2008 in Uncategorized
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– The Asian Development Bank (ADB) announced that it would raise official development assistance (ODA) for Vietnam by 150 million USD next year. “We are in fact planning to provide even a larger amount of assistance in 2009, possibly 1.5 billion USD, subject to successful completion of the necessary project preparatory activities,” said ADB [...]

Thailand to seek loans from ADB, WB

November 19, 2008 in Uncategorized
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Bangkok (VNA) – Thailand’s Finance Ministry plans to seek loans worth one billion USD from the World Bank (WB) and the Asian Development Bank (ADB) to finance the country’s basic infrastructure projects. The application for the loans is part of an international borrowing plan to support implementation of 13 state-supported projects initiated to help boost [...]

ADB says food aid put to good use in Cambodia

November 18, 2008 in Uncategorized
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Hanoi (VNA) – The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has hailed the implementation of the first phase of its 40 million USD emergency food programme in Cambodia as a success. “This assistance is making a very real difference to the lives of Cambodia’s most vulnerable residents,” ADB’s country director Arjun Goswami was quoted by the Phnom [...]

ADB, Australia continue helping Laos reduce poverty

November 18, 2008 in Uncategorized
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Vientiane (VNA) – The Asian Development Bank and the Australian government have decided to extend non-refundable aid worth about 17 million USD to help Laos develop its tourist industry and to reduce poverty in the country. An agreement underscoring the aid was signed late last week in Vientiane. Accordingly, the Australian government agreed to inject [...]

ADB gives emergency aid to Cambodia

November 17, 2008 in Uncategorized
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Phnom Penh (VNA) – Over 68,000 poor families in Cambodia have received emergency food assistance following the Asian Development Bank (ADB) Board of Directors’ approval of the project last month, according to an ADB press release issued on November 14. “This assistance is making a very real difference to the lives of Cambodia’s most vulnerable, [...]

ADB encourages cleaner, greener energy use in Asia

November 13, 2008 in Uncategorized
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Hanoi (VNA) – The Asian Development Bank (ADB) released a statement on November 11, pledging to issue a 3 million USD grant to expand its clean energy programme to involve more developing member countries.ADB will explore a number of energy efficiency market opportunities in Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Cambodia, Laos, Mongolia, and Uzbekistan through a broad range [...]

ADB to fund health project

November 12, 2008 in Uncategorized
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Ethnic children of Tak Po Village in Quang Nam Province’s Tra My District receive medical check-ups. An ADB project will improve healthcare in seven provinces. –VNA/VNS Photo Xuan Quang
MANILA — The Asian Development Bank is financing a project to improve healthcare services in Viet Nam’s south and central coast regions, home to 9 million people, [...]