USAID launches environmental conservation projects in Việt Nam
The US Agency for International Development (USAID) is launching two new projects to facilitate Việt Nam to contribute climate-positive actions to helping address the global climate crisis, according to a recent announcement from the US Embassy in Việt Nam. These new projects will help conserve ...
PPP investment model helps improve quality of healthcare service: experts
The public-private partnership (PPP) investment model is seen as an opportunity for hospitals to improve the quality of their service, thus attracting more patients, experts said on May 21. Speaking at a conference on PPP investment for the health sector held in Ho Chi Minh City ...
Training costs are high, but students stay abroad to work: experts
A forum on the solutions to develop the contingent of intellectuals in 2021-2030 was organized by the Vietnam Academy of Social Sciences (VASS) on September 25.According to Nguyen Huy Hoang from the Institute of Southeast Asian Studies (ISEAS), Vietnam still doesn’t have sufficient policies to ...
Le Huyen
Vietnamese youth most committed to lifelong learning in SE Asia: WEF
Young Vietnamese show stronger commitment to lifelong learning than their regional peers, an essential factor for future success, the WEF says.The World Economic Forum report titled “ASEAN Youth: Technology, skills and the future of work,” released in Hanoi on Friday, surveyed 56,000 people aged 15-35 ...
Urbanization in Vietnam
Vietnam’s economic transformation over the last three decades has been a remarkable success story. The country has gone from one of the poorest in the world to a thriving lower middle-income economy, thanks to comprehensive economic reforms and rapid structural transformation from an agriculture-based economy ...
Labor productivity rate on the rise but still too low
The Vietnamese labor productivity rate has been increasing in both value and speed, thus helping boost growth. However, there is still a big gap between Vietnam and developed economies.The 2022 National Statistical Yearbook released by the General Statistics Office (GSO) showed that in 2021, when ...
Manh Ha
Vietnam sets to have 50% of businesses operating on digital platforms by 2025
A draft project on national digital transformation has set a target to have 50% of businesses operating on a digital basis by 2025.Deputy Minister of Information and Communications Nguyen Thanh Hung announced the plan at a seminar on completing institutions and fundamental conditions for developing ...
Installed solar power capacity exceeds plan: government inspectors
The capacity of solar power projects in Vietnam has exceeded a government-approved plan by 10-fold, inspectors have found.The Ministry of Industry and Trade has by itself approved 114 projects and asked the Prime Minister’s Office to greenlight another 54 projects to be added to the ...
Hoai Thu
Solutions proposed to tackle growing challenge of electronic waste
Vietnam faces a growing problem with electronic waste (e-waste), according to a study by the Hanoi University of Science and Technology’s Centre of Science-Technology and Environment.The study revealed that the country generates roughly 100,000 tonnes of e-waste annually, primarily consisting of discarded household appliances and ...
Mekong Delta should become role model in climate change adaptation: Minister
The Mekong Delta, the largest agricultural hub of Vietnam, should be confident to surmount difficulties and become a role model in climate change adaptation in the world, said Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Le Minh Hoan.Local agriculture officials pointed out certain problems such as ...
Low-carbon rice production helps Việt Nam meet emission target
Moving to low-carbon rice production offers the highest potential for Việt Nam to meet its goal of cutting methane emissions by 30 percent by 2030 while boosting the competitiveness of a strategic export item, according to a new World Bank report, titled “Spearheading Việt Nam’s ...
Resilient Shores: Vietnam’s Coastal Development Between Opportunity and Disaster Risk
The ongoing devastating storms and floods that battered the central part of Vietnam are the latest evidence of a worrying trend that natural risks, which have already been substantial, are intensifying due to rapid urbanization, economic development, and climate change. Resilient Shores, a report jointly developed ...
World Bank
Vietnam successfully produces COVID-19 test kit with 90% accuracy
Amid the ongoing battle against the novel coronavirus (COVID-19), Vietnam is now capable of producing a sufficient quantity of ventilators and test kits that have a 90% rate of accuracy, according to the Ministry of Health. Simultaneously, the ‘Made-in-Vietnam’ test kits have been recognised by ...
Vietnam needs roughly 368 billion USD to develop climate-resilient, low-carbon economy: WB
Vietnam needs to invest approximately 368 billion USD from now until 2040 to build a climate resilient and low-carbon economy, according to the Vietnam Country Climate and Development Report (CCDR) released by the World Bank on July 13.According to the report, a series of urgent ...
Autonomy in higher education in Vietnam facing challenges
Autonomy in higher education in Vietnam is facing challenges, particularly accountability and finances, according to Deputy Minister of Education and Training Hoang Minh Son.Christophe Lemiere, Human Development Programme Manager of the World Bank in Vietnam, said despite the fact that Vietnam’s higher education had been ...
UK helps boost access to quality education for Southeast Asian girls, women
The United Kingdom (UK) launched a Girls’ Education and Skills Program following the UK-ASEAN Plan of Action at the 2023 Education World Forum.The new program targets to offer some of the most marginalized women and girls in Southeast Asia a better future by boosting access ...
Thuy Dung
WWF Contributes to the Development of Viet Nam Timber Legality Assurance System - a Critical Step in Promoting Legal Timber Supply Chains
In an effort to ensure the legality of its entire timber supply chain and exports, Viet Nam has developed a draft Timber Legality Assurance System (VNTLAS) Decree to go into effect later this year.VNTLAS is a part of Viet Nam’s Voluntary Partnership Agreement (VPA) with ...
WWF Vietnam
Few construction works are green
The demonstration projects of UNDP on technical solutions to minimize energy consumption in newly built and improved works show that the energy saving levels could be 25-67 percent per work, and the cost is higher by 0-3 percent and maximum capital recovery 5 years.Only 155 ...
Thanh Hung
ASEAN Chairman issues statement on response to COVID-19
Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc, as Chairman of ASEAN in 2020, issued a statement on ASEAN’s joint response to the outbreak of the acute respiratory disease caused by the novel coronavirus (COVID-19).The statement welcomed the efforts under the framework of ASEAN medical co-operation with its partners (China, ...
Digital transformation - an institutional revolution
Digital transformation is an inevitable trend of the world today. It is also a requirement of development that no country can stand without if it does not wish to be left behind. Although having recorded certain achievements, Vietnam still needs to act more aggressively and ...
