Measures had been taken to help more people get jobs overseas. In 2023, over 150,000 workers were employed abroad, up nearly 9 percent year-on-year. That was the remark made by Đào Ngọc Dung, Minister of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs, at the ministerial virtual meeting ...

Spatial data infrastructure (SDI) has been leveraged in administrative reforms for socio-economic development, environment protection and ultimately e-Government management. Multiple Vietnamese state agencies and departments have been carrying out projects to establish their SDI and geographic information systems (GIS).Việt Nam has developed important policies and ...

A vast major economic zone covering 40,400 sq.km., the Mekong Delta boasts abundant advantages in agricultural production and investment attraction across a variety of fields. However, for years, the slow development transport infrastructure has hindered the development of the region, becoming a bottleneck that prevent ...

Renewable energy is seen as a sustainable choice for the Mekong Delta region to respond to environmental challenges, given that the country’s rice and fisheries granary has lost up to 300 million USD to prolonged drought and extreme salt intrusion.According to the annual Mekong Delta ...

Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh on December 17 joined FMs of Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand and China at the fourth Mekong – Lancang Cooperation (MLC) Foreign Ministers’ Meeting in Vientiane, Laos.Speaking at the event, Deputy PM Minh appreciated efforts made by ...

Science and technology, which has played a significant role in promoting socioeconomic development, is also the motivation and key for Vietnam to complete the net-zero emission commitment by 2050, which was given by Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh at the 26th UN Climate Change Conference ...

Compared with neighboring countries such as Laos, Cambodia, and Thailand, the rate of vaccination against Covid-19 in Vietnam is still low, accounting for only 0.86% of the population. Meanwhile, countries with high rates of people vaccinated are seeing a rapidly decreasing number of new cases ...

A workshop on implementation results of the grassroots telehealth program using the software “Doctor for everyone” was jointly organized by the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) and the Ministry of Health in Ha Noi on July 20.The “Doctor for Everyone” digital telehealth system was first ...

Viet Nam ranks 44th out of 133 countries and economies in the Global Innovation Index (GII) 2024 report, up two notches compared to the 2023 ranking. The WIPO report shows Viet Nam is among the middle-income economies with the fastest in the GII ranking since ...

The Ministry of Education and Training held a conference to develop education and training in the Red River Delta region to 2030, with a vision to 2045 in the Northern Province of Nam Dinh yesterday. The conference was held to implement the Politburo’s Resolution No. ...

More than 49,300 young Vietnamese have learned about risky behaviours and preventive measures associated with non-communicable diseases (NCDs), thanks to three years of instruction from the Young Health Programme (YHP).YHP is AstraZeneca’s global disease prevention programme, focusing on young people aged 10 to 24 living ...

Việt Nam’s Law on Environmental Protection 2020 regulating the classification of household solid waste will be officially implemented across the country from January 1, 2025, a date which is considered a turning point for domestic solid waste management. Several pilot schemes are underway across Việt Nam, ...

The UK-funded Climate Finance Accelerator (CFA) program will be extended until 2029 with additional funding of £40 million (nearly US$51 million) to support at least 800 low-carbon projects in 16 countries, including Vietnam, according to a British diplomat.The CFA Vietnam has so far undergone two ...

The rising trend of late pregnancy in Vietnam is leading to increased challenges for women’s health and fertility despite advancements in medical technology as well as trouble to the national demographics. The modern lifestyle has led to a growing trend of young women delaying childbirth or ...

Although biotechnology has achieved many successes, the development of this technology in Vietnam still faces many challenges, said Associate Professor Nguyen Huu Ninh, Deputy Director of the Department of Science, Technology and Environment. He made the statement at today’s forum titled ‘Achievements and Directions for ...

The northeastern province of Quang Ninh has topped the 2023 Provincial Competitiveness Index (PCI) drawn up by the Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry (VCCI) for a seventh time in a row, the chamber announced on May 9. The 2023 report on PCI and Provincial ...

The flows of foreign direct investment (FDI) into Vietnam are forecast to increase in the second half of the year as the downturn has been improved in recent months, experts have said. The reasons behind the decline include a lack of expansion of big projects, ...

The management board of Dong Van Karst Plateau Geopark said since 2011 experts at the UNESCO Global Geoparks Network (GGN) have discussed entry fee collection and financial autonomy for the tourism site. A report showed that about 65 percent of travelers to the province would visit ...

In the story ‘We Have Eaten The Forest’ of a Montagnard village in the Central Highlands of Vietnam, ethnologist Georges Condominas tells about the ancient way of ‘eating the forest’, which is to preserve the forest culturally. Nowadays, the descendants of characters in the story ...

Vietnam has had milestones in climate transition journey in the past two years, from the country’s Net Zero commitment made at COP26 to its National Climate Change Strategy, of which collaboration and energy transition remain as the focus of this journey, Mr. Tim Evans, CEO of ...