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Energy saving a blind spot for VN’s high-rise buildings
Ninety per cent of high-rise buildings in Vietnam have failed to integrate energy efficiency into their design and operations, causing enormous wastage, especially with the number of such buildings growing by 6–7 per cent a year.Keep reading ...
VietnamNet Reporter
EVN vows to ensure sufficient power for upcoming dry season
While the backbone of Vietnam’s electricity remains hydropower, the State-owned Electricity of Vietnam Group (EVN) said power supply will be ensured for the coming dry season.Keep reading ...
VNA Reporter
Localities urged high vigilance in response to forest fires
Localities nationwide have been urged by the Vietnam Administration of Forestry to prepare measures to prevent forest fires and mitigate damage caused by fires. Keep reading ...
VNA Reporter
Non Nuoc Cao Bang named second global geopark in Vietnam
Non Nuoc Cao Bang Geopark in the northern border province of Cao Bang was recognised as a global geopark by the UNESCO Global Geoparks Council in Paris on April 12. This is the second UNESCO-recognised Global Geopark in Vietnam after Dong Van Karst Plateau, which ...
VNA Reporter
Renewable energy projects up in 10 months
An average of nine projects in power generation and distribution were registered every month since June 2017, according to the Vietnam Renewable Energy Report 2018.Keep reading ...
VNA Reporter
9 million Vietnamese people still living in extreme poverty: report
Nine million Vietnamese people are still living in extreme poverty, according to a World Bank report released on Thursday which calls for more alleviation efforts despite the success so far.Poverty rate among ethnic minorities declined by 13 percentage points between 2014 and 2015, the bank ...
Lan Huong
Limited education opportunities hinder social mobility in rural Vietnam: Oxfam
Rural Vietnamese residents are failing to climb the social ladder because many families stay in the agriculture sector for generations, according to an Oxfam report released last week.Keep reading ...
Vi Vu
Vehicles required to be sealed with energy labels by 2020
Energy labels will be made compulsory for newly-assembled and unused imported automobiles or motorbikes under a draft Circular outlined by the Transport Ministry’s Vietnam Register. Keep reading ...
VNA Reporter
Development of organic fertiliser key to VN’s future agriculture
Việt Nam has identified organic agriculture as the way forward, and why the development and promotion of the product is key to achieving their goals.Keep reading ...
VNS Reporter
Healthcare service prices to be adjusted: Health Ministry
Beginning on July 1, the Health Ministry and Việt Nam Social Security will adjust the unreasonable prices of some healthcare services to better manage health insurance funds, said Health Minister Nguyễn Thị Kim Tiến.Keep reading ...
VNS Reporter