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First platform complying with personal data protection regulations launched
The Vietnam Data Security Joint Stock Company has unveiled the DataTrust platform, the first platform to comply with personal data protection regulations in the country.DataTrust is the first digital platform in Vietnam to administer privacy rights in the fields of cybersecurity and safeguarding data. It ...
From destruction to restoration: Southern central region efforts to rebuild green belt
In addition to economic activities and human demands, climate change and extreme weather events are significant contributors to the decline of mangrove forests. Economic pressures, particularly the wave of shrimp farming expansion, infrastructure development projects and natural disasters, have led to the devastation of most ...
Da Nang, WB to promote cooperation in digital database
The central city of Da Nang and the World Bank (WB) will be boosting cooperation in building digital database management as a crucial way towards full digitalisation and becoming a ‘smart’ city.Da Nang launched an e-government system in 2014, making the IT infrastructure available for ...
From gridlock to green cities: Vietnam's urban transport challenge
Large cities like Hanoi and HCMC are facing serious traffic congestion, air pollution, urban flooding, and urban heat island, calling for more effective solutions to limit personal vehicles. The policy of limiting personal vehicles to reduce congestion and pollution in urban areas has been in ...
Thanh Tam
Domestic waste classification at source needs a roadmap
Việt Nam’s Law on Environmental Protection 2020 regulating the classification of household solid waste will be officially implemented across the country from January 1, 2025, a date which is considered a turning point for domestic solid waste management. Several pilot schemes are underway across Việt Nam, ...
Mekong Delta water levels in May were 19 percent lower than previously average
The water level in the Mekong Delta in May 2024 was about 11 billion cubic meters, 19 percent lower than the average for many years. The impact of climate change combined with upstream exploitation has led to continuous saltwater intrusion in the Mekong Delta region, typically ...
Government urged to create legal framework for LNG imports
Experts at recent workshops and conferences discussing increased use of LNG repeatedly expressed concern about the lack of a legal framework for LNG imports-exports, gasified LNG provided power plants, and problems which pose risks and obstacles for LNG projects.Nguyen Huu Luong, a high ranking expert ...
Tam An
A group of agriculture students succeed in planting grass to absorb toxins in the soil
A group of students from the Việt Nam Academy of Agriculture have successfully tested growing a type of grass that can effectively absorb toxins from fertilisers and pesticides that pollute soil and water.The seven students, Vũ Hoài Nam (team leader), Nguyễn Minh Xuân, Nguyễn Trung ...
Buffer zone communities to receive financial support
Each community in special-use forests’ buffer zones will receive an average of 50 million VND (over 1,900 USD) a year under a recent degree on several forestry investment policies. The decree will take effect from July 15, 2024.The financial support will be prioritised for agricultural ...
Legislators scrutinise draft amended social insurance law
National Assembly (NA) deputies spend the entire day of May 27 to discuss contentious contents of the draft amended social insurance law.In the morning discussion, many deputies laid emphasis on ensuring the rights of labourers amidst the increase in evasion, late payment and of social ...
