Stone village offers tourism services

The 500-year-old homes are all built from stone, an important part of the Tày ethnic minority's belief system.

Work starts on giant reservoir in Bình Định

The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD), in collaboration with Bình Định's People’s Committee, on Sunday started work on a new reservoir in An Lão District.

Kuwait supports poor communes in Hà Giang

Việt Nam’s Ministry of Finance and the Kuwait Fund have signed an agreement worth about US$13.3 million for a multi-objective rural development project in Xín Mần District, in northern Hà Giang Province.

French circus to perform in Hà Nội

 Twelve artists from Be Clown will perform a contemporary circus show, taking the audience on a timeless journey away from everyday reality, in Hà Nội on May 5.

Ministry to inspect deforestation in Phú Yên

The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development has decided to establish a team to inspect the use of forest land for other purposes in Phú Yên Province.

Northwest province benefits from Japanese-invested agriculture project The northern mountainous province of Dien Bien has greatly benefited from an agriculture and rural development project begun by the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) in 2010.

Two million women to get free vaccines The Ministry of Health's Preventive Medicine Department, National Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology and Pasteur Institute plan to launch a campaign in late 2015 to provide free measles-rubella vaccines to more than 2 million young women in high-risk areas.

KOICA grants $30m ODA for central region The Korean International Co-operation Agency in Viet Nam (KOICA) has granted US$30.1 million in Official Development Assistance (ODA) to aid projects in the central region of Viet Nam.

Danish project lifts farmers from poverty A six-year-old Danish-funded agriculture and rural development project has improved the lives of more than 1 million Vietnamese farmers and families.

Monitoring system to keep fishermen safe About 70 fishing vessels in central coastal Khanh Hoa Province will be equipped with vessel monitoring system in the next 10 days or so.