07:28 | 04/03/2021
Some 200 people with disabilities and people with visual impairment in the northern province of Hai Duong had been gift packages (including masks, hand sanitizers, rice, cooking oil, milk).
08:43 | 21/02/2021
A series of images reflecting “People in Ha Giang implementing dual goals of sustainable economic development while effective COVID-19 prevention and control”, was just shared by the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) in Vietnam.
10:02 | 07/02/2021
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), Dan Tri newspaper, and the Vietnam Fund for Promoting Education on January 5 have officially launched a crowdfunding campaign entitled 'Safe Houses Save Lives' to build 100 new storm- and flood-resilient houses for poor and near-poor families in the coastal province of Quang Binh.
08:23 | 07/02/2021
With the support from Japanese government, the UNDP Disability-Inclusive COVID-19 Recovery Program has handed out 200 gift sets (including masks, hand sanitizer, rice, cooking oil and fresh milk) to support people with disabilities and patients from poor families for the sake of their safety and well-being during the pandemic.
12:47 | 29/01/2021
The United Nations Development Program (UNDP), Bac Lieu Provincial People's Committee, and the Bac Lieu provincial Women's Union on January 28 held a ceremony to inaugurate a new road in Kim Chau hamlet, Vinh Trach commune, Bac Lieu city.
11:51 | 21/01/2021
Vietnam has successfully achieved the double goals of containing COVID-19 virus and achieving significant economic growth 2.91% in 2020 – one of the few countries in the world to record positive GDP growth in 2020.
10:00 | 22/12/2020
On December 21, in Hanoi, the Committee on Ethnic Minority Affairs (CEMA), in coordination with the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) in Vietnam and the Australian Embassy in Vietnam held the "Launching ceremony of the Project on Accelerating Multi-dimensional Poverty Reduction and Socio-economic Development in Ethnic Minority Areas in Vietnam”.
07:01 | 10/12/2020
Vietnamese have strongly supported the government's national social distancing order imposed in April to contain the COVID-19 pandemic.
08:42 | 07/11/2020
A five-month “Digital Employment Training Program for Persons with Disabilities Co-existing with COVID-19”, was launched on November 5 with the collective efforts of the UN Development Programme (UNDP), the Government of Japan, and Hanoi-based Will to Live Centre which specialises in providing training courses for disadvantaged students.
07:55 | 07/11/2020
The aid includes 200,000 kilograms of fertilizer, LED light bulbs, and water-saving irrigation systems.
15:41 | 13/10/2020
Nearly 130 delegates from 41 ASEM member countries and seven international and regional organisations have attended the Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) High-level Dialogue on Promoting Women’s Economic Empowerment amid the COVID-19 Pandemic which was an initiative proposed by Vietnam and was strongly supported by ASEM members.
08:19 | 20/09/2020
This activity is part of an integrated response funded by Japan to assist Vietnamese people in COVID-19 prevention and control.
06:23 | 02/09/2020
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in Vietnam on September 1 donated 15 more Ohmni Robots to the Ministry of Health to help protect frontline doctors and nurses in Central provinces’ hospitals from COVID-19 and other infectious diseases.
06:10 | 16/07/2020
With support from the Government of Australia, the UN Development Programme (UNDP) has provided 1,700 tablet computers to Cambodia's Ministry of Planning, along with a bundle of software, all aimed at improving Cambodia’s social protection system.
06:05 | 14/07/2020
Australia’s Department for Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) and the UN Development Programme (UNDP) have signed a Funding Agreement for Australia to make an additional contribution of AUD 9.7 million (USD USD 6.7 million) over four years (2021-2025) to the on-going programme “Vietnam Provincial Governance and Public Administration Performance Index” (PAPI), implemented through UNDP.
16:23 | 27/06/2020
On June 26, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) donated three Ohmni Robots to the National Hospital of Tropical Diseases to help protect frontline doctors and nurses from COVID-19 and other infectious diseases.
09:36 | 18/06/2020
The United Nations Development Program (UNDP) and the Japanese Embassy in Ha Noi recently announced the provision of basic support to poor and vulnerable households in Southern provinces of Ninh Thuan, Binh Thuan, and Ca Mau for the prevention of COVID-19.
15:38 | 17/06/2020
The Government of Vietnam, Government of Australia, UNFPA, UNICEF and UN Women are all working together in the new partnership "Supporting Interventions to Eliminate Violence against Women and Children in Vietnam under COVID-19 Emergency Context".
13:11 | 14/06/2020
A new study published by UNU-WIDER recently warns that the economic fallout from the global pandemic could increase global poverty by as much as half a billion people, or 8% of the total human population. This would be the first time that poverty has increased globally in thirty years, since 1990.
13:21 | 08/06/2020
On the occasion of World Oceans Day, the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation (Norad), the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), the Quang Ninh Provincial People’s Committee, the Vietnam Administration of Seas and Islands (VASI), and the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment have launched two projects to tackle waste and plastic pollution.
