Sustainable Development Goals
Multi-Dimensional Review of Vietnam launched
The launching ceremony of the Multi-Dimensional Review (MDR) of Vietnam on December 8 held by the Ministry of Planning and Investment (MPI), in collaboration with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA), and the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) was attended by MoFA Deputy ...
Nguyen Huong
Construction waste should be recycled: experts
As Việt Nam is undergoing infrastructure development which brings mounting waste, recycling construction waste is necessary because it will not only take advantage of the resource but also protect the environment, experts have said.A National Strategy for Integrated Management of Solid Waste has been introduced by ...
Vietnam develops digital government on open technology
The Ministry of Information and Communications (MIC) late last week launched Flex Digital, a platform to support the development of digital government. This was part of the action program of the Vietnam Open Technology Forum 2020, with the slogan ‘developing and mastering digital technology to ...
Hai Dang
Vocational schools told to foster entrepreneurship among students, modernise teaching methods
The Government’s Project 1665 for supporting students’ start-ups until 2025 has created favourable conditions for students who want to start their own business, and attracted the participation of enterprises, investment funds, other investors, and organisations and individuals in the country and abroad.Project 1665 was approved by the ...
Few construction works are green
The demonstration projects of UNDP on technical solutions to minimize energy consumption in newly built and improved works show that the energy saving levels could be 25-67 percent per work, and the cost is higher by 0-3 percent and maximum capital recovery 5 years.Only 155 ...
Thanh Hung
Vietnam ranks first among region’s primary school student learning outcomes: report
Vietnam ranks first among Southeast Asian countries in terms of primary school student learning outcomes under the Southeast Asia Primary Learning Metrics (SEA-PLM) programme. The news was announced at an online conference of the Southeast Asian Ministers of Education Organization (SEAMEO) on December 1, held ...
Technology empowers people with disabilities
Twenty-two people with visual impairments are attending a digital business training and coaching course for four months in Hà Nội to help them adapt to the fourth industrial revolution and co-exist with COVID-19. The trainees are mostly selling products online or working to become sale ...
Universities with autonomy lack right to hire lecturers
Covered by the Law on Public Employees, universities with autonomy don’t have the right to make decisions in recruitment, increase pay for talented lecturers, or dismiss incapable workers.The state wants to transfer autonomy in personnel to universities, but requires universities to recruit civil servants only. ...
Le Huyen
Covid-19 crisis leads to lower incomes, living conditions for tens of thousands of families
Surveys all show that the living conditions of many Vietnamese have become worse because of Covid-19. However, economists are not recommending a second support package.During the second survey, WB carried out interviews via phones with nearly 4,000 households throughout the country from July 27 to ...
Ha Duy
Vietnam hosts international conference on tackling plastic waste pollution in oceans
The Vietnam Administration of Sea and Islands, in coordination with the UN Environment Programme and the World Wide Fund for Nature, hosted an international conference in both online and in-person formats on solutions to handling plastic waste in East Asian seas from November 24-26.Within the ...
