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Hanoi (VNA) – The EU and the French Development Agency (AFD) signed several agreements on December 1 to fund a project on improving urban infrastructure to mitigate climate change impact in four coastal provinces in the north central Vietnam. This project is provided with an EU grant of 5 million EUR (6 million USD) and an AFD loan of 123 million EUR. Another 28 million EUR for project implementation will be sourced from the beneficiary provinces’ budget. It will be carried out in five small flood-prone cities: Phat Diem in Ninh Binh, Ngoc Lac in Thanh Hoa, Hoang Mai in Nghe An, and Huong Khe and Thach Ha in Ha Tinh. The project is set to promote safety and security for local people and minimise flood-triggered damage by improving flood prevention infrastructure and developing water drainage and dyke systems. Roads will also be upgraded to serve the evacuation and rescue of flood-hit people. Besides, the project is set to organise wastewater collection and treatment … [Read more...] about EU, AFD support climate resilience, recovery in north central Vietnam

The project, funded by the Office of Weapons Removal and Abatement under the U.S. Department of State, and the government of Japan, aims to survey traces of wartime cluster bombs across Quang Binh to ensure safe clearance procedures, clean up bombs, mines and other ordnances to reduce the risk of casualties and support local communities affected by the war, and implement a database information system for mine clearance and analysis at provincial level. … [Read more...] about Central Vietnam province pledged over $6 mln for mine clearance

Generali Vietnam takes pride in its strong focus on improving customer experience and has received a slew of awards in recent years, including 2017 and 2018’s Best Customer Service and 2018’s Most Innovative Insurance Company by International Finance Magazine; the Excellent Brand award by the Vietnam Enterprise Development Science Union in 2017; and 2017 and 2018 Golden Dragon by Vietnam Economic Times. … [Read more...] about Generali Vietnam relief plan launched in central region

Aviation authorities announced a VND4 million ($172) for each after an investigation found the guards at Tho Xuan Airport in the north central province had not immediately stepped in when three drunk men slapped and kicked the woman. … [Read more...] about Vietnam airport security personnel fined for letting thugs assault woman worker

In the congratulatory message sent to Xaysomphone Phomvihane - Politburo member of the Lao People’s Revolutionary Party (LPRP) and President of the LFNC, Man expressed his delight that over the last 45 years, under the LPRP’s clear-sighted leadership and the LFNC’s gathering of patriotic Lao people, the country has obtained a number of enormous successes in national construction and defence. … [Read more...] about VIETNAM NEWS DECEMBER 2