Vietnam should not be criticized for slow pace of vaccinations: FPT official
Some people have criticized the Government for being slow in vaccinating its people. To date, only nearly 1 percent of population has been vaccinated, a figure which is lower than Laos and Cambodia.The countries running vaccination programs can be classified into four groups. Vietnam is ...
Do Cao Bao
Measures for helping delta farmers break the stranglehold of rice paddy
Prof. Vo Tong Xuan, honorary rector of Nam Can Tho University, argued that the designation of GDP from top down using ton of rice as the unit has forced many farmers in the Mekong Delta to only cultivate rice paddy rather than planting other crops ...
Natural disasters kill 218, cost VN $860m
Natural disasters have killed 218 people and caused a total loss of VNĐ20 trillion (US$860 million) to the country this year.Although the number of fatalities and damage was much lower than both in 2016 and 2017, natural disasters have still caused serious destruction to the ...
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 ...
Complacency, non-compliance compound Vietnam's new Covid woes
A lax mentality that breached prevention protocols has worsened the situation of virus variants and other factors that Vietnam is dealing with in its fourth Covid-19 wave.After going for more than a month without any Covid-19 community transmission, the streak snapped on April 27 with ...
Le Phuong, Thuy An, Le Ca
Finance ministry to raise taxes on land and housing
The Ministry of Finance (MoF) has recently approved a scheme for tax reform until 2030, under which taxes on land and housing will be raised. Under the scheme, the first draft law on property will be submitted to the National Assembly in 2023 and is ...
The disillusionment about FDI and the middle-income trap
In order to avoid the middle-income trap, Vietnam needs to change its strategy on attracting foreign direct investment (FDI). FDI attraction over the last 30 years hasn’t succeeded as expected.As of the end of 2021, Vietnam had attracted $408 billion worth of FDI, ranked 18th ...
Tran Thuy
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 ...
Vietnam Clean Energy Forum looks towards carbon neutrality
The second Vietnam Clean Energy Forum took place in Hanoi on April 7, offering a venue for managers, scientists and businesses to exchange views on mechanisms, policies, technology and financing for wind, solar and gas power projects towards carbon neutrality.Vietnam’s renewable energy sources have reached ...
Commune-level clinics strive to attract local patients
Clinics in communes have improved their healthcare services and facilities to attract more local people and reduce patient overloads at city and province-level hospitals. Medical experts have said the grassroots healthcare system is the foundation of the national health system and if the grassroots system ...
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
Boosting Mekong Delta sustainable development
After more than a year of implementing the Government’s resolution 120/NQ-CP on the sustainable development of the Mekong Delta in response to climate change, up to now, the Mekong Delta has gained a number of achievements. It is necessary to build a new rural scheme for ...
Anh Quang
Vietnamese garments to benefit from CPTPP if meeting origin rules
Considered as one of the greatest beneficiaries when the CPTPP comes into effect, Vietnam’s garment sector will be able to take advantage of tax preferences if it meets the trade pact’s rules of origin.According to the Ministry of Industry and Trade, when the CPTPP comes ...
Poverty alleviation undertaken in southern ethnic minority areas
Efforts to enable poverty reduction in the southern region are to be pushed ahead in the coming time to help better the lives of ethnic minority groups in the area.Though the south has fared better than other regions nationwide, including the northern mountainous, central and ...
Vietnam vows to join int’l efforts in ending sexual violence during conflict
Vietnam will work closely with the international community in preventing and stamping out sexual violence during conflicts, said Ambassador Dang Dinh Quy, head of the Vietnamese mission to the United Nations (UN). The ambassador made the affirmation at a high-level open dialogue on sexual violence in ...
Vietnam has over 1.58 million poor, near-poor households in 2023: Ministry
Vietnam had more than 1.58 million poor and nearly-poor households in 2023, representing approximately 5.71% of the total population, according to the Ministry of Labour, War Invalids, and Social Affairs (MoLISA).In its reprot on the poverty situation in Vietnam in 2023, the ministry said the ...
Pandemic-hit workers anxiously wait for aid
According to statistics of the Ministry of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs, in the second quarter of 2021, up to 12.8 million Vietnamese people aged 15 and older were negatively affected by the Covid-19 epidemic, including those who lost their jobs, had to take time ...
Vu Diep
High school graduation exam still on schedule despite COVID-19
Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc on July 27 instructed the Ministry of Education and Training to hold the high school graduation examination in all provinces and cities as previously scheduled, including in Đà Nẵng where new COVID-19 cases have appeared.Provincial and city authorities as well ...
New quarantine regulations for arrivals in Việt Nam
All people entering Việt Nam by commercial flights will be put under quarantine according to three different groups, with each group subject to different COVID-19 testing regulations, according to a draft regulation from the Ministry of Health.Group 1 includes Vietnamese citizens and foreigners who are family members ...
Vietnam will reach the second peak in 10 days
The number of Covid-19 patients in Vietnam will continue to rise and the second wave will reach its peak in the next 10 days, according to Deputy Minister of Health Nguyen Truong Son. Son said they would not try to find the patient zero in Danang, ...
