Hà Nội to roll out COVID-19 vaccinations to all residents
Hà Nội authorities plan to provide free COVID-19 vaccinations to all residents, said a senior official.Secretary of the Hà Nội Party Committee Vương Đình Huệ asked concerned agencies to prioritise the purchase of vaccines for all residents using the local budget and mobilising other legal resources at a meeting of ...
Cái Lớn – Cái Bé Irrigation project approved
The Cái Lớn – Cái Bé irrigation project in the Mekong Delta has been approved by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, according to Lê Hồng Linh, director of the ministry’s Irrigation Work Investment and Construction Management Board No 10. The project, which will connect the Cái ...
H.T. Dung
Mekong Delta needs logistics investment: officials
A trade representative has called for the construction of more deep-water ports in the Mekong River Delta to save money and time for seafood exporters. Nguyễn Hoài Nam, deputy general secretary of the Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers (VASEP), said the move would allow firms to directly ...
Da Nang to provide free schooling for next year
The People’s Council of central Da Nang city has approved free schooling for students from kindergarten to high school in the 2023-2024 academic year with a budget of 408 billion VND (16.3 million USD). The decision was ratified at the council’s working session earlier this ...
Global standard launched to boost nature-based solutions
The International Union for Conservation of Nature has unveiled a global standard providing benchmarks for nature-based solutions (NbS) to global challenges. The new IUCN Global Standard will help governments, business and civil society ensure the effectiveness of NbS and maximise their potential to help address climate change, ...
Việt Nam starts charging quarantine fees
People entering the country will now have to pay fees during their stay at government run quarantine camps.Those entering and using the military camps, schools and other sites managed by the state will have to pay for meals and the services provided (VNĐ80,000 (US$3.50) for ...
Mobile app introduced instructing solid waste classification at home
A mobile application was launched by the Department of Environment and Natural Resources of Ho Chi Minh City on June 21 to teach people how to classify solid waste at home. Keep reading ...
VNA Reporter
Vietnamese citizens allowed to gamble at casinos from Dec 1, 2017
The Ministry of Finance has issued Circular No. 102/2017/TT-BTC that guides the implementation of some articles stipulated in Decree No. 03/2017 of the Government. Accordingly, the Vietnamese citizens over 21 years old and with a monthly income of at least VND10 million are allowed to gamble ...
Dao Loan
Environment protection fee proposed for emissions
In response to the evolving economic and social landscape in the country, Vietnam’s Ministry of Finance has announced measures to address the deteriorating air quality in major cities, industrial zones and craft villages. The worsening environmental conditions pose serious threats to public health, inflict damage ...
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Vietnam to lift pre-entry COVID-19 test requirements for entrants on May 15
Vietnam will remove the pre-entry COVID-19 test requirements for all foreign arrivals starting Sunday, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has directed. The direction, effective at 0:00 on May 15, comes as the numbers of COVID-19 infections and deaths drop both in Vietnam and around the ...
Vietnam to use smart apps, drones for forest protection
Forests could be managed and protected more effectively with the use of smart apps, which would also increase transparency. Forest rangers and forest owners would be able to use their mobile devices and ‘go on patrol’ with smart applications.Keep reading ...
Mai Thanh
Forest environmental services policy changes the lives of northwestern people
Forty-one of the country’s 63 provinces have established a forest-protection and development fund to look after nearly 6 million hectares of trees, according to report of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development.The policy was first introduced in Việt Nam in 2008, requiring hydro-power plants, water-supply companies and ...
Forest environmental services to bring about 2.8 trillion VND in 2021
The Vietnam Administration of Forestry (VNFOREST) aims to collect 2.8 trillion VND (121.7 million USD) from forest environmental services this year.According to VNFOREST Deputy Director Pham Van Dien, forest carbon sequestration and emission reduction services, a new feature of 2021, will add between 300 to ...
Hanoi parents face 41.9% tuition fee rise
Hanoi Department of Education and Training has proposed a plan to raise the tuition at public schools in the 2019-2020 school year.The fees for children at five years old, pupils at primary schools and secondary schools will stay the same. The fees for children under ...
Vietnam to put Grab, Uber under taxi-like regulations
Vietnam’s transport ministry has long been determined to subject ride-hailing apps to the same regulations as traditional taxicabs, but has been struggling to put forward feasible solutions to do so.Keep reading ...
Son Luong
Covid infection surge without deaths can facilitate herd immunity: expert
High Covid-19 infection rates with low numbers of severe cases and deaths can push HCMC towards herd immunity. However, the new normal can’t return to the old normal.After spending four months under social distancing measures, Ho Chi Minh City began reopening in October, allowing numerous ...
Le Phuong, Cam Van
Bình Phước uses payment scheme to help protect forests
The policy of payments for forest environmental services in Bình Phước Province has helped protect and develop forests, and improve the livelihoods of forest protecting households.Under the policy, households, forest owners and firms that participate in protecting forests are paid an annual fee calculated on ...
Health ministry may walk back service fee increase
The Ministry of Health plans to halt a planned increase of medical service fees if the consumer price index (CPI) increases in 2019, the Vietnam News Agency has reported.Nguyễn Nam Liên, head of MoH’s Department of Financial Planning, said on Tuesday that in 2019, healthcare costs ...
National forest service payment mechanism generates 120 million USD annually
The Payment for Forest Environmental Services (PFES) system implemented at national scale under an USAID project now generates approximately 120 million USD annually to finance the management of approximately 6 million hectares of Vietnam’s forests.The figures were released at an Earth Day event held in the Central ...
