The report “Review of Local Governments’ Implementation of Personal Data Protection on Online Government-Citizen Interaction Interfaces, 2022” was conducted by Institute for Policy Studies and Media Development (IPS) in collaboration with UNDP Vietnam from October 2021 to June 2022. This report presents findings from the review of ...

In order to understand the impacts of COVID-19 on Vietnamese firms, the World Bank designed a Business Pulse Survey (BPS) to assess the various channels of impact of the pandemic on firms, their adjustment strategies, and public policy responses. The firm surveys are being collected ...

The Asian Institute of Management – Stephen Zuellig Graduate School of Development Management will conduct the Leadership 4.0 in Development and Disaster Resilience masterclass, for the AIM Roadshow in Vietnam where leadership masterclasses on business, development, innovation, and data science will be presented. The program will ...

In the photography world, Tang A Pau is a familiar name for wild subjects, he is called “a man of the forest.” One week A Pau has 2-3 days in the forest. From Nam Cat Tien (Dong Nai) to Tram Chim (Dong Thap), Bidoup (Lam ...

The Executive Board of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) approved the 10th country programme for Viet Nam in the amount of $26.5 million to achieve the sustainable development goals (SDGs) by 2030, targeting those at risk of being left behind, including women and girls, adolescents ...

On March 11, 2020, the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a pandemic. Since the outbreak of the epidemic, journalists around the World have played an extremely important role in providing the public with information about the pandemic and anti-epidemic efforts by governments.To help operational journalists ...

The Vietnam International Water Week – VACI 2019 with the them “Water Smarter- Leaving No One Behind” will be held in Hanoi on 22-25 March, 2019.Vietnam wAter Cooperation Initiative (VACI) is the global platform to share and co-create innovative water solutions with particular emphasis on Vietnam and tropical water issues. Under ...

Mr Ousmane Dione, Country Director, Vietnam, World Bank2nd High Level Meeting of the Vietnam Energy Partnership Group on the sustainable energy future for VietnamFull statement ...

Land is already under growing human pressure and climate change is adding to these pressures. At the same time, keeping global warming to well below 2ºC can be achieved only by reducing greenhouse gas emissions from all sectors including land and food, the Intergovernmental Panel ...

To achieve the mission to transform the world through a new approach to sustainable peace, Investment Exchange (IIX) believe that we must address the root causes of inequality and injustice in the world, especially gender inequality. IIX’s projects and activities are aiming at eliminating inequality, injustice, ...

By the order of the President of the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam, on 21 November 2018, Health Minister Nguyen Thi Kim Tien presented to Dr Shin Young-soo, World Health Organization (WHO) Regional Director for the Western Pacific, the Friendship Order of Viet Nam, during ...

A topic-based discussion on nationalism through a philosophical lens will be held on Wednesday [February 7, 2018].This discussion, led by Arthur Non and Nguyễn Đỗ Công, will focus on the sections ‘Introduction’ and ‘Origin of National Consciousness’ from Imagined Communities by Benedict Anderson, and the ...

The EducationUSA Advising Center at the U.S. Embassy in Hanoi is pleased to announce the 2018 U.S. Department of State’s EducationUSA Academy at eleven U.S. host colleges and universities. The program is open to participation by self-funded high school students from all over the world ...

As part of World AIDS Day recognition events, community organizations from across the country convened to share results of U=U projects funded by Hanoi Medical University with the support of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in Vietnam and the United States ...

World Wide Fund for Nature in Vietnam (WWF-Vietnam) will cooperate with Communication center under Ministry of Natural resources and Environment (CNREC) to organize two-day Journalism training on Plastic topic for journalists in Hanoi (from 23-24/4) and in Ho Chi Minh City (from 2/5).This workshop is ...

After a long process of research and consultation involving more than 100 land experts in the region and across the world, CDE and MRLG are thrilled to announce the release of the book: State of Land in the Mekong Region.It highlights key trends that dominate ...

The National Survey on People with Disabilities successfully conducted by the General Statistics Office of Viet Nam in 2016-2017 with technical assistance by UNICEF, used the Child Functioning Module developed by the Washington Group and UNICEF in 2016 to identify children with disabilities. Viet Nam ...

The report comes as Vietnam is considering moving from a feed-in-tariff (FIT) policy to a competitive bidding scheme for solar projects to reduce the cost of solar generation.The FIT has been successful in recent years, spurring the fast deployment of projects at a time when ...

The ongoing devastating storms and floods that battered the central part of Vietnam are the latest evidence of a worrying trend that natural risks, which have already been substantial, are intensifying due to rapid urbanization, economic development, and climate change. Resilient Shores, a report jointly developed ...

In an effort to ensure the legality of its entire timber supply chain and exports, Viet Nam has developed a draft Timber Legality Assurance System (VNTLAS) Decree to go into effect later this year.VNTLAS is a part of Viet Nam’s Voluntary Partnership Agreement (VPA) with ...