Mai Dịch – Nam Thăng Long overpass to be completed next year

An overpass connecting Cầu Giấy District’s Mai Dịch Commune and Bắc Từ Liêm District’s Nam Thăng Long is set to be completed by September 2020, the Vietnam News Agency has reported.

Việt Nam to meet needs of aging population A knowledge-sharing programme to assist policy makers in Việt Nam to develop new models of care services for the elderly was co-launched by the Japan International Co-operation Agency and the World Bank on Wednesday in Hà Nội.

Social sciences academy and JICA link up Under the agreement, the two sides will work together to prepare a socio-economic development strategy in 2021-30 for Việt Nam as well as the socio-economic development plan of Bến Tre and Hà Giang provinces, and to study emerging countries in Asia.

HCM City builds new climate-change response plan Improved linkages with international organisations are needed to hasten the progress of HCM City's climate-adaptation action programmes, experts said at a workshop held in HCM City on July 16.

VEC asked to fix defects on Đà Nẵng – Quảng Ngãi Expressway The Ministry of Transport has issued a document requesting Việt Nam Expressway Corporation (VEC) to inspect and take urgent measures to deal with subsidence found on the Đà Nẵng – Quảng Ngãi Expressway.

Japanese helps VN to improve equity market transparency A project was launched on Thursday during a seminar in Hà Nội to enhance the fairness and transparency of the Vietnamese equity market.

Solutions sought to accelerate disbursement of ODA

The ODA National Steering Committee held a meeting with donors in Hà Nội yesterday to seek solutions to speed up the disbursement of ODA capital and preferential loans, which has showed signs of slowing down in recent years.

JICA supports Quảng Ninh's green growth policies

Quảng Ninh Province's People’s Committee and the Japan International Co-operation Agency (JICA) on Thursday jointly organised the second workshop on “Green Growth Dissemination and Promotion” in Hạ Long City, outlining specific goals for a transition from a "brown" to "green" economy.

Việt Nam, Japan reinforce defence ties The talks took place during the Japanese defence minister’s visit to Việt Nam from May 2 to 4.  

Quảng Nam, Đà Nẵng to dredge Cổ Cò River The central province of Quảng Nam and Đà Nẵng have agreed to start dredging a 28km section of the Cổ Cò River to boost commercial water traffic between Hội An and Đà Nẵng.