Public services such as health and education play an important role in a country’s development, contributing to social equity when all people gets access to basic public services. This is not only the primary task of the government but also the collective effort of social ...

The Parliamentary Network will hold its upcoming parliamentary field visit in Vietnam from March 5-8 2017. The programme will include working sessions with local parliamentarians and officials from Government, the IMF and World Bank experts in Vietnam, civil society and private sector representatives, as well ...

The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (MONRE) has proposed a draft law revising the 2014 Law on Environment Protection.The draft law specifies 13 policy groups that have been assessed for impact on people’s life. From the initial seven policy groups, the Government has added ...

Within the Smart Industry World Conference and Exposition 2017, The Smart Technology Exposition will showcase the newest technologies across industries.        Time: from 13h30 December 4 to 17:00 December 5, 2017        Location: Pre-function area at JW Marriott Hotel, Hanoi.For more information, please visit here ...

The main purpose of the study is to synthesize issues caused by the pandemic and its effects on ethnic minority communities during social distancing periods. In addition, the study explores how ethnic minority communities respond to those challenges, as well as their needs for further ...

The Asia-Pacific Centre of Education for International Understanding (APCEIU) will organize the 6th Youth Leadership Workshop on GCED (Global Citizenship Education) from 25 to 31 May 2020.The one-week Workshop aims to build capacity of dynamic youth leaders around the world to identify strategies to achieve ...

Data are everywhere. But what is the data revolution doing for the 700 million people who live in extreme poverty? When data are turned into valuable information, they have the potential to improve lives, transform economies, and help end poverty. Now more than ever, the ...

This report focuses on promoting low-carbon rice production systems in Vietnam. There are many sources of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions within the agricultural sector in Vietnam, including along value chains and within the whole agri-food context. However, because rice production is so important to the ...

The ASOCIO Smart City Summit 2018 will be held in Hanoi from September 18-19, themed “Creating Smarter and Securer Cities by Digital Solutions”, under the chairmanship and coordination of the Hanoi City People’s Committee, the Asian Asian-Oceanian Computing Industry Organization (ASOCIO) and VINASA.More details and registration  ...

A sociological survey by the Mekong Development Research Institute on more than 1,400 people aged above 18 and selected randomly nationwide describes the feelings and thoughts of Vietnamese people in 2019 as “Happiness, Optimism, Prejudice and Full of Faith”. More details ...

In order to understand the impacts of COVID-19 on Vietnamese firms, the World Bank designed a Business Pulse Survey (BPS) to assess the various channels of impact of the pandemic on firms, their adjustment strategies, and public policy responses. The firm surveys are being collected ...

The first symposium, VSOE2018, will be hosted by National University of Civil Engineering, Hanoi on November 1-3, devoting to the topic of “Energy and Geotechnics”. VSOE2018 seeks to bring together knowledge and experience gained recently in offshore engineering and technology innovations, cost-effective and safer foundation and ...

IntroductionData literacy is the ability to read, understand, work with, analyze, and argue with data. It is also the ability to derive meaningful information from data. Data literacy is not simply the ability to read the text since it requires quantitative and analytical skills (for ...

To promote the utilization of energy efficiency in industries toward sustainable development, the Vietnam Energy Conservation and Energy Efficiency Association cooperated with the Ministry of Industry and Trade and GIZ to organize a National Energy Efficiency in Industry Award 2017 and to promulgate the following ...

L’Espace invites you to the discussion: A green generation with the participation of:– Ms. Do Van Nguyet – Director of Live & Learn Vietnam– Youth representatives from green groups & entreprisesThis recent years Hanoi sees many green groups and entreprises working actively to address social ...

Scholarships are open to pursue undergraduate degrees. Scholarships are awarded to study any subject offered by AUW. AUW trained 5 majors:  Economics;  Politics, Philosophy & Economics (PPE); Public Health; Environmental Science; Bioinformatics. Scholarship value is $ 60 000 for 4 years of college, which will ...

Open Development Initiative (ODI) is looking to hire a regular translator to assist with the localization of the OD Vietnam platform and database.Rates: Translation cost based on number of page and CKAN data entry  – will discuss in detail with selected candidate. The translator will use CKAN to directly conduct the translations ...

Asian Institute of Technology in Vietnam and Geneva Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies announce that the online application for the Executive Master in Development Policies and Practices (DPP) for 2018-2019 is now open (http://dpp.graduateinstitute.ch/home.html).  Scholarships are available for candidates coming from the Mekong Region (Vietnam, ...

Womenwill is a Google initiative to create economic opportunity for women everywhere, so that they can grow and succeed. Helping women make the most of technology to build skills, get inspired, and connect with each other through trainings, events and advocacy, we aim to drive ...

We find the draft cyber law currently before the National Assembly may present serious obstacles to Vietnam’s cybersecurity and digital innovation future, and may not be consistent with Vietnam’s international trade commitments. The United States and Canada urge Vietnam to delay the vote on the ...