Móng Cái border economic zone established

VGP - The Government has signed a decision to establish the Móng Cái border gate economic zone in the north-eastern province of Quảng Ninh.

Water supply and sanitation program gets more funding

VGP – The Government has agreed to supplement €130,000 Euro funded by the Finnish Government in official development assistance to the Việt Nam Water and Sanitation Program for Small Towns Phase II (WSPST-II).

Minimum salary to raise to over VND 1 million 

VGP – The minimum salary will be increased to VND 1,050,00/month, up VND 220,000 compared to the current level, starting from May 1, according to the Government’s new Decree 31//2012/NĐ-CP.

WB-funded project approved

VGP – The Prime Minister has ratified the outcomes of negotiations on a project to upgrade urban areas in the Mekong Delta. 

Coastal Resources Project to be negotiated

VGP – The PM has agreed to establish a negotiation delegation with the World Bank (WB) on a financing agreement and legal documents of the Coastal Resources for Sustainable Development Project (CRSDP).

Deputy Minister of Transport reappointed

VGP – PM Nguyễn Tấn Dũng has re-appointed Mr. Nguyễn Hồng Trường as Deputy Minister of Transport at Decision No. 397/QĐ-TTg.

HCMC Environmental Sanitation Project capital re-allocated

VGP – The PM has agreed to re-allocate the credit No. 3475-VN in the framework of the World Bank (WB)-funded Hồ Chí Minh City Environmental Sanitation Project.

Coastal Infrastructure Development project ratified

VGP – The PM has just ratified a loan agreement for the Coastal Infrastructure Development project, which is sponsored by the OPEC Fund for International Development (OFID).

Energy Development Policy Loan approved

VGP – The PM has ratified the results of a loan agreement, an aid agreement and relevant legal documents of the Second Environmental Sustainability and Energy Sector Development Policy Loan (ESES DPL2) Program, which is financed by the World Bank (WB).

PM asks for reviewing int’l treaties and agreements

VGP – PM Nguyễn Tấn Dũng has just issued a Directive to ask ministries, agencies and localities to complete the lists of international treaties and agreements since 1945 right in 2012.