Enhancing anti-corruption law enforcement in non-state sector
The enforcement of the anti-corruption law in enterprises and organisations in the non-state sector was the focus of a forum held in Hanoi on December 12 by the Government Inspectorate in coordination with UNDP and the British Embassy in Vietnam.The forum was a key activity ...
Việt Nam to defend fifth national report on anti-racial discrimination convention
Việt Nam is going to defend its fifth national report on the implementation of the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (CERD) at a session in Geneva, Switzerland, on November 29 – 30. The report defence would be a chance ...
Vietnam officially launches food safety management system
The Ministry of Health’s Vietnam Food Administration (VFA) and the Republic of Korea’s Ministry of Food and Drug Safety have announced the official operation of a comprehensive food safety management system in Vietnam on March 7.The announcement was the outcome of an ODA project between ...
WB helps improve grassroots health services in Vietnam
The World Bank Board of Executive Directors on June 20 approved an 80-million-USD loan to help Vietnam improve basic health service quality and access, especially in disadvantaged areas. The Investing and Innovating for Grassroots Health Service Delivery Project is designed to enable commune health stations (CHS) ...
Gov't chief approves program to build one million social housing apartments
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has signed Decision 338/QD-TTg approving a program to build 1,062,200 social housing apartments for low-income earners and workers in industrial parks and processing zones in the 2021-2030 period.In Viet Nam, social housing sells at VND15 million per square meter on ...
Khanh Phuong
EU-funded programme helps improve Vietnam’s health sector
A budget support programme for Vietnam’s health sector funded by the European Union (EU) was reviewed in a ceremony held by the Ministry of Health (MoH) in Hanoi on May 8. Speaking at the event, Deputy Health Minister Nguyen Viet Tien highlighted the significant outcomes of ...
More administrative procedures to go online: Minister
The Government of Vietnam wants the business community to provide feedback and input to help improve the National Public Service Portal, heard a conference held by the Prime Minister’s Council on Administrative Reform and the World Bank in Hanoi on May 19.The national public service ...
Fitch revises Vietnam outlook upwards to positive
Global credit rating agency Fitch said Vietnam will remain one of the fastest growing economies in the Asia-Pacific region. The firm announced the revision of Vietnam’s outlook to Positive from stable on Thursday, affirming that the country will keep its ‘BB’ sovereign credit rating.The agency ...
Hung Le
Report on education human resources transformation in Asia released
The Education Commission has released a report on the transformation of human resources for education in Asia.Ju-Ho Lee, a commissioner of the Education Commission and former Minister of Education, Science and Technology of the Republic of Korea, said that many countries are facing shortage of teachers and unequal allocation of the ...
Synthesizing medical data orients toward medical digital government
The Ministry of Health yesterday organized an offline and online conference at 1,200 locations across the country to summarize and evaluate digital transformation activities in 2023 and deploy the medical sector’s 2024 action plan with the message ‘Connect – Share – Accompany’.In 2023, the National ...
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Localities urged to develop data sharing mechanism
Cities and provinces across Vietnam will need to develop a database system and data sharing mechanism among State management agencies to develop e-government as part of an effort to become smart cities, experts said.Vietnam has set a target by 2025 to have 100% of national ...
Vietnam develops open educational resources for higher education
Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha has signed Decision No. 1117/QD-TTg approving a programme to develop open educational resources for higher education.Under the programme, in the 2023-2026 period, a portal of open educational resources will be built and put into operation, providing learning, teaching, and ...
Buffer zone communities to receive financial support
Each community in special-use forests’ buffer zones will receive an average of 50 million VND (over 1,900 USD) a year under a recent degree on several forestry investment policies. The decree will take effect from July 15, 2024.The financial support will be prioritised for agricultural ...
Global minimum tax: opportunity for expediting policy reform, int’l integration
The application of the global minimum corporate income tax policy in Vietnam is expected to serve as a catalyst to expedite policy reforms and promote international integration efforts of the country, according to insiders.According to the Ministry of Finance, there are 1,015 foreign direct investment ...
Digital transformation in Vietnam encountering challenges
The establishment of the national big data and integration of databases are the most critical foundation for the national digital transformation.To carry out digital transformation nationwide, the Government has launched its project ‘Developing an Application for Population Database, Digital Identification and Authentication for the National ...
Thanh Tam
UK announces $51mn grant for low-carbon projects in 16 countries including Vietnam
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 ...
Vietnam develops digital government on open technology
The Ministry of Information and Communications (MIC) late last week launched Flex Digital, a platform to support the development of digital government. This was part of the action program of the Vietnam Open Technology Forum 2020, with the slogan ‘developing and mastering digital technology to ...
Hai Dang
Vietnam improving legal framework to attract green finance, green technology
Vietnam is actively implementing a roadmap for an improved legal framework for better attracting green finance and green technology; and encouraging green production and investment, said Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha.Speaking at the event, Ha emphasised that considering the green economy and green transformation ...
Digital transformation for establishment of smart rural areas
The Central Committee of the VN Veterans Association yesterday held the discussion ‘Digital Transformation to Upgrade Rural Areas towards the Smarter Countryside in the 2021-2025 Period’ for 15 provinces of the Central Highlands and Central region.At present, the percentage of citizens using online public services ...
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Agricultural insurance protects farmers against crop, livestock losses
Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has issued a decision on the implementation of agricultural insurance policy. Under Decision No. 22/2019/QD-TTg dated June 26, 2019, such plants, animals and aquaculture products like rice, cow, buffalo, black tiger shrimp and while-leg shrimp will receive support of agricultural insurance ...