PM approves program on solid waste treatment

VGP – About 70% of daily solid waste in rural areas will be collected and treated in line with environment standards by 2020. 

State Compensation Department to be established

VGP – The PM has freshly signed Decision 767/QĐ-TTg on the establishment of the State Compensation Department under the Ministry of Justice.   

PM ratifies Spain-funded domestic violence reduction projects

VGP – Prime Minister Nguyễn Tấn Dũng has just ratified Spain-funded project that aims to reducing domestic violence in Việt Nam.

VN increases cultural cooperation with Denmark

VGP – The PM has recently ratified the Việt Nam-Denmark cultural development cooperation program for the 2011-2015 period. 

VN attends WMO’s 16th Congress

VGP – Deputy Minister of Natural Resources and Environment Trần Hồng Hà is leading a Vietnamese delegation to the 16th Congress of the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) in Geneva, Switzerland, which began on May 22.

PM approves credit agreement for vocational training

VGP  - Prime Minister Nguyễn Tấn Dũng has recently given nod to a draft credit agreement with a German bank for the Program on Vocational Training 2008.

PM gives nod to WB-financed Program 135 phase 2

VGP- Prime Minister Nguyễn Tấn Dũng on Friday gave nod to the results of negotiations with the World Bank for supporting the Program 135 Phase 2.

Gov’t eyes sustainable poverty reduction

VGP – Việt Nam will strive to raise per capita income of poor households by 3.5 times and reduce the national poverty rate by 2% each year until 2020.    

VN ratifies IPPA with Oman

VGP –  PM Nguyễn Tấn Dũng has recently ratified an Investment Promotion and Protection Agreement (IPPA), signed with the Sultanate of Oman in Hà Nội on January 10, 2011. 

PM gives nod to ADB-funded road projects

VGP – PM Nguyễn Tấn Dũng has recently approved the portfolio of road projects, which will be partly financially covered by ADB, for northern mountainous provinces.