Sustainable Development Goals
Central Vietnam mangrove restoration project wins 2021 Risk Award
A mangrove restoration project that also builds resilience of a disaster-prone coastal community in Thua Thien-Hue Province has won the €100,000 ($118,000) 2021 Risk Award.The project, “Strong roots, strong women: empowering women for community and coastal ecosystem resilience in central Vietnam,” is co-managed by the ...
Nguyen Quy
"Building a society of learning in the 2021-2030 period " project approved
The Prime Minister issued Decision No. 1373/QD-Ttg on July 30, approving the project “Building a society of learning in the 2021-2030 period “.The guiding point of view in the project clearly states: Continuing to build a society of learning on the basis of simultaneous development ...
Pandemic-hit workers anxiously wait for aid
According to statistics of the Ministry of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs, in the second quarter of 2021, up to 12.8 million Vietnamese people aged 15 and older were negatively affected by the Covid-19 epidemic, including those who lost their jobs, had to take time ...
Vu Diep
ADB project helps boost climate resilience in Vietnam’s health system
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) announced on July 19 its assessment of a six-year project helping boost the capacity of health systems in Cambodia, Laos, and Vietnam to climate-induced health threats.The project, Strengthening Resilience to Climate Change in the Health Sector in the Greater Mekong ...
Efforts ramped up to improve gender equality and women’s roles in Vietnam
Vietnam has come a long way in gender equality, with changes in the legal framework now protecting women better than ever before. However, much works need to be done before total equality can be achieved.While women’s participation in the workforce in Vietnam is very high, ...
Thanh Van
Close to 108,260 ha of new forest planted during year’s first half
A total of 108,258 ha of forest were planted in the first six months, up 22% year-on-year.Vietnam is working on a project to grow one billion trees nationwide between 2021 and 2025. They will include 690 million trees in urban and rural areas, and 310 ...
Farmers need training to develop digital agriculture
Farmers need more training on digital technology to bring the industry to another level, experts have said. Nguyen Duc Tung, general secretary of the Vietnam Digital Agriculture Association (VIDA), made the statement said at a launch ceremony for a report on digital transformation in agriculture in Hanoi ...
Vietnam’s multidimensional poverty rate dropping
The multidimensional poverty rate in Vietnam reduced from 9.9 percent in 2016 to 4.5 percent in last year, according to the General Statistics Office (GSO) under the Ministry of Planning and Investment. The rate in rural areas is higher than that in urban areas, but ...
First e-government development strategy towards digital government issued
Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam has recently signed Decision No. 942/QD-TTg approving the e-government development strategy towards the digital government in the 2021-2025 period, with a vision to 2030.The strategy sets out a goal to turn Viet Nam into one of the top 30 countries in ...
Kim Anh
UNICEF partnership brings equitable STEAM learning opportunities to Vietnamese children
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and US non-profit organisation STEAM for Vietnam Foundation on June 15 announced a new long-term partnership to provide children in Vietnam with equitable learning opportunities on STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Math) related areas, both online and offline, ...
