Hanoi forum looks to end child labour
Over 200 children in Hanoi attended a forum responding to World Day against Child Labour 2019: Children shouldn’t work in fields, but on dreams, held on June 7. Addressing the event, Deputy Minister of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs Nguyen Thi Ha said the Vietnamese ...
Seminar talks national action programme on plastics in Vietnam
The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment’s Vietnam Environment Administration (VEA) and the World Economic Forum (WEF) held a meeting in Hanoi on July 17 to discuss the launch of a national action programme on plastics for Vietnam. The programme is based on the three pillars ...
Roadmap recommended for offshore wind power development
Vietnam is capable of generating 10 GW of electricity by offshore wind farms by 2030, suggested studies carried out by the Danish Energy Agency (DEA) and the World Bank (WB).The suggestion was presented at a workshop on recommended roadmap and policy for Vietnam to tap ...
Land
Vietnam’s 0.3 hectare of agricultural land per person is among the lowest in the world. Vietnam’s Constitution holds that land and other natural resources are "public property, owned by all the people..." Vietnamese law does not recognize customary forms of tenure, and communities (villages) do ...
New topic Article: "The New Normal: Mekong Delta faces droughts and saltwater intrusion"
“Vietnam’s Mekong Delta is the third-largest delta on Earth and home to nearly 18 million people, whose livelihoods rely mainly on agricultural and aquacultural production. Considered the “Rice Bowl” of Vietnam, the Delta supports more than half of the country’s total rice production and 95% ...
Vietnam tells Facebook to remove 'toxic information'
Facebook’s vice president of public policy for the Asia-Pacific, Simon Milner, expressed his company’s readiness to support Vietnam in areas relevant to the digital era. Facebook will discuss with Vietnam issues that many other countries also face, especially cybersecurity, and the two sides agreed to ...
Viet Tuan
Report spotlights Vietnam’s efforts in realising SDGs
The provincial sustainable development index (PSDI 2021) report, which was announced at a workshop on December 21 in Hanoi, reflects clearly efforts of Vietnamese localities in implementing sustainable development goals in the context of difficulties and geopolitical conflicts in the world.The average point for all ...
Focusing on effectively exploiting renewable energy sources
The exploitation and application of renewable energy (RE) to create electricity supply is now a common trend in many countries around the world, aiming to ensure energy security and sustainable development. It is also a solution to gradually eliminate power sources using traditional fuels that ...
Efforts accelerate the implementation of COP26 commitments
In recent time, the Government and the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment, along with other ministries, branches, localities and businesses, have actively implemented solutions to fulfil Vietnam’s commitment to net zero emissions by 2050 at the 26th United Nations Climate Change Conference of the ...
Thai Son
Vietnam develops its own innovations in treating Covid-19 patients: health expert
Vietnam and the World Health Organisation (WHO) are in common on treatment regimens for Covid-19 patients, however, the country has its own innovative features when applied in practice.For example, Vietnam is fighting against the epidemic based on the “four on-the-spot” viewpoint, which targets on-site prevention, ...
Vietnam Global Health Office opens in Hanoi
The Vietnam’s Ministry of Health and the World Health Organisation (WHO) launched the Vietnam Global Health Office (GHO) in Hanoi on December 16 in a bid to enhance the role of Vietnam in the regional and global health sector.The GHO will coordinate all regional and ...
IFC commits investment of nearly $1.9bn for Vietnam
The total commitments of the International Finance Corporation (IFC), a member of the World Bank Group, in Vietnam reached nearly US$1.9 billion for the fiscal year 2023, including $520 million earmarked in long-term finance. IFC’s investment and advisory programs addressed core challenges for Vietnam, including ...
Science-led solutions needed for Lower Mekong region: Experts
It needs science-led solutions to fully protect the future of water and life in the Lower Mekong region, domestic and international experts have said in addressing challenges for the delta in the long run. Voices, opinions, and experiences from the local community and experts should ...
Linh Pham
Cooperation - key in Vietnam’s fight against COVID-19
The international community has attributed Vietnam’s remarkable achievements in taking on COVID-19 to the close cooperation between the country’s Government and its people.Given the complicated development of COVID-19 around the world, with 4.8 million affected and deaths totalling 316,000, Vietnam, with 320 cases of infection, ...
Trade turns growth engine for globalizing Vietnam
Vietnam’s trade as a percentage of GDP topped 200 percent last year, highest for any country with over 50 million people. This data, compiled by the World Bank, shows that the country is reaping the benefits of an open economy at a time that protectionism ...
Dat Nguyen
WB helps improve grassroots health services in Vietnam
The World Bank Board of Executive Directors on June 20 approved an 80-million-USD loan to help Vietnam improve basic health service quality and access, especially in disadvantaged areas. The Investing and Innovating for Grassroots Health Service Delivery Project is designed to enable commune health stations (CHS) ...
Global Young Vietnamese Intellectual Forum launched
The Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union Central Committee has begun receiving applications for admission to the third Global Young Vietnamese Intellectual Forum 2020.This year’s forum, with the theme “Vietnam 2045” is scheduled to be held in Ho Chi Minh City from November 26 to ...
Vietnam has 11 'natural laboratories' to study sustainable development
Vietnam currently has 11 world biosphere reserves. These are “natural laboratories” for the country to apply a global approach on new solutions to achieve the ultimate goal of sustainable development.According to Deputy Minister of Natural Resources and Environment Vo Tuan Nhan, Vietnam is facing the ...
Hung Vo
ASEAN forges cooperation in agriculture, forestry
The Special Senior Officials Meeting of the 40th Meeting of the ASEAN Ministers on Agriculture and Forestry (Special SOM-AMAF) opened in Vietnam’s central province of Thua Thien-Hue on August 5. Right after the opening ceremony, the officials discussed and proposed some priorities in agriculture and forestry ...
Meta Platforms sets up climate science centre in Vietnam
Meta Platforms Inc. (formerly Facebook Inc.) has announced the establishment of climate science centres (CSCs) in Vietnam and over 30 countries in the Asia Pacific region.Meta Platforms said the development of CSCs in more than 120 countries demonstrates the social network’s commitment to connecting global ...