Sustainable Development Goals
Over US$21 million in support of women-led SMEs in Vietnam and Pacific
The Asian Development Bank (ADB), through the Women Entrepreneurs Finance Initiative (We-Fi), is committed to providing support worth nearly US$20.2 million for women-led small and medium-sized enterprises (WSMEs) in Vietnam and the Pacific to access critical financing and training.The grant – the second that ADB ...
Trung Hung
Vietnam eyes sustainable mariculture development
The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development is making a strategy on mariculture development until 2030 with a vision to 2050 to submit to Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc for approval. The strategy looks to achieve breakthroughs in marine farming with the purpose of building ...
HCMC to set up official databases for use by public, investors
HCMC will make data on inspections, projects, schools, health facilities, and land administration publicly available as it pursues smart city vision.As for the planned Center for Socio-Economic Simulation and Forecasting, the city has completed the system of methodologies to serve as scientific and empirical basis ...
Trung Son
Ten outstanding achievements under 2018 National Target Programmes announced
The Central Steering Committee for National Target Programmes (NTPs) for the 2016-2020 period has announced the top 10 outstanding events of the NTPs in 2018.For the first time, the multi-dimensional poverty report in Vietnam was developed and published. The report provides an overview of the ...
Support programme for climate change response needs adjustments
A workshop held in Hanoi on May 9 highlighted the need to adjust the Support Programme to Respond to Climate Change (SP-RCC) to better suit the current situation.Through the consultations, ministries, sectors, and development partners shared the view that the SP-RCC needs to be closely ...
Vietnam to host int’l workshop on management of marine debris
Regional cooperation to preserve the marine environment and ensure sustainable fisheries management and food security in the ASEAN region will be the focus of discussion at an international workshop to be held in Nha Trang in the central province of Khanh Hoa from May 13-15.The ...
University sets up station to monitor greenhouse gas emissions
The University of Science under the Vietnam National University-HCM City has set up the first greenhouse gas monitoring station in the buffer zone of the Láng Sen Wetland Reserve in the Mekong Delta province of Long An.The station was set up with the co-operation of ...
EU-funded programme helps improve Vietnam’s health sector
A budget support programme for Vietnam’s health sector funded by the European Union (EU) was reviewed in a ceremony held by the Ministry of Health (MoH) in Hanoi on May 8. Speaking at the event, Deputy Health Minister Nguyen Viet Tien highlighted the significant outcomes of ...
Asia-Pacific conference talks tertiary education
The 13th plenary session of the CONFRASIE (Regional Conference of Rectors of the member universities of the University Agency of the French-speaking world (AUF) in Asia-Pacific) took place in Ho Chi Minh City on May 7.Representatives from 88 universities and educational and research organisations from ...
Boosting Mekong Delta sustainable development
After more than a year of implementing the Government’s resolution 120/NQ-CP on the sustainable development of the Mekong Delta in response to climate change, up to now, the Mekong Delta has gained a number of achievements. It is necessary to build a new rural scheme for ...
Anh Quang
