Sustainable Development Goals
ESG – key to fulfilment of net zero emission goal: experts
Environment, society, and governance (ESG) is an approach that businesses need to take in sustainable development as Vietnam promotes green growth and targets net zero emissions, according to experts.ESG are factors with the strongest influence on businesses currently, said Nguyen Thi Thanh Nga, an expert ...
OV scientist in France helps promote sustainable rice cultivation in Mekong Delta
Dr. Le Toan Thuy, an overseas Vietnamese scientist in France, has joined projects to help Vietnamese managers and farmers effectively develop rice cultivation models in the Mekong Delta region.The projects aim to monitor and observe flood, drought and saltwater intrusion in the Mekong Delta by ...
Vietnam has opportunity for energy transition towards green growth
Vietnam boasts substantial potential for wind power, particularly offshore wind power, providing an opportunity for the country to fulfill its energy transition target towards green growth, heard a conference held by the Global Wind Energy Council (GWEC) in Hanoi on December 1.As of the end ...
Development orientations for Red River Delta through 2030
The Political Bureau has issued Resolution 30-NQ/TW on the directions for economic-social development and ensuring security and national defense in the Red River Delta region until 2030, with a vision to 2045. The Red River Delta region’s GRPD per capita is expected to reach VND274 ...
Thuy Dung
Improving labour productivity crucial to sustainable economic growth: experts
Increasing labour productivity is an important factor to promote economic growth in the long run, and is a prerequisite for Vietnam to narrow its development gap with other regional countries and fulfill the goal of becoming a developed country with high income by 2045, said ...
Organic farming key to healthy value chains
Organic production can help Vietnam deal with the skyrocketing prices of food, fuels and fertilisers caused by the recent turbulence in different parts of the world, according to Danish Ambassador to Vietnam Nicolai Prytz.A shift to sustainable farming such as organic is a solution that ...
Agricultural sector aims to raise organic fertilizer proportion to 25% in 2025
The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) has set a target of raising the proportion of organic fertilizer products authorised for circulation to 25% in 2025. It also planned to increase the amount of qualified production by 1.25 times, equivalent to 5 million tonnes ...
Vietnam to face huge development challenges in coming decades: Conference
Vietnam will face major development challenges in the coming decades, Jonathan Pincus, a senior economist at the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), said at an international conference titled “Contemporary Issues in Economics, Management, and Business – 5th CIEMB 2022” in Hanoi on November 25.Pointing out ...
EVFTA to create 146,000 more jobs for 2022-2025 period
It is forecasted that an additional 146,000 jobs will be made for 2022-2025, thanks to the EU-Viet Nam Free Trade Agreement (EVFTA) implementation. The above figure was shared at the Workshop to assess the impact of EVFTA on labor and employment issues, organized by the ...
Thuy Duong
Fresh initiative spurs private sector-driven sustainable and inclusive growth
A new initiative will promote socially-conscious business behavior by delivering Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) technical assistance packages to 300 businesses to implement or scale their innovative ESG business concepts.ESG is a recognition that business sustainability is multi-faceted, extending beyond environmental issues to people, resources, ...
Kim Loan
