Vietnam promotes women’s participation in policy-making process
Vietnam targets 60 percent of women holding key positions in the state management agencies by 2025, and the figure is expected to rise to 75 percent by 2030 under a programme recently approved by the Prime Minister.The programme on enhancing equal participation of women in ...
Vietnam to open digital ecosystem for public services
Population data resource is one of the most important and valuable resources of a country as digital transformation is associated with all activities of the people.The national data sharing and integration platform built, managed and operated by the Ministry of Information and Communications is the ...
Việt Nam ranks 96th in global talent competitiveness index
Việt Nam ranks 96 out of 132 countries on the 2020 Global Talent Competitiveness Index (GTCI), down four positions compared to last year and nine positions in 2018. This year’s report showed that the gap between Việt Nam and other high-income countries in terms of digital ...
70% of logistics service fees could fall into foreigners’ hands
As many as 3,000 Vietnamese logistics firms have to compete fiercely with 29 multinational companies to have the right to carry Vietnamese exports to the world market. According to the World Bank, the domestic logistics cost accounts for 22.59 percent of total logistics costs. Keep reading ...
Kim Chi
Invitation to Consultative Workshop on Implementing SDGs in Vietnam and OGP Initiative
The Open Government Partnership Vietnam has disclosed an invitation to a consultative workshop on the research report “Implementing sustainable development goals (SDGs) in Vietnam and the Open Government Partnership (OGP) initiative”.The workshop will be opened at Hotel de l’Opera at 8:30-12:00 on 15 May 2018 ...
Government to promote private investment
The public investment restructuring scheme in 2017-20 will focus on core sectors of the economy and major projects that give impetus to socio-economic development and promote public and foreign investments under public-private partnership (PPP) practice.Keep reading ...
VIR Reporter
Vietnam performs int’l humanitarian mission through UN peacekeeping operations
Vietnam’s participation in UN peacekeeping operations holds great international humanitarian significance and helps promote its image as a responsible member of the international community. Keep reading ...
VNA Reporter
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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 ...
Mid-term rural, agricultural survey to begin on July 1
A mid-term survey on rural areas and agriculture will be carried out in Vietnam’s 63 cities and provinces from July 1, the General Statistics Office (GSO) has announced. The survey will see direct interviews with households engaged in the agro-forestry-fishery sector, while staff at commune People’s Committees will file ...
Vietnam, Japan building satellite for natural disaster prevention
Vietnamese and Japanese engineers are building a satellite that will aid Vietnam’s disaster prevention efforts when launched in a few years. They have begun preparatory steps in Japan to produce LOTUSat-1 as part of the Natural Disaster and Climate Change Prevention project undertaken by the ...
Bich Ngoc
APEC in Vietnam to promote innovation and inclusiveness
The Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (Apec) event to be held in Vietnam in November, will put the emphasis on Hanoi’s fast-tracking of innovation and inclusiveness, while the country will also bank on efforts to deepen regional cooperation.Keep reading ...
Amir
High time to invest in scaling up HPV vaccination: study
Comprehensive investment in vaccinations against human papillomavirus (HPV) and cervical cancer screening and treatment can yield substantial socio-economic returns and eliminate the disease in Vietnam.Cervical cancer caused by HPV is a major public health concern worldwide, including in Vietnam. In 2018, cervical cancer was the ...
Exhibition “Whirling Vortex”
The “Whirling Vortex” Exhibition will open on 06 – 28 Jan 2018 (8 am – 10.30 pm) at Cosmo (10 Khuc Hao, Ba Dinh District, Hanoi). This exhibition is the gathering of 13 young people with 13 different and varied concerns, viewpoints and expressions about our daily ...
Hanoi Grapevine
Second survey on women’s health, life experience launched
The second National Survey on Women’s Health and Life Experience funded by the Australian Embassy in Vietnam was launched at a workshop in Hanoi on January 25. The workshop was jointly held by the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs (MoLISA), General of Statistics ...
MOLISA
VN among countries with highest gestational diabetes rate in Asia-Pacific
Việt Nam is among the countries in the Asia-Pacific with an alarming incidence of gestational diabetes, Dr Lê Quang Thanh, head of Từ Dũ Hospital in HCM City, has said.Keep reading ...
VNS Reporter
Smart energy important for HCM City plans
Smart energy is one of the most important factors in making over HCM City as a smart city, especially in the context of climate change, a seminar heard on Friday.Keep reading ...
VNS Reporter
Over US$21 million in support of women-led SMEs in Vietnam and Pacific
The Asian Development Bank (ADB), through the Women Entrepreneurs Finance Initiative (We-Fi), is committed to providing support worth nearly US$20.2 million for women-led small and medium-sized enterprises (WSMEs) in Vietnam and the Pacific to access critical financing and training.The grant – the second that ADB ...
Trung Hung
Policy brief: A model for restoring forests and impoving livelihoods in Viet Nam
This policy brief describes how production-driven partnerships between forest communities and the private sector, with government support, can improve livelihoods and economic development while restoring forest landscapes. It addresses the lack of effective, self-sustaining models for community livelihood development based on the sustainable trade of ...
RECOFTC
Efforts made to ensure vaccines for expanded immunisation programme
The Ministry of Health is working hard to ensure vaccine supply for the national expanded programme on immunisation (EPI), heard a regular Government press conference in Hanoi on December 6. Deputy Minister Nguyen Thi Lien Huong noted that the EPI, launched in 1985, is providing immunisation ...