Sharing economy project approved
A sharing economy project was approved by Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc on Monday (12/8) to ensure an equal business environment among enterprises in the sharing economic model and traditional companies. According to the Ministry of Planning and Investment (MPI), a sharing economy is a new ...
Mekong 1000 Program: For Admission in October 2018
Kanazawa University has concluded a Memorandum of Understanding with Mekong 1000 Office (Can Tho University) on accepting students through Mekong 1000 Project. This is a unique program which offers fee waiver, simplified application and selection process, and other services. The application is open to the scholarship ...
How do Women engage in open data movements cross the Mekong countries?
Open Development Vietnam (ODV) wants to understand how women are engaging in open data movements across the Mekong countries. ODV is particularly interested in understanding why and how women participate and what some of the barriers to their participation are. Most importantly ODV wants to ...
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National Data Strategy towards 2030 approved
Vietnam aims to handle all administrative procedure applications online by 2030, according to the freshly approved National Data Strategy.The strategy sets the target of having 100% of national data centres, regional data centres and national centres for large data storage and high performance computing across ...
Vietnam launches fake news response center
Vietnam has launched its new centre dedicated to dealing with fake news at http://tingia.gov.vn. The Vietnam Anti Fake News Centre (VAFC) was built and is operated by the Ministry of Information and Communications’ Authority of Broadcasting and Electronic Information, tasked with receiving online reports on ...
Measures proposed to address food security vulnerabilities exposed by COVID-19 in SE Asia
A core element of the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), food security, now looms as a priority for Southeast Asia, particularly after the COVID-19 pandemic has passed, according to an article published on The Diplomat online news magazine.Experts stressed that COVID-19 stopped any progress made ...
Project helps increase effectiveness of population management
The implementation of a project on simplifying administrative procedures, citizenship papers, and databases related to population management during 2013-2020 (Project 896) has contributed to improving the efficiency of population management towards the building of a digital economy and society.The comment was made by Permanent Deputy ...
Post-COVID recovery: Việt Nam on the right track but more rigorous changes needed
Việt Nam has been on the right track towards the goals of cutting carbon emissions and phasing out coal mine plants but will need more vigorous financial and institutional changes to deliver a green, sustainable and inclusive recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic.International experts, think tanks and ...
Nominations Open: Journalism for an Equitable Asia Award 2020-21 - Theme: Inequality crisis and the pandemic
Asia, just like the rest of the world, is grappling with COVID-19. Despite tremendous economic growth and advances in healthcare, technology, and elsewhere during the preceding decades, we are struggling to overcome the pandemic and the resultant economic and social fallouts. Journalism for an Equitable Asia ...
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Workshop discusses future of Vietnamese labour market
Experts discussed the future of the Vietnamese labour market at an online workshop hosted by Nhan Dan (The People) newspaper last week.Dr Bui Sy Loi, Vice Chairman of the National Assembly’s Committee of Social Affairs, said one of the biggest changes of the labour market ...
Health ministry urges for preventive measures against diseases and safe vaccinations
The Ministry of Health (MoH) on June 11 hosted an online conference connecting over 700 venues in all 63 provinces and cities nationwide, aimed at updating specific technical measures to monitor epidemics, provide treatment and emergency regimens and handle complications after vaccinations.At the conference, delegates ...
Digital workforce platform launched
The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and the National Innovation Centre (NIC) under the Ministry of Planning and Investment (MPI), through the programme “Human Resources for Innovation – Startup Ecosystem” (USAID WISE), on June 21 organised a workshop “Future of jobs in digital ...
Farmers need training to develop digital agriculture
Farmers need more training on digital technology to bring the industry to another level, experts have said. Nguyen Duc Tung, general secretary of the Vietnam Digital Agriculture Association (VIDA), made the statement said at a launch ceremony for a report on digital transformation in agriculture in Hanoi ...
Seminar seeks opinions on draft decree on Internet-based services
A seminar was organised on February 17 to gather experts’ opinions on a draft decree on amendments and supplements to Decree No. 72/2013/ND-CP (Decree 72) on the management, provision and use of Internet-based services and information on the Internet, which aim to create more relevant ...
Vietnam ranks first among region’s primary school student learning outcomes: report
Vietnam ranks first among Southeast Asian countries in terms of primary school student learning outcomes under the Southeast Asia Primary Learning Metrics (SEA-PLM) programme. The news was announced at an online conference of the Southeast Asian Ministers of Education Organization (SEAMEO) on December 1, held ...
Government officials hold dialogue with children
A dialogue between 169 children and leaders of the government, ministries and agencies responsible for children’s affairs took place on August 17 as part of the 6th National Children’s Forum. The participating children were divided into six groups to present various issues such as violence and ...
Vietnam ranks first in terms of gender equality at home, work: global survey
A recent survey by the Worldwide Independent Network of Market Research (WIN) shows that Vietnam ranks first in terms of gender equality at home and work among 39 countries included in the poll. The survey was conducted in 39 countries via face-to-face, telephone, and online ...
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New environment law views people, businesses as crucial players in environmental protection
The 2020 Law on Environmental Protection, taking effect on January 1 this year, is expected to create substantial changes to people’s awareness and promote businesses’ action in this issue.To facilitate communities’ performance of their role, the law clarifies their rights and responsibilities, as well as ...
Vietnam’s first AI learning system launched
In an effort to bring modern technology into education, Vietnam’s tech giant FPT on August 27 launched the VioEdu online e-learning system – the nation’s first smart education assistant using artificial intelligence (AI).According to Le Hong Viet, FPT Technology Director, VioEdu at https://vio.edu.vn helps students ...
Vietnam to make land administration transparent with public website
Minister of Construction Pham Hong Ha says an online portal would be set up this year to provide urban planning information to the public. He told a National Assembly discussion on land administration and use that it would help prevent arbitrary changes to land planning.The ...
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