More than 850 people from the central city of Da Nang have registered to voluntarily donate their corneas for humanitarian and medical purposes after they die.
Deputy Prime Minister and Education and Training Minister Nguyen Thien Nhan said December 25 that government spending on education would increase in 2010.
International donors on Dec. 4 pledged a record aid of more than 8 billion USD to Vietnam for the next year, a rise of more than 3 billion USD compared to last year.
Visiting French Prime Minister Francois Fillon has donated 100,000 euro (US$149,200) to the central province of Thua Thien Hue to aid its recovery from recent storms and floods.
More than VND 48 billion has been injected into a scheme to assist Khmer ethnic minority people in the Mekong delta province of Vinh Long over the 2008-2010 period.
Australia Friday pledged 12 million dollars (9.8 million US) to help Vietnam adjust after joining the WTO, Canberra's trade minister said Friday, adding that the countries sought closer economic ties
UK funds HIV/AIDS programme in VietnamThe UK Government’s Department for International Development (DFID) on June 5 approved funding of 30 million USD from 2009 to 2012 to help Vietnam curb the spread of HIV/AIDS.
