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Rising seas threaten Vietnam’s top rice producer
Because of climate change, Kien Giang Province is struggling to maintain its place as Vietnam’s biggest rice producer – a distinction it has held for nearly two decades. The province is well positioned to produce rice. Located on the coast, in an area in Cuu ...
VietnamNet Reporter
Vietnam commits to wiping out tuberculosis by 2030
Minister of Health Nguyen Thi Kim Tien has committed to wiping out tuberculosis (TB) in Vietnam by 2030 while addressing the High-Level TB Meeting, held on the sidelines of the 73rd session of the UN General Assembly in New York. Keep reading ...
VNA Reporter
Vietnam’s labor productivity remains low
Despite being a middle-income country, Vietnam’s labor productivity last year was equal to more than half of that of lower-middle-income economies and only 18.3% of that of upper-middle-income ones, said Nguyen Duc Thanh, director of the Vietnam Center for Economic and Policy Research.Keep reading ...
Vu Dung
Higher tobacco tax recommended to reduce incidence of premature death
Experts have recommended tobacco tax hikes to negate the harmful effects of smoking.[]In Vietnam, one out of every two adult males in Vietnam is a smoker. Smoking is attributed to 24%-28% of premature deaths among Vietnamese men aged over 35. More than 40,000 smoking-related deaths ...
Saigon Times Reporter
Thermal power plants queuing for permission to submerge materials in sea
Coal-fired thermal power plants’ investors have asked for permission to submerge sludge and waste in the sea, raising big concerns about sea pollution.Keep reading ...
Kim Chi
Ministry detects 158 illegal scrap importers
As many as 158 individuals and organisations have been found illegally importing scrap into Vietnam as they are not certified to carry out such activities. According to the Vietnam Environment Administration under the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (MoNRE), the individuals and organisations imported 4,514 ...
VNA Reporter
Aid and development
International aid plays a significant but decreasing role in Vietnam’s national expenditure. For example in 2013, official development assistance (ODA) as a percentage of the national budget had decreased to 11.2% from 25.4% in 2003.1 The nature of development assistance has changed a lot over ...
Minister confirms teacher shortages
Education minister Phùng Xuân Nhạ on Monday stood before a committee hearing at the National Assembly to explain a shortage of thousands of teachers nationwide.[]Việt Nam was currently short of just under 76,000 teachers to meet the ever increasing demand, Nhạ said.Keep reading ...
VNS Reporter
Vietnam to work with Japan in marine plastic waste reduction
Vietnam will cooperate with Japan in reducing marine plastic waste, according to head of the Vietnam Administration of Seas and Islands (VASI) Ta Dinh Thi. [] According to Japan’s estimate, Vietnam ranks fourth worldwide in the amount of plastic waste dumped into the sea, with about ...
VNA Reporter
[Infographic] Strong socialization in the field of health and education
According to the General Statistics Office’s survey, as of July 1st, 2017, there are 15.2 thousand medical establishments and 51.1 thousand educational institutions nationwide.Keep reading ...
