Sustainable Development Goals
SDG 3 Good health and well-being
MoH proposes amendments to COVID-19 regulations
The Ministry of Health (MoH) has proposed to amend the regulations related to COVID-19 as the number of new cases has consistently remained low in recent weeks.In the draft proposal submitted to the government, the ministry suggested shortening the average incubation period to four days ...
Viet Nam receives over US$677 million from NGOs during 2020-2022
Viet Nam received aid worth more than US$677 million from foreign non-governmental organizations (NGOs) between 2020 and 2022. The figure was released at a meeting on works of foreign NGOs that took place in Ha Noi on August 23.According to the 2022 report, 388 foreign NGOs ...
Thuy Dung
Master sheme on social support facility network approved
Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha signed Decision 966/QD-TTg, dated August 17, 2023, approving a master scheme on social support facility network in the 2021-2030 period with a vision towards 2050.The scheme targets that at least 90 percent of people with especially disadvantaged living conditions ...
Kim Anh
World Bank approves nearly 130 million USD to help Nghe An province improve livability
The World Bank Board of Directors on July 31 approved a project worth 129.6 million USD to strengthen flood resilience and improve sanitation, transport, and public space infrastructure in Nghe An province’s Vinh city – a political, economic, and cultural centre of the north-central coastal ...
The aging problem in VN: the pressures of the 'sandwich generation’
The forecast of the General Statistics Office (GSO) for 2019-2069 and the measurement of the United Nations show that in 13 years, or by 2036, Vietnam will end its aging period and begin its old population period, which means there will be one person aged ...
Vo Thu
UNDP-developed software helps strengthen capacity of Viet Nam’s health system
A workshop on implementation results of the grassroots telehealth program using the software “Doctor for everyone” was jointly organized by the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) and the Ministry of Health in Ha Noi on July 20.The “Doctor for Everyone” digital telehealth system was first ...
Thuy Dung
How well has Việt Nam done in the social progress ranking?
Using GDP as a proxy for development can fail to recognize that sustainable development is affected by multiple factors and the significant vulnerabilities that may exist in countries targeting important levels of GDP. Effectively measuring what counts can have a transformative impact and help lead ...
Prof. Trần Thọ Đạt
Amended social insurance law expected to solve lump-sum withdrawal problem
Social security offices across the country have recently witnessed long lines of people waiting to claim lump-sum payments.The amended social insurance law has two options for lump-sum payment. The first option allows the employee to receive full pay-out for the entire period of participating in social ...
Downgrading COVID-19 to Group-B infectious disease to change healthcare system
On Saturday (3/6), the National Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control approved the downgrade in the classification of COVID-19. Downgrading COVID-19 from a Group-A infectious disease (very dangerous infectious disease) to Group B (dangerous infectious disease) will usher in a number of changes to ...
Vietnam to consider downgrading COVID-19 to flu-like status
Minister of Health Dao Hong Lan has said that Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh would chair a meeting of the National Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control this weekend to deliberate the downgrading of COVID-19 from its current placement in Class A infectious diseases ...