The Danish Embassy is calling for applications for its Cultural Development and Exchange Fund’s support projects for artists with contemporary, innovative, and creative ideas. According to the organizer, the fund provides support for contemporary artists and cultural performances in Vietnam, as well as cultural exchange activities between Denmark and Vietnam. Projects are required to present Danish culture in Vietnam for the purpose of enhancing and inspiring Vietnamese art and culture through the development of partnerships between Danish and local artists, and to stimulate mutual inspiration and exchange of experiences between artists from both countries. It also has to present Vietnamese culture to the Danish public for inspiration, enrichment and understanding, and enhance dialogue and tolerance through performances by Vietnamese artists in Denmark alone or with Danish participation. The fund will also support events and festivals in Vietnam with an art development … [Read more...] about Danish Embassy calls for applications for artist support projects in Vietnam
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The Leadership, Management and Governance – Transition Support Project
(CPV) -The Leadership, Management and Governance - Transition Support Project (LMG-TSP) is part of the global Leadership, Management and Governance (LMG) Project, funded by U.S. President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), which supports country health systems strengthening by addressing the needs in leadership, management and governance capacity of policy makers, health care proiders and program managers to implement quality health services at all levels of the health system. In Vietnam, the project aims to build capacity and collaborate with the Government of Viet Nam in transition-related policy, planning and coordination in support of a sustainable, country-owned HIV/AIDS response at national and provincial levels. The project, which was started in 2012 and will come to an end this month, piloted two tools in Hai Phong - one to help accurately determine staffing needs, the other to help provinces … [Read more...] about The Leadership, Management and Governance – Transition Support Project
$3.8 mln from Australia for VN’s women support projects
Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop has announced a supporting package worth AU$4.2 million (US$3.79 million) for two women support projects in Vietnam. Both projects, which will be managed by the Vietnam Women's Union, are aimed at increasing the engagement of women in the country's socio-economic development. The fund will be divided into two equal parts, one of which will be spent on a project to enhance the capabilities of personnel working in preventing domestic violence and human trafficking, and the other part will be given to another project for building a sustainable vegetable production in the northwestern region. In the personnel project, the Australian Center for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR) will teach more than 2,000 women of minority group and poor farming households how to grow vegetables effectively and sustainably in order to help them improve productivity and increase income. This project, which will be implemented in the 2014-2018 … [Read more...] about $3.8 mln from Australia for VN’s women support projects
Gov’t approves financial support project for petroleum importers
Gov't approves financial support project for petroleum importers (13-10-2005) A retail outlet of Petrolimex. The State-run petroleum importer lost hundreds of millions of US dollars due to crude oil price increase. — VNS Photo Doan Tung HA NOI — The Government has approved a new loan programme to help domestic petroleum importers meet the country's increasing consumption demand. The Government also agreed to increase importer's monthly-loss subsidies from 90 per cent to 95 per cent. The measures were taken to ensure petroleum enterprises can access sufficient funding to maintain trade activities, it said. Until the document was issued on October 7, petroleum enterprises were only permitted to borrow less than 15 per cent of the banks' ownership capital. The new legislation would allow lenders to extend this level. Petroleum importers said they foresaw financial difficulties under existing loan rates in the event of global crude oil prices continued to increase. The … [Read more...] about Gov’t approves financial support project for petroleum importers
Energy labeling program support project launched
(VEN) - A workshop was held on July 2 in Hanoi to launch a Vietnamese energy labeling program support project under the coordination between the Australian Agency for International Development (AusAid), the Australian Department of Climate Change and Energy Efficiency and the Vietnam Ministry of Industry and Trade. The project is to increase energy efficiency of equipment to save money for the country, businesses and families, to reduce power consumption and the need to build new power plants, to increase business competitiveness and to create economic benefits for businesses and many jobs. … [Read more...] about Energy labeling program support project launched