Vietnamese startup wins Startup World Cup 2019 Champion
Vietnamese startup Abivin, which provides AI-powered Supply Chain Optimisation, has been confirmed as the winner of the Startup World Cup 2019 Champion withUS$1 million worth of investment prize.The Ministry of Science and Technology said that Abivin, the only representative from Vietnam, surpassed candidates from more ...
Vietnam Energy Outlook Report 2019 launched
Vietnam Energy Outlook Report 2019 (EOR), one of the outstanding results of the cooperation between Vietnam’s Ministry of Industry and Trade and Denmark’s Ministry of Energy, Utilities and Climate, was launched in Hanoi on November 4.The EOR presented three scenarios to achieve the goal of ...
New discoveries in underground river inside Son Doong announced
With the new discoveries during the diving expedition in the underground river inside Son Doong – the world’s largest cave, Son Doong Cave becomes a true mystery to cave experts and scientists. The remark was made by Vice Chairman of the provincial People’s Committee Tran Tien ...
Vietnam jumps 14 places in ease of doing business: World Bank
According to the World Bank’s Doing Business 2018 report, Vietnam climbed 14 places from from the 82nd to the 68th place out of 190 economies.Keep reading ...
Ha Thu
Domestic waste fee to be charged based on volume
Solid waste classification at source and volume-based waste fee collection must be implemented by 2024, according to the roadmap of the new Environment Law which took effect on January 1, 2022This is an amended point of the new law, requiring households and individuals to sort ...
Vietnam cooperates with WHO to address health priority issues
The Prime Minister has approved investment policy for a health cooperation programme with the World Health Organisation (WHO) in the fiscal year 2018-2019.Keep reading ...
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World Bank hikes prediction for VN GDP growth
The World Bank (WB) yesterday released its bi-annual report on Việt Nam’s economy, lifting its forecast for Việt Nam’s 2017 Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth to 6.7 per cent, from the rate of 6.3 per cent it predicted in July.Keep reading ...
VNS Reporter
WB-funded water supply–sanitation project benefits 1.4 million people
The World Bank-funded Program for Results (PforR) of rural water supply and sanitation in eight Red River Delta provinces has so far benefited 1.4 million residents. The programme, co-launched by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) and the World Bank (WB) in 2013, aimed ...
Vietnam plastic waste among highest in world
Plastic waste accounts for 50-80 percent of ocean waste, and more than 80 percent of plastics waste originates from the mainland, while the rest is discharged directly in the sea.Keep reading ...
Thanh Lich
Vietnamese named among world's most influential climate activists
A Vietnamese woman has made it to the global list of 100 most influential people in climate policy for her sustainable energy solutions. Nguy Thi Khanh, founder and director of Green Innovation and Development Center (GreenID), has become the first Vietnamese ever that makes it ...
Minh Nga
Vietnam’s education witnesses impressive development: WB report
The East Asia and Pacific region has seven of the top ten performing education systems in the world, with schools in China and Vietnam showing significant progress, according to a new report of the world Bank. Released on March 15, the report “Growing Smarter: Learning ...
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Vietnam named among top 11 of world’s healthiest countries
Vietnam has been listed among the top 11 healthiest countries in the world, according to the Global Wellness Index (GWI) published by investment firm LetterOne. Out of the 151 nations evaluated for the list, Vietnam was ranked in 11th place while Canada took the number one ...
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Two Vietnamese universities ranked among world’s 300 most sustainable
The UI GreenMetric World University Ranking lists two Vietnamese universities among the 300 most sustainable universities.HCMC-based Ton Duc Thang University and Tra Vinh University in the southern province of the same name are ranked 182nd and 256th, respectively, in the list of 719 most sustainable ...
Manh Tung
World Bank Lays Out Vision for Cleaner, Safer Agriculture in East Asia
A new World Bank study highlights the incidence, drivers and significant consequences of agricultural pollution in China, Vietnam, and the Philippines yet offers a hopeful outlook given the available technical solutions and the increased political will to address the problem. The Challenge of Agricultural Pollution: ...
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[Infographics] Vietnam business environment ranking rises up 14 levels
According to the World Bank’s Doing Business 2018, Vietnam’s business climate in 2018 has risen up 14 levels from 2017, to 68/190 of the economy surveyed.Keep reading ...
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Smart-bracelet program on quarantined migrants to begin in Quang Ninh
The Ministry of Health (MOH) will pilot a medical quarantine program directed at migrants in Quang Ninh province in July. Smart bracelets will be one of the technological solutions used.When entering Vietnam via border gates, migrants will receive and install sim cards, install and turn ...
Van Anh
Vietnam National University – Hà Nội up 216 spots in world ranking
Vietnam National University – Hà Nội (VNU) retained its top spot in the Vietnamese rankings and was in 1090th place globally, up 216 steps from the last ranking announced in August 2018.In the first Webometrics rankings of world universities in 2019, announced yesterday by the ...
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ITU Digital World 2020 to open next week on digital transformation in management
ITU Digital World 2020 will open in Hanoi on October 20, with one of the focuses being the transformation of management activities in the digital environment.Also, key discussions at the event will be how digital nation strategies have been changing in the COVID-19 pandemic; the ...
Revised environmental protection highlights recycling: NA
The principle of “considering waste as a resource” mentioned in the environmental protection bill introduced in the National Assembly’s meeting in April has been clarified, emphasising recycling and reusing.According to the bill, if households and individuals classify waste at source, they would not have to ...
PISA 2022: Vietnamese students experience a decline in performance rankings
The recently unveiled Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) 2022 results from the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development reveal a decline in rankings for Vietnamese students when compared to the most recent assessment in 2018 and the two preceding evaluations.The OECD findings show that ...
