To acknowledge the importance of organization/ individuals in implementing sustainable development goals, Green Innovation and Development Centre (GreenID) has established the Innovative Fund for Sustainable energy development. Objectives of the Innovative FundStrengthening community engagement (both individuals and organizations) and capacity in sustainable energy development at the ...

The People’s Participation Working Group (PPWG) is inviting to “People’s Awareness and People’s Participation in activities for public interests” Seminar.Time: 8:30 am, 18 October 2018Venue: LakeSide Hotel, 23 Ngoc Khanh, Giang Vo Ward, Ba Dinh District, HanoiEmail: tinhthancongdan@gmail.comHotline: 0167 863 8822 (Ms. Binh Do)More details ...

The Vietnam Journalists’ Association (VJA) has publicized social network rules for journalists, highlighting the four do’s and eight don’ts for them.   Accordingly, journalists should use their accounts on social networks to interact with one another, share and post information that serves interests of the society ...

Some 50,000 people living with HIV across the country do not know they are affected with the virus, making up 20 per cent of the total number of people living with HIV. The information was released by Võ Hải Sơn, an expert from the Việt ...

As of 2017, about 9.8 GW of foreign invested thermal power plants and 3.4 GW of small hydro and other renewable energy (wind, solar power) are privately owned. domestic investment, corresponding to about 8.5 billion dollars from international investment in thermal power and about 3 ...

“Foreign direct investment (FDI) contributes over 20% of Vietnam’s gross domestic product growth, 50% of industrial output, and 70% of total exports, and creates 12 million-13 million direct and indirect jobs.” []However, Dr. Le Quang Thuan pointed out that FDI firms are mostly offering BPO orders ...

The Vietnam Academy of Social Sciences (VASS) and the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JIca) in Vietnam signed a cooperation deal on July 24 in Hanoi, looking to contribute to promoting sustainable development in Vietnam. The two will work together in building socio-economic development plans for the ...

It requires tens of billion of U.S. dollars for the development of infrastructure in special economic zones of Van don, North Van Phong and Phu Quoc in the coming years. Reports show that Phu Quoc special economic zone will need $40 billion by 2030 while ...

Vietnam has enjoyed some initial success in producing a vaccine to protect against the novel coronavirus (COVID-19), following experimental trials taking place on mice.A total of 50 mice which have been given shots to protect against the COVID-19 for the past 10 days remain healthy ...

A non-governmental organization (NGO) report said workers at two factories of Samsung Electronics Vietnam do not have employment contracts and noise there is higher than permitted levels. IPEN organization of Sweden and the Hanoi-based Research Center for Gender, Family and Environment in Development (CGFED) interviewed 45 ...

The third COVID-19 resurgence has weakened the labour market recovery momentum gained in the second half of 2020 and forced many labourers, particularly women, to shift to informal employment, according to the latest report by the General Statistics Office (GSO).It is probably because women are ...

Sustainable supplies of goods and production were key areas for Vietnamese businesses to focus on in order to join the global supply chain, Director General of the Foreign Trade Association (Amfori) Christian Ewert said at a conference held in Ho Chi Minh City on October ...

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and UN Women jointly held a national consultative conference on a draft national action plan (NAP) on women, peace and security (WPS) in Hanoi on November 6.Deputy Foreign Minister Do Hung Viet underlined that the introduction of the UN Security ...

In a report on enhancing enterprise competitiveness and enhancing small and medium-sized enterprise (SME) linkages, it says Vietnam’s labor costs are higher than in comparable Southeast Asian peers. It defines labor costs for each firm as the cost of all payments to all workers divided by the ...

Vietnam has entered the world’s carbon credit trading market after a long period striving for sustainable forest management. This is a major event, marking a positive start in mobilising new resources for forest protection and improving forest quality and sustainable forest management, thereby helping Vietnam ...

Vietnam is one of the few countries with a complete healthcare network which had been widely expanded to villages to provide primary treatment to local people, Deputy Minister of Health Do Xuan Tuyen said. The grassroots healthcare network in Vietnam had 1,400 hospitals, 180,000 beds and more ...

The report titled “Taking Stock: Digital Vietnam – The Path to Tomorrow” was developed by World Bank and published on 24/08/2021.The report reviews the recent developments in the Vietnamese economy and discusses the economy’s short- to medium-term prospects, highlighting domestic and external risks associated to ...

The Code of Conduct on Protection of Children on Cyberspace is scheduled for issuance in the fourth quarter of 2021. This is expected to deal with harmful content on forums on social networks whose members are mostly children.The Information Security Administration said that during Covid-19, ...

A month ago, the Binh Dan Hospital in District 3, Saigon, has opened a new clinic on its 6th floor, catering to members of the LGBT community, making it Vietnam’s first public medical facility to do so. [] Vietnam is regarded highly in the region for ...

Vietnam has received a 51.5-million-USD payment for verified emissions reductions (carbon credits) for reducing deforestation and forest degradation (commonly known as REDD+) and for enhancing carbon stored in forests through reforestation and afforestation.This makes Vietnam the first country in the East Asia-Pacific to receive a ...