Hack Covy - the first online hackathon competition to “hack” COVID-19 in Vietnam
“HackCovy” is an online hackathon, with the main theme being COVID-19 co-hosted by AngelHack, Hanoi’s Youth Union, and UNDP Vietnam. The hackathon will be where technology and startup lovers come together to create a solution for the pressing issues that the pandemic has caused. This ...
MIC plans to boost digital infrastructure, digital applications in 2024
In 2024, the Ministry of Information and Communications (MIC) will focus on key tasks, including the development of digital infrastructure and digital applications to boost the digital economy, creating new momentum for economic growth and labour productivity, Minister of Nguyen Manh Hung has said.The ministry ...
Ministry proposes tobacco tax increase to VNĐ2,000
The Ministry of Health (MoH) on Thursday proposed to raise the tax on tobacco at a press conference on tobacco prevention hosted by the Ministry of Information and Communication.Keep reading ...
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Việt Nam and partners to join hands in dealing with climate change
Despite limited funds and many challenges, Việt Nam has included conservation and climate change mitigation efforts in the country’s socio-economic development plan as it faces pollution, rising sea levels and environmental degradation.Keep reading ...
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Humans increasingly settling in high-risk flood zones, study warns
Humans are increasingly settling in areas highly exposed to dangerous flooding, particularly in China, Vietnam and Bangladesh, a study warned Wednesday (4/10). The research, led by a World Bank economist, warns that settlement growth in flood zones has vastly outpaced growth in safe areas since ...
Monitoring households and firms in Vietnam during COVID-19
In order to understand the impacts of COVID-19 on Vietnamese firms, the World Bank designed a Business Pulse Survey (BPS) to assess the various channels of impact of the pandemic on firms, their adjustment strategies, and public policy responses. The firm surveys are being collected ...
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World Economic Forum on ASEAN 2018 in Ha Noi, Viet Nam
The World Economic Forum on ASEAN 2018 (WEF ASEAN 2018) with theme “ASEAN 4.0: Entrepreneurship and the Fourth Industrial Revolution” will take place in Hanoi, Vietnam from September 11 to 13.The event is expected to feature 55 discussion sessions on issues of interest to the governments, businesses ...
COVID-19 early warning system developed by Vietnamese scientists
An early warning system for COVID-19 has been launched by the Institute of Prevention Medicine and Public Health (IPMPH) at the Hà Nội University of Medicine on March 1st. The system provides analyses on the disease threats and countries’ response abilities at http://covid19global.net. Besides counting ...
Vietnam prioritises improving medical services at grassroots level
The Vietnamese Government prioritises resources to improve capacity of the Grassroots-level clinics towards universal healthcare coveraGe and realisinG the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), Minister of Health NGuyen Thi Kim Tien has said.AttendinG the 72nd session of the World Health Assembly in Geneva on May 21, ...
VN makes biotechnology progress
Việt Nam’s rapid progress in research and application of biotechnology in agriculture is contributing to the country’s goals for green growth and farmers’demands, according to experts. Biotech methods have been able to detect plant diseases rapidly, and have also been used to create products that prevent ...
Việt Nam urged to build legal corridor for AI industry
Việt Nam needs a policy on artificial intelligence (AI) to help this industry develop strongly, while minimising risks, according to insiders. In the Prime Minister’s Decision No. 127/QD-TTg dated January 26, 2021 promulgating the national strategy on research, development and application of AI by 2030, ...
Better social assistance system needed to prepare vulnerable people for crisis: World Bank
Despite progress in tackling multiple challenges for different vulnerable groups, Việt Nam’s social assistance system faces challenges that have affected the country’s ability to support vulnerable groups affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a recent report by the World Bank.The report “The Distributional Impact ...
Efforts exerted to increase climate change adaptability of Mekong Delta urban systems
Localities in the Mekong Delta region are working hard to increase their urban areas’ adaptability to climate change, and boost urban development to green and sustainable direction.Climate change is posing a great challenge to the Mekong Delta region, especially erosion, landslides, flooding, and pollution. Vice Director ...
Forests and Forestry
The Government of Vietnam considers forests an important ecoloGical resource, valuable for the socio-economic development and well-beinG of communities throuGhout the country. Forests play a major role in adaptinG to climate chanGe as well as in reGular environmental functions such as preventinG erosion and maintaininG ...
Vietnam’s first liver transplant patient in good health 15 years on
Born in Hai Minh Commune, Hai Hau District, Nam Dinh Province, Nguyen Thi Diep underwent her life-saving liver transplant at the age of nine. Fifteen years later, now she leads a healthy life and works for the well-being of others.Vietnam witnessed its first liver transplant ...
World Bank approves nearly 130 million USD to help Nghe An province improve livability
The World Bank Board of Directors on July 31 approved a project worth 129.6 million USD to strengthen flood resilience and improve sanitation, transport, and public space infrastructure in Nghe An province’s Vinh city – a political, economic, and cultural centre of the north-central coastal ...
Mineral exploitation needs to protect environment
Mineral exploitation may have contributed to economic development of northern mountainous Hà giang Province over the past years but it has also caused serious problems to the environment and social life of local people, the Vietnam News Agency reports. Keep reading ...
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Ethnic minorities and indigenous people
IntroductionVietnam is considered a multi-ethnic country, made up of 54 ethnic groups. The Kinh ethnic group makes up 85.4% of Vietnam’s population, or 78.32 million people. The remaining 53 ethnic groups make up only 14.6% of the country’s population (see Table 1).95Although Vietnam voted in ...
