Vice President Dang Thi Ngoc Thinh, also Chairwoman of the NFVC, said the fund has raised 5.5 trillion VND (247.5 million USD) over the past 25 years to support more than 33 million children with free health check-ups, medicines and heart, eye and cleft palate surgery. Representatives of the National Fund for Vietnamese Children receives support from sponsors on January 21. In 2017, domestic and foreign organizations, individuals, enterprises and benefactors contributed more than 210 billion VND (9.2 million USD) to the fund to help some 200,000 children, she added. At the program, the Ministry of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs presented certificates of merit to collectives and individuals that made significant contributions to child care and protection in 2017. A special art program was held as part of the event. Since it began in 2008, the “Spring for children” program has raised hundreds of billions of VND to assist poor children nationwide. The same day, Vice President Dang Thi Ngoc Thinh met with sponsors for the NFCV in 2017 to call for more assistance to create better lives for children from disadvantaged backgrounds. Director of the fund Hoang Van Tien reported the NFCV spent over 79 billion VND (3.5 million USD) supporting 106,400 children via health care, nutrition and education programs. In 2018, the fund aims to mobilize about 10.5 billion VND (463,000 USD) to support nearly 120,000 children. Source: VNA
(VOV) - During the six-year programme, average poverty rate in the five provinces dropped considerably from more than 25% in 2007 to 10 - 12%. The Embassy of Denmark announced on Monday that it has successfully implemented the Agriculture and Rural Development Sector Programme Support project worth 42 million USD under the agreement of cooperation between the Danish and Vietnamese Governments. The project running from 2007 to 2013 helped reduce poverty, particularly in Dien Bien, Lao Cai, Lai Chau provinces in the north, and Dak Lak and Dak Nong provinces in the Central Highlands. The project was focused on sustainable…... [read more]
(CPV)- The UK Government's Department for International Development (DFID) approved a new funding of 30 million USD (£18 million) from 2009 to 2012 on June 5th to support Vietnam in its efforts to curb the spread of HIV/AIDS. The programme builds on the achievements of earlier DFID and World Bank projects and aims to support: a scaling up of harm-reduction activities, targeting vulnerable and high-risk groups by distributing clean syringes, making condoms available, providing methadone treatment as well as diagnosis and treatment of sexually transmitted diseases; improved policy making, planning, coordination, capacity building and monitoring at the national and provincial…... [read more]
Central Thua Thien-Hue province will invest 656.6 billion VND (nearly 42 million USD) in 22 tourism development projects in 2005, a 2.1-fold year-on-year rise in investment capital as compared with 2004. The province will build the Ho Phu Bai eco-tourist zone, the Lang Co green village, the Vong Canh hill, an international hotel and luxury villa site, and the Lang Co-Canh Duong-Tu Hien sea ecological tourist venue. In addition, it will speed up the construction of joint venture projects such as the five-star Hung Vuong Hotel and the Hoang De Hotel. The number of tourists arriving in the province rose…... [read more]
On April 23, Kim Dong Publishing House in Hanoi announced they would be distributing one million free books to poor children across the country, fulfilling the desire of every child to read a story book. This task will be fulfilled under a program themed 'One Million Books for Poor Children', and will be conducted over a period of three years from 2013 to 2015. In the first phase of the program, 7,000 books will be distributed to children in Soc Son District in Hanoi.Bui Tuan Nghia, deputy head of the publishing house, said these books will be sent to libraries…... [read more]
The Hanoitimes - Kim Dong Publishing House in Ha Noi announced they would be distributing one million free books to poor children across the country, fulfilling the desire of every child to read a story book. This task will be fulfilled under a program themed 'One Million Books for Poor Children', and will be conducted over a period of three years from 2013 to 2015. In the first phase of the program, 7,000 books will be distributed to children in Soc Son District in Ha Noi. One million books will be distributed to 2,000 schools in disadvantaged districts across the…... [read more]
