Sustainable Development Goals
A mecchanism in support of renewable energy development
A new Decree specifies the nature of direct power purchase agreements in support of Vietnam’s renewable energy development. Decree No. 80/2024/ND-CP was issued by the government on July 3, 2024, outlining regulations for direct power purchase agreements (DPPAs) between renewable energy producers and large electricity ...
Huyen Vy
Initiative launched to ensure enough nutrition for Vietnamese children
A conference to respond to the National Breastfeeding Week and launch the “ENOUGH” Nutrition Initiative took place on August 5 in Hanoi. The event was jointly organised by the National Institute of Nutrition under the Ministry of Health, and the World Vision International in Vietnam, ...
Vietnamese, Lao provinces reinforce ties in forest management, protection
The forest protection bodies of Vietnam’s central province of Thua Thien – Hue and Laos’s southern province of Sekong have signed a cooperation deal to promote forest management and protection, natural resource conservation, and forest produce management along the shared borderline. The document was inked in ...
Businesses using forest environmental services to pay fee under a new decree
Businesses involved in eco-tourism that use forest environmental services will have to pay fees for these services under the latest decree, which took effect on July 18. The update was announced on Wednesday during a conference on the Government’s Decree No. 91/2024/NĐ-CP. The decree provides ...
International conference promotes sustainable development, response to climate change
Local and international researchers, practitioners and policy makers met to discuss innovative approaches to the challenges posed by digitalisation and climate change in developing countries at the International Conference on Economics, Law, and Government that wrapped up on Wednesday. The two-day conference with the theme “Approaches ...
Exports could be affected by EU’s new environment policy
To reach environmental and climate goals, the EU has imposed the ESPR (Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation), commencing July 18, 2024, which is expected to have an impact on Vietnam’s key export products to the EU.According to the Vietnam Trade Office in Germany, the ESPR ...
NCA releases new app to combat online fraud in Vietnam
The National Cybersecurity Association (NCA) yesterday launched nTrust, a free anti-fraud software for smart devices. nTrust aims at detecting signs of fraud by scanning phone numbers, account numbers, website links, and QR codes. It also has the capability to scan applications on users’ phone, detecting ...
Translated by Thanh Tam
Vietnam makes strides in gene resource conservation
The Science-Technology Ministry yesterday held the conference “Evaluating Results of the Gene Resource Conservation and Sustainable Use Program in the 2015-2024 Period” in Hanoi.According to the report from the Ministry of Science and Technology, in the last 10 years, the program has achieved impressive results ...
Translated by Thanh Tam
Vocational training to focus on smiconductor, hydrogen and carbon credits
Vocational training will focus on enhancing skills for the workforce in emerging fields like semiconductor chips, hydrogen and carbon credits in the coming time to meet market demand, according to the Ministry of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs.The ministry will continue perfecting the policy and ...
Nhat Duong
Mekong Delta regional masterplan contributes to ensuring food security
The implementation of the Mekong Delta regional masterplan for 2021 – 2030, with a vision towards 2050, has helped shift the mindset about food security from developing agriculture based primarily on rice to a model of aquaculture – fruit – rice to increase value and ...
