Sustainable Development Goals
Volunteering day calls for youth’s actions against climate change
The Global Volunteering Day 2019 took place in Hanoi on September 29, calling on the young to join hands in dealing with climate change. The annual event was organised by the Volunteers for Peace Vietnam (VPV) and the Centre for Sustainable Development Studies (CSDS), with the support of ...
Wetland communities practice citizen journalism
About 30 citizen representatives from the Mekong (Cửu Long) River Delta have joined a citizen journalist network to empower their roles in protecting the environment and boost natural conservation. The citizens of different ages and genders include members of women unions, youth union, forest rangers and officials from three ...
Conference reviews new rural development emulation movement
The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) held a conference in Ha Long city, Quang Ninh province on September 27 to review the emulation movement “The whole nation joins hands to build new-style rural areas” in the period of 2011-2020.Up to date, a total ...
Most workers feel productive for less than 6 hours a day
68 percent of Vietnamese workers feel they are productive for just 4 to 6 hours per day, a recent survey has found. Only 14 percent of respondents reported feeling productive for over 7 hours per day, the survey covering 500 office workers and 200 employers carried ...
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Banks now keen on green credit
Green credit is now a trend in the global banking and finance industry and more Vietnamese banks are following suit. The State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) has taken welcome steps to develop Vietnam’s green credit market with its successful pilot of the Green Credit Program, according ...
Social policy credit lifts 2 million ethnic minority families out of poverty
Social policy credit has lifted more than 2 million ethnic minority households out of poverty as of August 31, said Director General of the Vietnam Bank for Social Policies (VBSP) Duong Quyet Thang at a conference in Hanoi on September 25. Soft credit is one of the 54 exclusive policies designed ...
Construction of Vietnam's first LNG terminal to begin next month
State-run PetroVietnam Gas Corporation (PV Gas) and its partners plan to start construction of the country’s first liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal in southern Vietnam next month. The Thi Vai LNG terminal in Ba Ria – Vung Tau Province is expected to come on stream by 2022.Under ...
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Mekong Delta declares urgent erosion situation
A number of provinces in the Cửu Long (Mekong) Delta facing serious erosion along rivers and coastal areas are taking measures to protect the land and people in the area. The provinces are Long An, the two upstream provinces of An Giang and Đồng Tháp, and the coastal provinces of Bến Tre, ...
Vietnam shares experience in primary healthcare at UN meeting
About 81% of patients questioned said they are satisfied with medical services in Vietnam, Minister of Health Nguyen Thi Kim Tien cited an independent survey while delivering a speech at a United Nations meeting on September 23. The meeting, themed “Universal Health Coverage: Moving Together to ...
Social policy credit proves useful for poverty reduction: meeting
Social policy credit has reached all the communal-level localities nationwide, greatly helping with efforts towards sustainable poverty reduction, heard a teleconference in Hanoi on September 23.According to General Director of the Vietnam Bank for Social Policies (VBSP) Duong Quyet Thang, social policy credit, part of ...
