Sustainable Development Goals
Supporting women in access to social security and welfare policies
More attention should be paid to supporting women in their access to and benefiting from social security and welfare policies, Chairwoman of the Vietnam Women’s Union (VWU) Ha Thi Nga has suggested.To contribute to clarifying this task in the coming time, in particular ensuring equal ...
Project to plant 1 billion trees submitted to Prime Minister
The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development has submitted to the Prime Minister a project to plant 1 billion trees in the 2021-2025 period. Specifically, 690 million trees will be planted in both urban and rural areas, and 310 million trees in concentrated forests.The Ministry of ...
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Gov’t announces new multidimensional poverty line for 2022-2025
The Government has issued Resolution No. 07/2021/ND-CP on multidimensional poverty line for 2022-2025 period.Norms for measuring multidimensional poverty line for 2021 remain unchanged as the Government extends the implementation of Decision No. 59/2015/QD-TTg dated November 19, 2015 on multidimensional poverty line for 2016-2020 period.Under the ...
Quang Minh
Ensuring information security for cloud computing a key national goal
The Ministry of Information and Communications has determined that the cloud computing platform is a key part of telecommunications infrastructure to focus on in the coming years. The ministry has also defined cloud computing as the digital infrastructure for the development of a digital government, digital ...
Việt Nam achieves poverty reduction goals
Under the leadership of the Party and the Government, localities nationwide have implemented solutions and programmes to help local people develop suitable livelihood models to escape poverty and improve their lives, especially in 2016-2020. What is more, Việt Nam attained the UN’s Millennium Development Goals ...
New partnership to reduce greenhouse gas in building
The German Development Co-operation-GIZ Việt Nam and the Ministry of Construction’s Housing and Real Estate Market Management Bureau (HREM) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for co-operation on the joint development of the Vietnam Green Housing Programme (VGHP) under the implementation of the Programme ...
Mega irrigation system to help Mekong Delta tackle drought, salinity
One of the two parts of a mega irrigation system in southern Vietnam’s Mekong Delta will start operation next month in Kien Giang Province.Construction of the system worth VND3.3 trillion ($142.17 million) started in November 2019, with two parts on the Cai Lon and Cai ...
Mekong level to drop as China begins power grid maintenance
Water levels along the Mekong River are likely to drop by about 1.2 meters between January 5 and 24 due to power grid maintenance in China.The outflow from the Jinghong hydropower dam in China’s Yunnan province is dropping, leading to dwindling water levels in the ...
Viet Anh
Vietnam promotes women’s participation in policy-making process
Vietnam targets 60 percent of women holding key positions in the state management agencies by 2025, and the figure is expected to rise to 75 percent by 2030 under a programme recently approved by the Prime Minister.The programme on enhancing equal participation of women in ...
Digital conversion in medical sector targets better service for the public: health minister
Digital transformation in the health sector will better serve the people, creating more convenience and improved quality in medical services, according to Minister of Health Nguyen Thanh Long. The official was speaking at the plenary session of the Vietnam Health Sector’s Digital Conversion Conference which ...
