Conditions for granting registration certificates to foreign NGOs
The Government has issued Decree No 58/2022/ND-CP (Decree 52) on the registration and management of foreign non-governmental organizations (NGOs) in Vietnam.Accordingly, foreign NGOs will be granted registration certificates if they meet four conditions: (1) having a valid legal entity status in the countries or territories they ...
Disabled people key partners in efforts for sustainable development in Việt Nam: UN
The United Nations launched a joint project to ensure better rights for people with disabilities on Wednesday, aiming to implement the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) through effective Collaboration.The UN joint project will help with capacity-building activities and Collaboration on the ...
Database sharing important to developing e-government
Database sharing between management agencies at both central and local levels is key to the process of developing e-government, experts have said. The Ministry of Information and Communications is Compiling an e-government development strategy, with services a pillar in Vietnam’s socio-eConomic development model.By 2025, 100 percent of national ...
Basic factors of e-Government must be completed this year: PM
The PM chaired a teleconference in Hà Nội on Wednesday between the National committee on e-Government and the steering boards for e-Government and e-administration building of ministries, sectors and localities.He asked ministries, sectors and localities to build a strategy on e-Government for 2021-25 with a ...
National Strategy on Digital Government Development to be submitted to the PM
Deputy Minister of Information and Communications Pham Anh Tuan said that his Ministry is about to submit to the PM the National Strategy for Digital Government Development for the period 2021-2025, with a vision to 2030.AcCording to the United Nations E-Government Rankings, Vietnam has jumped ...
Vietnam hailed for demonstrating strong commitment to gender equality in law-making
Vietnam has demonstrated a strong commitment to gender equality in its policies and laws, Ambassador and Head of the European Union (EU) Delegation to Vietnam Julien Guerrier said when attending a policy dialogue on promoting gender equality held on May 6 in Hanoi. The event ...
Picture books realeased: Women Storytelling
Open Development Vietnam (ODV) has partnered with the Center for Sustainable Development in Mountainous Areas (CSDM) to develop storybooks shared by Tho ethnic Women and Thai ethnic women in Vietnam.Vol 1 – Stories about Tho ethnicity by Tho women in VietnamThis picture book is a ...
Industry-trade sector aims to reduce greenhouse gas emission by up to 30%
The Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) has issued an action plan on climate change adaptation to 2030, with a vision to 2025, with a goal of reducing the sector’s greenhouse gas emission by 25%-30%.Under the plan, the proportion of renewable energy in the total ...
New partnership to reduce greenhouse gas in building
The German Development Co-operation-GIZ Việt Nam and the Ministry of Construction’s Housing and Real Estate Market Management Bureau (HREM) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for Co-operation on the joint development of the Vietnam Green Housing Programme (VGHP) under the implementation of the Programme ...
Learners in a state of anxiety as tuition fees keep escalating
Learners can’t help feeling worried about tuition fees when looking at the current tuition fees at autonomous public universities.Present tuition fees are not only many times higher than those of non-autonomous schools, but also between training systems, especially high quality training programs, tuition is double ...
Translated by Anh Quan
Trade-offs in the fight against the Covid-19 pandemic
Nearly 500 readers took part in an online seminar with Dr. Vu Thanh Tu Anh, Director of the Fulbright School of Public Policy and Management, on the topic: Covid-19 pandemic: Impacts and the Government’s response.In the current Context, there is an urgent need for each ...
Thanh Lam
Vietnam sees greater budget transparency
Vietnam’s Open Budget Index (OBI) increased rapidly in 2019 compared to 2018, according to a survey released on July 1. conducted by the International Budget Partnership (IBP) and announced globally and in Vietnam for the seventh time, the Open Budget Survey showed that Vietnam had advanced in ...
MoIT requests urgent review of solar power development
The Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) has issued an express dispatch requesting the People’s Committees of cities and provinces and Vietnam Electricity (EVN) to urgently review and list all issues related to solar power development.Based on the roof solar power list nationwide, EVN must ...
Vietnam’s Updated Climate Goals Aim at Maximizing the Co-Benefits of Climate Action: researchers
Vietnam has recently incorporated a new section into its updated Nationally Determined contribution (NDC) under the United Nations Framework convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) to emphasize the socio-economic co-benefits of climate action for the country.A first official cost-benefit analysis has highlighted a list of co-benefits ...
NA looks into urban land-related policies, law implementation
The implementation of policies and legal regulations on the planning, management and use of land in urban areas over the past few years was the focus of the National Assembly (NA) during the sixth working day of its ongoing seventh session on May 27.Keep reading ...
People worry more about healthcare during the pandemic: report
Indicative of a year when Việt Nam was hit hardest by the pandemic, the 2021 Provincial Governance and Public Administration Performance Index (PAPI) Report detected a spike in concern regarding health.PAPI 2021 held a record number of one-on-one interviews with 15,833 respondents from across 63 ...
Salary increases in 2020 lowest in 10 years: survey
Salaries increased by 6.5 percent this year at multinational companies (MNCs) and 5.2 percent at Vietnamese companies, and are forecast to increase by 7 percent and 7.7 percent next year, according to the Talentnet – Mercer Total Remuneration Survey.Speaking at a webinar held to release ...
Viet Nam SDGs Investor Map makes debut
The UNDP in Viet Nam has launched the Viet Nam Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) Investor Map, presenting 14 investment opportunities, all of which contribute to a more sustainable and inclusive Viet Nam.This map aims to secure the interest of international and domestic investors in sustainable ...
Local communities lend a hand to forest protection
Kon Ka Kinh National Park, located in the Kon Hà Nừng Plateau Biosphere Reserve, the Central Highlands province of Gia Lai, is being protected thanks to the engagement of the local ethnic minority community. Twenty-six communities of the Bahnar ethnic group have been assigned the ...
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 ...
