Rational strategies needed in response to ageing population: Deputy Minister
Sound strategies should be put in place in response to Vietnam’s ageing population, which has one of the fastest rates in the world, according to Deputy Minister of Labour, Invalids, and Social Affairs Le Tan Dung.Keep reading ...
VNA Reporter
VITAS works with WWF to green Vietnam’s apparel sector
The World Wildlife Fund (WWF) and the Vietnam Textile and Apparel Association (VITAS) launched a project on October 26 to green Vietnam’s textile-apparel sector through improving water management and energy sustainability.Keep reading ...
Hang Tran
Embassies, int’l organisations join in preventing plastic pollution in VN
Twenty-two embassies and international organisations in Vietnam will sign a code of conduct on plastic pollution prevention on June 4 to mark World Environment Day (June 5), according to the Canadian Embassy in Vietnam. Keep reading ...
VietnamNet Reporter
ECODIT LLC: Call for proposals
Request for proposals (RFP) No. 17-AF-RFP-007 for Spatial Monitoring and Reporting Tool (SMART) equipment and training for protected areas in Quang Nam and Thua Thien Hue Provinces, VietNamECODIT LLC is soliciting proposals from qualified organizations or consortia as described in the attached Request for Proposals ...
ECODIT
The National Energy Efficiency in Industry Award 2017
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 ...
MOIT/GIZ
Gov't reviews overall picture of four key economic regions
Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc chaired a meeting on Friday to hear a report summarizing the overall picture of Viet Nam’s four key economic regions and their impacts on national growth. The four key economic hubs are: Northern Economic Region, Central Economic Region, Southern Economic Region, and Mekong ...
WHO urges Vietnamese to eat less sugar
Vietnamese people eat too much sugar and it is harming their health, according to the World Health Organisation (WHO). While the WHO recommends consuming less than 25 grams of sugar per day, Vietnamese eat an average 46.5 grams daily.Keep reading ...
VNS Reporter
DPRK-USA Hanoi Summit to help enhance Vietnam’s position
The upcoming DPRK-USA Hanoi Summit Vietnam will be an unprecedented event held in Vietnam, demonstrating the country’s willingness to contribute to dialogue towards maintaining peace, security and stability on the Korean Peninsula as well as in the region and the world.Keep reading ...
VNA Reporter
Wealth inequality drags growth: experts
As the world faces a crisis in wealth distribution, some experts doubt if the accumulation of capital will encourage innovation and investment, but instead, lead to multiple tax burdens and increase the gap between rich and poor.Keep reading ...
VNS Reporter
Hanoi determined to build smart city by 2030
Hanoi is determined to build a people-centered and business-oriented smart city by 2030, said Permanent Vice Chairman of the Hanoi City People’s Committee Nguyen Van Suu during the sixth World Cities Summit (WCS) 2018 held in Singapore on July 9.Keep reading ...
VNA Reporter
How Will Foreign Investment Change Vietnam’s Economy?
Vietnam’s cheap workers might not be the country’s stars for much longer: low wages helped to propel the communist nation to some of the fastest growth rates in the world, but analysts say it needs a new economic model now.Keep reading ...
Ha Nguyen
Students offer innovative solutions to global problems
Students from engineering technology universities in Vietnam have developed innovative projects following the Engineering Projects in Community Service (EPICS) model to provide engineering solutions for real world problems, including supporting the vulnerable, sustainability, agricultural productivity, plastic recycling, reducing CO2 emission and green energy.Keep reading ...
Investors pour millions of dollars into Vietnamese e-commerce
The Vietnamese e-commerce segment has become more vibrant due to increasing investments in the past few years. The rate of internet and smartphone usage is increasing, especially in big cities. Vietnam will become one of the hottest e-commerce markets over the world.Keep reading ...
Nguyen Huong
Gender inequality persists despite positive changes
Some 72 percent of Vietnamese women have joined the labour force, higher than the average world percentage (42 percent), and ranking only behind Cambodia (81 percent). These figures were revealed in a recently-released report of the Centre for Development and Integration, a Vietnamese non-governmental and ...
VNA Reporter
Reservoirs
This point layer (GRanD_Reservoirs_v1_1) represents the locations and attribute information of reservoirs contained in the GRanD database, version 1.1. For details please refer to the Technical Documentation.The Global Reservoir and Dam (GRanD) database contains the world’s largest dams and their associated reservoirs. The database consists ...
The U.S. Embassy in Hanoi Announces Program for U.S. Study
The EducationUSA Advising Center at the U.S. Embassy in Hanoi is pleased to announce the 2018 U.S. Department of State’s EducationUSA Academy at eleven U.S. host colleges and universities. The program is open to participation by self-funded high school students from all over the world ...
U.S. Embassy
More help needed to support young disabled people
Disabled people face a world of difficulty – especially young people who suffer.[] There are more 98,790 people with disabilities in Hà Nội and nearly 50,000 in HCM City, according to the statistics of Department of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs.Keep reading ...
VNS Reporter
Measures enhanced to protect biodiversity resources
Vietnam is known as one of the countries with high biodiversity in the world. The rich and diverse natural ecosystems are an important source of capital for the sustainable development of many economic sectors in the country. However, the risk of biodiversity degradation is increasing ...
Trung Nguyen, Le Hong
Discussion On Nationalism Through Philosophical Lens
A topic-based discussion on nationalism through a philosophical lens will be held on Wednesday [February 7, 2018].This discussion, led by Arthur Non and Nguyễn Đỗ Công, will focus on the sections ‘Introduction’ and ‘Origin of National Consciousness’ from Imagined Communities by Benedict Anderson, and the ...
Hanoi Philosophy Forum
Transparent policies needed to draw foreign capital
Clear, transparent and efficient policies are needed to encourage more foreign investors to jump into the Vietnamese securities market if it is to reach its considerable potential. According to the State Securities Commission (SSC), the local market is valued at US$124 billion and has been among ...
Bizhub Reporter