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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   ...

The National Assembly’s Standing Committee decided at a meeting Thursday to hike the environment tax on fuel from next year. Starting January 1 the tax on petrol will increase from VND3,000 (13 cents) per liter to VND4,000 (17 cents), and on diesel from VND1,500 to ...

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 ...

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 ...

The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development and the People’s Committee of northern Bac Ninh province held a conference on September 21 to review clean water management and set future orientations. []With the support of the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) over the past four decades, ...

Vice President Dang Thi Ngoc Thinh has taken over as Vietnam’s first female Head of State. She will be Acting President until the National Assembly officially elects a new President.Keep reading ...

Vietnam has actively implemented the Montreal Protocol and measures to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions to preserve the ozone layer, earning international recognition, said Deputy Minister of Natural Resources and Environment Le Cong Thanh.Keep reading ...

Việt Nam has recorded 35 earthquakes of magnitude 2.5-4.5 so far this year, according the Earthquake and Tsunami Warning Centre under the Institute of Geophysics. Most of these earthquakes occured in mountainous provinces bordering China and Laos, such as Quảng Nam, Sơn La, Điện Biên, Lai Châu, Thừa Thiên-Huế, Cao ...

As the country’s population is growing and Industry 4.0 tends to deprive manual labourers of employment opportunities, Vietnam is under great pressure to generate sufficient employment for its young labourers.Keep reading ...

The percentage of Vietnam’s businesses having ISO 14000 certificates is below the average level and much lower than that in China. []By the end of the last year, 732 Vietnam businesses had CoC/FSC certificates, the highest number in Southeast Asia. Of these, 49 businesses got FSC/FM ...