A warm homecoming for Viet Kieu

A warm homecoming for Viet Kieu

However, there is also another important resource from Viet Kieu, namely their intelligence. Overseas Vietnamese people are working in the US’ NASA, Boeing and big hospitals in France, Canada, Japan and Australia.
PM urges stop to scattered investment

PM urges stop to scattered investment

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has instructed ministries, agencies and localities to ensure capital is invested effectively in key areas and projects, avoiding undirected investment with potential wastefulness and losses.
Vietnam maps out a road to more wealth

Vietnam maps out a road to more wealth

Vietnam’s National Assembly has finished mapping out the country’s road to prosperity until 2015 but government cuts to investment capital could mean funding for the ambitious targets is hard to come by.
Sun shines on climate change initiatives

Sun shines on climate change initiatives

A key international community-backed legal framework will help Vietnam effectively respond to climate change.
National Assembly lays out future challenges

National Assembly lays out future challenges

The 13th National Assembly’s second session opened this morning in Hanoi with a focus on approving five laws, one resolution and making targets for 2012 and 2011-2015.
13th NA’s first session to open on July 21

13th NA’s first session to open on July 21

The first session of the 13th National Assembly will open in Hanoi on July 21 and close on August 6. It will spend 11 days on organisation and personnel work.
Chia Se spirit set to live on in developing regions

Chia Se spirit set to live on in developing regions

The Chia Se Programme, funded by Swedish International Development Agency, has ushered in a new effective method for eradicating hunger and reducing poverty in the targeted provinces.
Cash cow for a poor province

Cash cow for a poor province

‘All the development plans of communes have to be based on the demands of locals’
Vietnam on a sustainable development journey

Vietnam on a sustainable development journey

“Economic growth must be harmoniously combined with cultural development and social progress and equality”
ADB in step with growth demands

ADB in step with growth demands

On behalf of the ADB, let me start by thanking Vietnam for hosting the 44th Annual Meeting of the ADB this year. Vietnam is a founding member of the ADB and I am pleased that it is the first ADB Annual Meeting held in Vietnam.
A road travelled and the journey ahead

A road travelled and the journey ahead

“Vietnam is in want of such resources and has been able to properly weigh the use of such resources to meet the country’s economic growth, social welfare and consumption”
Heat on to find solutions

Heat on to find solutions

Fast-industrialising Vietnam is seeking ways to mitigate its CO2 emissions to build a low-carbon economy to cope with looming climate change aftermaths.
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