Sustainable Development Goals
Việt Nam forecast to face historic heat waves in 2020
Việt Nam is forecast to suffer the highest temperatures ever recorded in 2020, according to the latest report by the Meteorological and Hydrological Administration. The country is predicted to face increasing and complicated pattern of natural disasters this year due to the impact of global ...
Data labeling: new job for blind people in contribution to combating COVID-19
Vietnam Institute of Software and Digital Content Industry, in collaboration with the Vietnam Blind Association, technology enterprises InfoRe Technology and HMD Technology, and domestic and international researchers have developed software to help blind people to make a living with data labeling jobs.In order to perform ...
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Remote health check-up platform, COVID-19 prevention app launched
Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc on April 18 attended a ceremony to launch a remote medical examination and treatment platform and Bluezone application to help the community in COVID-19 prevention and control.If the app user is positive for the SARS-CoV-2 (known as F0), through the ...
Rice farmers told to follow sowing schedules amid saline intrusion, drought
Authorities have instructed farmers in the Mekong Delta to sow the summer-autumn rice crop on established schedules to mitigate the damage of drought, saltwater intrusion and disease.The Plant Cultivation Department has set schedules for sowing the crop in the delta between March and June. In ...
Social distancing continues for Hanoi, HCMC until April 22
The social distancing campaign will continue until April 22 in Hanoi, HCMC and 10 other localities deemed to be at high risk of Covid-19 spread. Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc made the decision at a meeting with health officials and leaders of the country’s 63 ...
ASEAN+3 urged to show solidarity to overcome COVID-19 challenges
Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc urged ASEAN and its three partner countries show solidarity to overcome this difficult time while chairing the ASEAN+3 Special Summit on COVID-19 Response on April 14, with the participation of China, Japan, and the Republic of Korea (RoK), alongside the ...
Localities call for extension of social distancing: Committee
A number of localities have proposed extending the social distancing measures beyond April 15, according to a conference of the National Steering Committee on the Prevention and Control of COVID-19. While the majority of localities proposed that social distancing end on April 15, eight localities including ...
New scheme to help end gender-biased sex selection
A new programme dealing with gender-biased sex selection and harmful practices in Vietnam will be carried out from 2020 to 2022, the UN Population Fund and the Norwegian Government announced on April 10.It aims to help the Government adopt policy frameworks, laws, and schemes to ...
Realising the task of ensuring social welfare during epidemic prevention period
The National Assembly (NA) Standing Committee recently approved policies to support those affected by the COVID-19 pandemic as proposed by the Government. Accordingly, the Government will adopt a relief package worth nearly VND62 trillion (US$2.6 billion) to ensure the livelihoods of those who are living ...
ILO Vietnam willing to help Vietnamese gov’t, employers, workers
Country Director of the International Labour Organisation (ILO) Vietnam Chang-Hee Lee has said that ILO Vietnam was ready to help the Vietnamese Government, employers and employees to find suitable jobs as the coronavirus takes its toll on labour markets and the economy.According to the ILO, ...
