SDG 9 Industry, innovation and infrastructure

The Central Committee of the VN Veterans Association yesterday held the discussion ‘Digital Transformation to Upgrade Rural Areas towards the Smarter Countryside in the 2021-2025 Period’ for 15 provinces of the Central Highlands and Central region.At present, the percentage of citizens using online public services ...

The online learning platform congdanso.edu.vn has attracted more than 15,100 people since its launch, and nearly 3,000 students and workers in industrial zones are guided in learning on the platform.They are parts of the results of the project “Supporting the Government of Việt Nam in ...

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 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 ...

With a smartphone, it is now easy for Bui Nguyen The Kiet to monitor the status of 35,000-hectare Can Gio mangrove forest and manage patrolling missions in each zone.Kiet wished to apply technology into the forest management task, leading to the birth of the initiative ...

The Mekong Delta is a major rice-growing region in Vietnam, but it is facing increasing water scarcity due to climate change, seawater intrusion and upstream dams.The Vietnamese government is calling on farmers to use more sustainable irrigation methods, and by 2030 it plans to limit ...

A workshop on implementation results of the grassroots telehealth program using the software “Doctor for everyone” was jointly organized by the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) and the Ministry of Health in Ha Noi on July 20.The “Doctor for Everyone” digital telehealth system was first ...

Vietnam is now home to over 2,000 hi-tech cooperatives which are promoting smart agriculture and digital rural areas in the new-style rural development effort. However, digital transformation process in cooperatives remains slow with a shortage of a clear strategy and specific actions.As many cooperative members still have vague ...

Vietnam considers human resource development the key to improving competitiveness in the agricultural sector, Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Le Minh Hoan said at a conference held on in Hanoi on July 11.Agriculture, forestry, irrigation, and fisheries students accounted for less than 2% of ...

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has called for raising public awareness of digital transformation, with priority given to developing databases, promoting online public services, developing infrastructure and digital platforms, and ensuring cyber security and information safety.PM Chinh urged efforts to have at least 20 million ...