Sustainable Development Goals
Stronger actions urged to reduce plastic waste in aquaculture sector
Experts and researchers gathered at a national conference held in the central city of Da Nang on October 20 to discuss measures to reduce ocean debris from aquaculture activities. The conference delivered a detailed report on environmental pollution in 11 protected marine areas, providing important statistics ...
Mekong Delta subsiding at alarming rate: workshop
The Mekong Delta is subsiding at an alarming rate, and if the situation continues without effective solutions, the livelihoods of tens of millions of people will be threatened, especially those in coastal areas, heard a recent workshop. At a workshop in Ca Mau province on October ...
Vietnamese information ministry to phase out 2G service soon
The Ministry of Information and Communication (MIC) will soon announce a roadmap for full termination of the second generation network (2G) technology to release broadband support for 3G, 4G and 5G. The statement was made by Phan Thao Nguyen, director of the International Cooperation Department under ...
FAO calls for urgent actions to end hunger and malnutrition in Vietnam
The UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) Representative in Vietnam Albert Lieberg called for urgent actions to end hunger and malnutrition at a meeting in Hanoi on October 14 on the occasion of World Food Day (October 16). The FAO representative said unhealthy diets, combined with ...
Vietnam Business Summit 2019 opens in Hanoi
The Vietnam Business Summit 2019 (VBS 2019), one of Vietnam’s biggest international business-related events, opened in Hanoi on October 16. The event is being held in parallel with the 10th Asia Business Summit (ABS) also in Hanoi on October 17. Both events are hosted by the Vietnam Chamber ...
Better awareness of women’s political participation needed: minister
At a conference reviewing the 10-year implementation of the Law on Gender Equality held in Hanoi on October 17, Minister of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs Dao Ngoc Dung noted an important change over the past years is that there has been an observable improvement in men’s ...
Government officials trained for global citizenship
Thirty-two educators and government officials from seven countries in Southeast Asia are participating in a capacity-building workshop on fostering global citizenship for sustainable communities in Southeast Asia that opened on Tuesday in HCM City. The four-day workshop is jointly organised by the Southeast Asian Ministers of Education Organisation ...
Joint commitment signed to facilitate nutrition improvement for Vietnamese mothers and children
Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam has joined delegates to sign a joint commitment to promote efforts in improving maternal nutrition and complementary feeding practices in Vietnam.The event was part of the launching for the State of the World’s Children 2019 report and a framework ...
Cybersecurity Emergency Response Center established
The Ministry of Information and Communications has decided to establish the Viet Nam Cybersecurity Emergency Response Teams/Coordination Center (VNCERT/CC). The center is located in the capital city of Ha Noi and has two branches in Ho Chi Minh City and Da Nang City.The new center is ...
Harnessing a digital future
With its vast potential of e-commerce development thanks to surging IT and wide smartphone coverage, Vietnam is trying to build its own digital economy fuelled by a hallmark strategy on Industry 4.0 that is expected to help the country improve its competitiveness, attract more high-quality ...
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