Vietnamese translated by ODV

Amid the ongoing Fourth Industrial Revolution, Vietnam is taking advantage of the ASEAN Smart Cities Network in order to formulate several policies on building smart cities and attracting deeper investment.The ASEAN Smart City Summit and ASCN Annual Meeting 2020 are some of the largest and ...

The Green Climate Fund (GCF) has approved a non-refundable aid worth US$30.2 million to help Vietnam enhance climate resilience, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD).The sum will be allocated to a project named “Strengthening the resilience of smallholder agriculture to climate ...

Vietnam and the World Health Organisation (WHO) are in common on treatment regimens for Covid-19 patients, however, the country has its own innovative features when applied in practice.For example, Vietnam is fighting against the epidemic based on the “four on-the-spot” viewpoint, which targets on-site prevention, ...

 Ethnic customs and traditions are unique to people and entrenched in their belief systems that are connected to the land and nature. This series of documentary films, developed by Culture Identity and Resources Use Management (CIRUM), explore religion and customary practices through storytelling engage indigenous ...

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc issued a directive on Wednesday, requesting stronger actions to prevent and control COVID-19 amid new developments of the outbreak. In Việt Nam, after 22 days without any new cases, 23 more infection cases have been recorded since March 6, including ...

The new coronavirus outbreak can now be described as a pandemic, the head of the World Health Organisation announced on Wednesday. He acknowledged that the world had “never before seen a pandemic sparked by a coronavirus,” but emphasized that “we have never before seen a ...

Việt Nam plans to develop an early warning system for trade defence by 2025, aiming to promote sustainable exports. The goal was approved by Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc on Sunday (8/3).Accordingly, by 2025, an information technology infrastructure system, analysis software and an e-portal would ...

Deputy Prime Minister and head of the National Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control Vu Duc Dam on March 8 requested compulsory health declarations for all citizens in the country to start on March 10 at the latest.Compulsory electronic health declarations for all passengers entering ...

The General Department of Environment under the Vietnamese Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment has launched a new application called Envisoft to track environmental stats.Besides displaying the air quality index (AQI) updated hourly and providing a graph of the AQI value movement of previous hours ...

With the country poised to enjoy immediate tariff cuts right after the Vietnam-EU Free Trade Agreement (EVFTA) comes into effect, especially with regard to tariff reduction on agricultural processed products, there will be plenty of opportunities for local goods to enjoy competitive prices whilst exporting ...