The report reviews sector achievements and challenges as well as the Government of Viet Nam’s strategy and policies. It also outlines how the Asian Development Bank and other development partners have contributed to the sector. The report provides recommendations on measures to boost access to ...

UN Women and other partners in Viet Nam are joining hands and organizing events themed “Empowering rural women for sustainable development of Viet Nam” to commemorate the International Women’s Day in 2018.Likeminded organizations and individuals are invited to join these events.For more details, please visit ...

A project to accelerate low-carbon circular economy through cleantech innovation towards sustainable development has been launched in Viet NamThe project was jointly developed by the Institute of Strategy and Policy on Natural Resources and Environment, under the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment and the ...

Ha Noi, 19 October 2017 – The Open Educational Resources (OER) community in Viet Nam including research centers, institutions of higher education, library associations, NGOs, and international organizations promoted the OER movement at the third National Conference on OERs, through the sharing of OER practices and ...

UC Davis’ New Viet Nam Studies Initiative and the University of Da Nang call for proposals for a summer conference in Da Nang on Viet Nam’s Sustainable and Alternative Development.Deadline: May 28, 2018 at 11:59PM (US-PST) / May 29, 2018 at 1:59PM (VN-GMT+7)For submission, please ...

The transport ministry announced on Monday they would cancel open international bidding for eight projects of the North-South expressway, in favour of homegrown investors.The decision was made on the consensus reached after consulting relevant agencies, transport ministry said in an announcement sent to the media, adding ...

EIB Vice-President Kris Peeters and Viet Nam Electricity Chairman Duong Quang Thanh have signed a memorandum of understanding paving the way for an increased EIB contribution to sustainable electricity generation.As part of the VietNamese government’s target of achieving net zero emissions by 2050, EVN has ...

Viet Nam was ranked 76th out of the 193 countries and territories in the United Nations’ online service index (OSI), up five places compared to 2020.The Ministry of Information and Communications announced that about 97.3 per cent of eligible online public services have been provided ...

Viet Nam climbed seven places to the 55th in the 2022 Government Artificial Intelligence (AI) Readiness Index, according to an annual index report by the UK’s Oxford Insights. With an overall score of 53.96 out of 100, the nation ranked 6th in ASEAN, higher than ...

April 3rd in Hanoi, Lieutenant General Nguyen Chi Vinh, Deputy Minister of Defense, Head of the Standing Committee of the National Steering Committee for Cvercoming the Consequences of Landmines and Toxic chemicals after the war in Vietnam (Ban 701) received the Foreign Ministry delegation led ...

More than 40 ministries, branches and localities have developed digital transformation projects. However, in the business sector, especially among small and medium enterprises (SMEs) and manufacturing enterprises, this process is not happening as strongly as expected.This is the motivation for the Việt Nam Software and ...

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 ...

ITU Digital World 2020 will open in Hanoi on October 20, with one of the focuses being the transformation of management activities in the digital environment.Also, key discussions at the event will be how digital nation strategies have been changing in the COVID-19 pandemic; the ...

The collection of indirect taxes in Việt Nam is forecast to increase in the future while direct taxes is predicted to account for a smaller proportion, according to a Fair Tax Monitor Index report released by VietNam Institute for Economic and Policy Research (VEPR) yesterday.Keep reading ...

A wide range of environmental protection activities are to be held during Vietnam Seas and Island Week 2019, scheduled for early next month, announced the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (MoNRE) on May 20.Accordingly, for the first time, the ministry will combine a series ...

To date, Viet Nam has had no fatalities as a result of the pandemic. The government acted swiftly to suspend flights, shut schools and quarantine new arrivals.How does a nation with limited resources confront a global pandemic that has brought many developed countries’ healthcare systems ...

An Asian Development Bank-supported study explores technological solutions for addressing the plastic pollution problem in Asia, focusing on Viet Nam.The study selected three digital applications with the highest potential for development and scale-up based on their ability to involve all key stakeholders, including the informal ...

Viet Nam received aid worth more than US$677 million from foreign non-governmental organizations (NGOs) between 2020 and 2022. The figure was released at a meeting on works of foreign NGOs that took place in Ha Noi on August 23.According to the 2022 report, 388 foreign NGOs ...

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has decided to temporarily suspend inbound flights from countries and territories, firstly the UK and South Africa, that have reported new COVID-19 variants. This is part of the Directive No. 01/CT-TTg signed by PM Phuc on strengthening prevention and control of ...