VN to have more new style communes by 2020
VGP – The Vietnamese Government has set the target of increasing the percentage of communes satisfying the criteria of new-style rural areas to 20% and 50% by 2015 and 2020, respectively.
VN to sign water project credit agreement with WB
VGP – PM Nguyễn Tấn Dũng has entrusted the Governor of State Bank of Việt Nam to sign a credit agreement and related documents for an urban water supply and waste water treatment with the World Bank.
HCM City Metro Line 2 gets ADB credit
VGP – The PM on June 28 issued official document 1037/TTg-QHQT which recommends the State President to approve the ADB loan agreement for the construction of Metro Line 2 in Hồ Chí Minh City.
Gov’t increases study-purposed loan value
VGP – Learning-purposed loans will be increased to VND 1 million from the current level of VND 900,000 from August 1, 2011, according to PM Nguyễn Tấn Dũng’s recent decision.
VN-Algeria maritime transport agreement approved
VGP – The Government chief on June 23 ratified the maritime transport agreement between Việt Nam and Algeria.
PM okays extension of flu prevention agreements
VGP – The PM has agreed to extend the duration of funding agreements for the Việt Nam Avian and Human Influenza Control and Preparedness Project (VAHIP) from June 6, 2011 to December 31, 2011.
WB provides ODA for HCFC eradication in VN
VGP – The PM has approved the World Bank-financed technical assistance project to manage and eliminate the use of HCFC in Việt Nam. The project has a total non-refundable aid of US $46,400.
PM agrees road safety credit agreement extension
VGP - The Prime Minister has agreed to extend the development credit agreement within the framework of the World Bank-loaned road transport safety project to December 31, 2012.
Đồng Tháp to set up more industrial parks
VGP – Prime Minister Nguyễn Tấn Dũng has allowed the Mekong delta province of Đồng Tháp to expand its existing industrial parks and set up new ones.
PM approves Long Thành Int’l Airport scheme
VGP – PM Nguyễn Tấn Dũng has approved the planning of the Long Thành International Airport in the Southern province of Đồng Nai, which was designed to cater for 100 million passengers and five million tones of cargo, annually.
