Ministry proposes lowering

According to news website the Saigon Times Online, the Ministry of Finance will borrow an additional $1 billion from Vietcombank at a rate of 3-4 percent per year, lower than the interest of 4.8 percent in a $1 billion loan the bank offered to the ministry in May. … [Read more...] about Vietnamese lawmakers against gov’t plan to write off debts of state-run firms

Particularly, the two defense ministers had bilateral meetings on the sidelines of the informal meeting between the Defense Ministers of ASEAN member countries and Australia in Hanoi in Feb., 2020, and the online talks at the deputy defense ministerial level in July, 2020 to discuss defense cooperation amid the complicated development of the COVID-19 pandemic. … [Read more...] about 14th Vietnam-Australia Defense Cooperation Consultation held

Khanh Hoa (VNA) – A workshop to review the implementation of agriculture development support projects  in the 2019-2015 period funded by the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) has been held in the central coastal province of Khanh Hoa. As the UN’s agricultural agency, IFAD has been accompanying Vietnam’s efforts over the past 26 years to eradicate poverty, promote green and sustainable development, enhance Vietnamese agricultural products’ value chain, help women to access financial sources and promote innovation in agriculture development. During the event on November 30 and December 1 participants discussed and proposed necessary activities to strengthen the partnership in policy-making at regional and national levels, as well as improve the effectiveness of the IFAD programme at local level, Vietnam’s national target programmes to promote poverty reduction and build new-style rural areas, as well as projects funded by other … [Read more...] about IFAD-funded agriculture development projects reviewed