An international workshop on population database and digital government was held in the northern province of Thai Nguyen on October 20, with the theme of developing and exploiting the national database on population to better serve people and enterprises.Participants discussed effective models and achievements in ...

Despite an improvement in the online disclosure of district-level land use plans and provincial-level land pricing frameworks, the difference between the reviews in 2021 and 2022 was not significant, according to recent research findings. The findings were shared at a thematic discussion jointly organised by ...

A seminar on data connecting and sharing serving digital government and governance took place in Hanoi on May 25 as part of the Vietnam – Asia DX Summit 2023.According to Nguyen Phu Tien, deputy head of the Authority of Information Technology Application under the Ministry ...

A seminar was held in Nha Trang city, the central province of Khanh Hoa, on October 25 to look into shortcomings at tertiary education establishments and ways to address them amid the urgent demand for better quality in higher education.Participants in the seminar focused on ...

The British Embassy in Hanoi on March 27 announced nine low carbon projects from across Vietnam as the first cohort to join Climate Finance Accelerator (CFA) Vietnam.The selected projects represent diverse sectors such as renewable energy, resource/energy efficiency, e-mobility, AFOLU (agriculture, forestry and other land uses), decarbonising ...

The Ministry of Public Security plans to put into operation the national database systems on population and production, and citizen identification issuance and management on February 26.The national population database system is designed to connect and to allow other information systems to exploit information through ...

The community’s collaborative marine conservation efforts in recent years have provided sustainable livelihoods for the residents of Chàm Islands in Quảng Nam Province. Recognised as a World Biosphere Reserve since 2009 by UNESCO, the Chàm Islands-Hội An World Biosphere Reserve covers the ancient town of ...

The long-awaited Power Development Plan VIII is set to target the development of about 7GW of offshore wind power in Vietnam. However, both investors and localities are waiting for a clearer roadmap.In Vietnam’s north, there are now 22 registered projects with a total capacity of ...

The Vietnam Network for Child Online Protection (VN-COP) recently debuted its website, aiming to popularise child online protection skills and knowledge and receive child abuse reports. The website, vn-cop.vn, was launched by the Authority of Information Security under the Ministry of Information and Communications (MIC).Apart from ...

Mosquitoes infected with Wolbachia – a type of bacteria with the potential to prevent the spread of dengue fever – were released in Vĩnh Lương Commune, in the central city of Nha Trang yesterday.This is the first time that these anti-dengue mosquitoes have been released in mainland Việt Nam, ...

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 ...

The Be River stretches 350km, beginning in the Central Highlands province of Dak Nong and flowing downstream through Binh Phuoc and Binh Duong provinces before merging into the Dong Nai River at Hieu Liem Commune, Vinh Cuu District, Dong Nai Province. Strict protection of its ...

Viet Nam’s CO2 emissions should peak in 2030 and the green energy transition needs to happen urgently and at a faster pace than previously.The above finding was highlighted in the Viet Nam Energy Outlook Report-Pathways to Net Zero which was released on June 19. According ...

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 ...

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, ...

A workshop was held in the central province of Quang Binh on May 10 to introduce a project to improve access to vocational training to enhance the quality of human resources and economic empowerment, contributing to promoting gender equality for local women and female students ...

Twenty-two projects involved in irrigation, disaster prevention and clean water supplies had effectively used more than US$2.7 billion in official development assistant (ODA) over the past 25 years.Keep reading ...

Nhiều ngân hàng ở Việt Nam vẫn chậm niêm yết cổ phiếu lên sàn mặc dù chính phủ đặt mục tiêu sẽ có 10 ngân hàng niêm yết cổ phiếu từ năm 2013 đến 2016. Đọc tiếp  ...