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People’s voice, access to justice key to solving environmental disputes
As environmental disputes, especially between citizens and businesses, are increasing, it is important to ensure better environmental justice as well as people’s access to information and participation in decision-making in environmental matters that affect them.Keep reading ...
VNA Reporter
58% of wed women in VN abused: study
About 58 per cent of ever-married women aged 18-60 have experienced violence in a family setting at least once in their lives, a national survey has found.Keep reading ...
VNS Reporter
Post harvest losses hinder VN exports
Post-harvest losses not only refer to the quantity of lost crops, but also any reduction in their quality and access to international markets, experts have said.Keep reading ...
VNS Reporter
Population data plan lacks funding
A lack of funding is a major problem in implementing the master plan on simplifying administrative procedures, citizenship papers and the population management database for 2013-2020, according to officials.Keep reading ...
VNA Reporter
Second survey on women’s health, life experience launched
The second National Survey on Women’s Health and Life Experience funded by the Australian Embassy in Vietnam was launched at a workshop in Hanoi on January 25. The workshop was jointly held by the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs (MoLISA), General of Statistics ...
MOLISA
Waste treatment in Vietnam encounters shortage of land, advanced technologies
The treatment of solid waste in two of the most important cities in Vietnam currently faces a scarcity of land needed for waste dumping and slowness in constructing treatment plants that employ modern technologies.Keep reading ...
Thai Xuan
1.63 million people step onto employment ladder in 2017
Vietnam created new jobs for more than 1.63 million people last year, achieving 102.48% of its plan, according to the Ministry of Labour, Invalids, and Social Affairs. Of that figure, more than 1.5 million people found domestic employment opportunities and over 135,000 people found placement abroad.Keep ...
VOV Reporter
Vietnam ministry to monitor 28 ‘environmental risky’ projects
Vietnam’s Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment is expected to formulate a plan to closely supervise 28 projects across the country in a bid to prevent potential environmental pollution and disasters. The ministry is collecting feedback from relevant agencies regarding their plan to monitor local ...
Duy Khang
PM approves national action plan to combat IUU fishing
The Prime Minister has recently granted approval for a national action plan to prevent, mitigate and eliminate illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing until 2025. The plan aims to promote sustainable development of fisheries, contributing to ensuring national security as well as regional and international ...
VNA Reporter
Gender inequality persists despite positive changes
Some 72 percent of Vietnamese women have joined the labour force, higher than the average world percentage (42 percent), and ranking only behind Cambodia (81 percent). These figures were revealed in a recently-released report of the Centre for Development and Integration, a Vietnamese non-governmental and ...
VNA Reporter
