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Plan approved to realise net-zero emissions goal by 2050
The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment has issued a plan for solutions to realise Việt Nam’s commitment to cutting emissions to net zero by 2050 announced at the 26th UN Climate Change Conference (COP26) in the UK in 2021.The ministry will make amendments to ...
Digital transformation in Vietnam encountering challenges
The establishment of the national big data and integration of databases are the most critical foundation for the national digital transformation.To carry out digital transformation nationwide, the Government has launched its project ‘Developing an Application for Population Database, Digital Identification and Authentication for the National ...
Thanh Tam
Traditional forest ritual protects Mother Nature
For ethnic minorities in the Tây Nguyên (Central Highlands) and mountainous regions across the country, the forest does not simply refer to materials and resources, but also a broad spiritual culture. Forest worship practices have existed in the consciousness and life of ethnic minorities for a long time, ...
Finland & Vietnam promoting vocational education
On April 25, the “Finland – Vietnam Vocational Education Forum” was held in Hanoi to introduce the overall perspective of vocational education in Vietnam and Finland as well as to share factors that have contributed to Finland’s success in vocational training. The forum also opened ...
Action plan for National Year of Digital Data launched
The Ministry of Information and Communications (MoIC) has approved the implementation plan for the National Year of Digital Data, with activities held to promote data administration in the digital environment.The Year will focus on developing open data and databases, promoting the use of digital platforms, ...
Do Phong
Affordable housing requires new policy
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh signed Decision 338/QD-TTg on April 3, 2023, approving an investment plan to build at least one million social homes in the 2021-2030 period. Given the current stagnant property market, there is a pressing need to consider implementing new policy to ...
Hung Son, Ngoc Ly
Sustainable development goals: no time for hesitation
Among the 17 sustainable development goals Vietnam committed to at the 2030 Agenda, only four have been fulfilled so far and two have been delayed.Pham My Hang Phuong, a representative of the expert group advising on the Voluntary National Review (VNR) report, said Vietnam has ...
Vietnam among four countries demonstrating gender parity in digital skills: UNICEF
Vietnam is among four countries demonstrating gender parity in digital skills, according to a new UNICEF analysis which was issued on International Day of Girls in ICT (April 27).The report entitled “Bridging the Digital Divide: Challenges and an Urgent Call for Action for Equitable Digital ...
Building sustainable agricultural value chains to reduce deforestation
Vietnam is promoting sustainable agricultural trade and production to reduce deforestation, heard an event under the umbrella of the fourth Global Conference of the Planet Network’s Sustainable Food Systems Programme held in Hanoi on April 25.For sustainable development without causing deforestation, the EU through UNDP ...
Efforts needed to promote circular agriculture in Vietnam
In recent years, Vietnam’s agriculture has made a strong transformation, with market-oriented agricultural production, bringing about high quality and added value to producers and farmers. However, the agricultural production process also generates a large amount of waste and by-products, which, if not managed properly, will ...
