Sustainable Development Goals

Viet Nam received aid worth more than US$677 million from foreign non-governmental organizations (NGOs) between 2020 and 2022. The figure was released at a meeting on works of foreign NGOs that took place in Ha Noi on August 23.According to the 2022 report, 388 foreign NGOs ...

A workshop titled “Multi-side dialogue on the carbon market for the agriculture sector” was held in Can Tho City this morning. The event was hosted by the International Rice Research Institute, the Institute of Policy and Strategy for Agriculture and Rural Development and the Department ...

Science and technology, which has played a significant role in promoting socioeconomic development, is also the motivation and key for Vietnam to complete the net-zero emission commitment by 2050, which was given by Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh at the 26th UN Climate Change Conference ...

The Institute for Research on Development Communication (RED Communication) and Vietnam Business for Environment on August 18 held a conference entitled “Partnership between Businesses & Civil Social Organisations in Carbon Emission Reduction: Trends & Opportunities”. The conference attracted domestic and international experts, businesses and organisations ...

Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha signed Decision 966/QD-TTg, dated August 17, 2023, approving a master scheme on social support facility network in the 2021-2030 period with a vision towards 2050.The scheme targets that at least 90 percent of people with especially disadvantaged living conditions ...

The General Statistics Office (GSO) and the United Nations for Population Fund (UNFPA) on August 16 co-chaired an international conference to seek consultations, study the feasibility, and implement effective data management, governance, and stewardship practices.Vietnam is in the midst of rapid transformation for its socio-economic ...

Recently, many localities have faced problems involving waste treatment facilities emitting unpleasant odors, excessive waste overflow, and leachate leakage, causing adverse effects on residents’ lives.Despite the endeavors undertaken by these localities to address the situation, the core issue remains unresolved. It is not only in ...

Most of the current income of workers does not meet their expenditure, and in some cases, it only meets 45 percent of demand, according to a survey by the Institute of Workers and Trade Unions under the Việt Nam General Confederation of Labour.The survey, which ...

For years, greenhouses kept showing up in local authorities’ socio-economic reports as a proud accomplishment of applying technology to agriculture. But the accomplishment came with a price as the face of Da Lat has been deformed.The city famous for its green cover of pine forests now ...

Inspectors from the European Commission (EC) will come to Vietnam for the fourth time in October to consider lifting a ‘yellow card’ imposed on Vietnamese seafood in 2017 over illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development said in a ...