Social development
Vietnam among top 4 countries in treating HIV/AIDS: official
Vietnam is one of four countries with the best HIV/AIDS treatment in the world along with Germany, the U.K. and Switzerland, Acting Health Minister Nguyen Thanh Long said. Vietnam has a rate of HIV-infected people receiving anti-retroviral (ARV) treatment with a viral load below the ...
Hoang Phong
Vietnam’s gender equality work drives initial positive changes: Deputy Minister
Vietnam’s gender equality work has created initial positive changes in the awareness and behaviour of all-level leaders, officials, public servants and the people as a whole, contributing to enhancing the role and status of women in the family as well as in society, Deputy Minister ...
WB report outlines increase in Vietnam's human capital index 2020
Vietnam’s human capital index 2020 is higher than average for the East Asia & Pacific region and lower-middle income countries, although the stunted rate among children reached up to 25%, according to the World Bank.This information comes following the release of the World Bank’s 2020 ...
Vietnam scores average in global social performance index
Vietnam achieved an average score in 2020 Social Progress Index, finishing 88th out of 163 global economies. The nation earned a total score of 68.85 out of 100, above the global average of 64.24, according to the index released last week by Washington-based nonprofit Social ...
Dang Khoa
Global Young Vietnamese Intellectual Forum launched
The Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union Central Committee has begun receiving applications for admission to the third Global Young Vietnamese Intellectual Forum 2020.This year’s forum, with the theme “Vietnam 2045” is scheduled to be held in Ho Chi Minh City from November 26 to ...
Grassroots healthcare clinics to be upgraded
Vietnam is one of the few countries with a complete healthcare network which had been widely expanded to villages to provide primary treatment to local people, Deputy Minister of Health Do Xuan Tuyen said. The grassroots healthcare network in Vietnam had 1,400 hospitals, 180,000 beds and more ...
Support policies provide leverage for ethnic people to escape poverty
The implementation of poverty reduction programme in the 2016-20 period in border provinces such as Hà Giang, Lai Châu and Lào Cai has proved the effectiveness of the government support and investment policies to reduce poverty and reach the national target programme on sustainable poverty reduction.However, the ...
International law governing cyberspace globally urgently needed to ensure human rights
A virtual executive seminar themed “International law governing cyberspace” was co-held by the Department of Foreign Relations under the Ministry of Public Security (MPS) in coordination with the Dutch Embassy and the EU delegation to Vietnam in Hanoi on August 27.The event was aimed at ...
Ninh Thuan enhances quality of ethnic minority language teaching
The south central province of Ninh Thuan has rolled out measures to improve the quality of teaching the languages of Cham and Raglai ethnic minority groups with an aim to enhance literacy among the communities as well as maintain and promote the value of the ...
Education ministry collects opinions on e-learning
The Ministry of Education and Training has announced a draft circular providing three e-learning methods for the new academic year this August due to COVID-19 pandemic concerns.Under the new circular, three online studying forms will be implemented. In the first form, online learning will be ...
