JICA and WB on August 7 jointly launched a knowledge-sharing programme to assist policymakers in Vietnam with developing new models of care services for the elderly as Vietnam’s population is aging at a pace faster than any of its regional peers.

VietNamNet Bridge - Experts think that Chinese contractors may win the bid to implement the massive North-South Highway project.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The HCM City Urban Railway Management Board (MAUR) will work with contractors, consulting firms and others to speed up the city’s first metro route between Ben Thanh and Suoi Tien, 

Only a few Vietnamese enterprises have become vendors that supply components and accessories to multinationals, though Vietnam has vowed to develop supporting industries.

Vietnam, which has been using ODA (official  development assistance) capital for 25 years, has looked at the situation realistically and found the problems of ODA.

VietNamNet Bridge - Hanoi’s urban areas have been developing rapidly, but 70 percent of the drainage system was built in the previous century. The aim of eradicating floods by 2020 appears to be an unrealistic goal.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Japan will provide Vietnam with 166.124 billion yen (US$1.5 billion) in official development assistance (ODA) loans to support the latter’s implemention of three major projects.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam and Japan on Tuesday signed a Record of Discussion for technical co-operation in clinical training for new nursing graduates, which is expected to improve the capability of nurses and enhance their social status.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnamese and Japanese researchers have completed an international project to develop a new rice variety that is disease- and insect-resistant with a high-yield, short-growth duration.

Mr. Mori Mutsuya, Vietnam Chief Representative at the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), spoke about Japanese ODA in recent times.

VietNamNet Bridge – Some major cities in Vietnam have taken initial steps towards a smart city model and Japan’s experiences, especially in infrastructure development, are of great help for them, 

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment has worked with other ministries to set up a working team for designing a Support Programme to Respond to Climate Change (SP-RCC) in 2016-2020,

The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) is building a special technical support programme to help Vietnamese fishermen make inroads into high-grade seafood markets of Japan and other countries.  

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 VietNamNet Bridge – Nguyen Thi Minh will be always grateful for a little pink handbook she was given by her commune health station when she became pregnant again.

 An anti-human trafficking hotline sponsored by the Japan International Co-operation Agency (JICA) will open next week in An Giang Province, which shares a 100-kilmetre long border with Cambodia.

Deputy Minister of Transport – Mr. Nguyen Ngoc Dong is going to Japan today to clarify claims that an executive of the Japan Transportation Consultants, Inc. bribed Vietnamese officials with 80 million Japanese yen in return for an ODA project.

VietNamNet Bridge – Isei Takehiro, PhD, is a world-renowned Japanese mining safety expert who has volunteered to work in Viet Nam in order to help decrease the probability of accidents in this risky occupation.