The “Towards a Safe, Clean and Resilient Water System” workshop was held in Hanoi on May 30, co-hosted by the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (MoNRE) and the World Bank (WB) in Vietnam.Stakeholders as well as international and domestic experts participated, discussing key points ...

Vietnamese scientists at the Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology (VAST) have successfully built a technological process for sequencing the SARS-CoV-2 virus using the new generation sequencing machine PacBio Sequel.The successful application of the PacBio Sequel system’s long-sequencing technique to the SARS-CoV-2 virus opens up ...

The Presidium of the Vietnam Women’s Union Central Committee recently held conferences to issue comments on the various topics of the draft documents of the 13th National Party Congress, with a focus on the building of a high-quality female workforce so that women can take ...

Three Vietnamese female scientists have been named among the 100 most outstanding researchers of the year, according to Singapore’s Asian Scientist Magazine.All of them received the 2019 L’Oréal-UNESCO for Women in Science National Fellowship, an award which honours the excellence of women who are on ...

The Vietnam Sustainability Forum (VSF 2018) will open on January 18-19, 2018. The forum aims at providing an international exchange platform for various stakeholders including policymakers, academics, entrepreneurs, practitioners, and the NGOs to present, discuss and debate the worldwide visionary initiatives, practices, and trends for a harmonious ...

The Ministry of Health has called on authorities and hospitals in the south to strengthen preventive measures to control the spread of measles and hand-foot-mouth disease. The number of HFM infections has increased steadily in the region, with nearly 4,800 cases reported so far this year, ...

A working delegation from the European Commission’s (EC) Directorate-General for Maritime Affairs and Fisheries will visit Vietnam from May 16 to 23. The delegation will inspect the country’s implementation of the EC’s nine recommendations related to the fight against illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing.Keep reading ...

Up to 1.3 million people in Việt Nam suffer from dementia and it is forecast that number will rise in the future.Keep reading   ...

The 16th Conference of ASEAN Ministers Responsible for Information (AMRI-16) themed “Media: From Information to Knowledge for a Resilient and Responsive ASEAN” opened in the central city of Da Nang on September 22. The Conference of ASEAN Ministers Responsible for Information is an important forum for ...

The Ministry of Information and Communications (MIC) on November 30 launched a management support platform to assist agencies and organisations in ensuring safety of their information systems.The MIC’s Authority of Information Security, which developed the platform, said there are currently more than 456,690 computer addresses ...

Database sharing between management agencies at both central and local levels is key to the process of developing e-government, experts have said. The Ministry of Information and Communications is compiling an e-government development strategy, with services a pillar in Vietnam’s socio-economic development model.By 2025, 100 percent of national ...

The Government has issued a resolution assigning major tasks for ministries and local authorities and asking them to identify solutions to obstacles relating to policies and investment schemes in the construction sector.The resolution, issued on August 25, sets as the first task the completion of ...

With new knowledge and techniques, local communities can apply innovations to adapt to quick environmental changes. This is the main content of the workshop “Building Community Capacity in Response to Mekong Delta Environmental Changes” which was held on December 28.Keep reading  ...

Vietnam’s crackdown on high level corruption has led to the arrest of dozens of officials from state oil firm PetroVietnam and the banking sector. As well as shedding light on graft, mismanagement and nepotism within state firms at a time privatisation is accelerating, the arrests ...

Hà Nội earned VNĐ7.955 trillion (US$349 million) from auctioning land-use rights last year, pushing the total revenue it earned from land up to VNĐ37 trillion ($1.62 billion). Land-related revenue, including land leases, land fees and land auctions, accounted for 15 per cent of the city’s total ...

Beginning on July 1, the Health Ministry and Việt Nam Social Security will adjust the unreasonable prices of some healthcare services to better manage health insurance funds, said Health Minister Nguyễn Thị Kim Tiến.Keep reading ...

Vietnam has become an ideal location to start a business, not only for young Vietnamese people returning from overseas but also for expatriates, thanks to the country’s strong economic growth in recent years.Keep reading  ...

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 ...

Experts and researchers gathered at a national conference held in the central city of Da Nang on October 20 to discuss measures to reduce ocean debris from aquaculture activities. The conference delivered a detailed report on environmental pollution in 11 protected marine areas, providing important statistics ...

The Ministry of Health (MOH) will pilot a medical quarantine program directed at migrants in Quang Ninh province in July. Smart bracelets will be one of the technological solutions used.When entering Vietnam via border gates, migrants will receive and install sim cards, install and turn ...