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More efforts invested in poverty reduction in ethnic minority areas
Creating sustainable livelihoods for ethnic minority residents in mountainous and border areas to help them get out of poverty is a consistent policy of Vietnam, which has resulted in major achievements.During 2016 – 2020, though Vietnam had encountered many natural disasters and disease outbreaks, especially ...
PM urges effective implementation of socio-economic recovery, development programme
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on February 12 signed a dispatch urging the drastic and effective implementation of the socio-economic recovery and development programme as well as the acceleration of the disbursement of public investment.Accordingly, the Prime Minister requested the synchronous and effective implementation of ...
Employers evading social insurance payments affects workers' rights
Evasion of social insurance payments for workers increased during the COVID-19 pandemic, as enterprises grappled the economic fall-out of pandemic control measures. However, as stipulated by law, avoiding payment and racking up insurance debt severely affects the social security rights of employees.The Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social ...
Xòe dance serves as shining soul of ethnic Thai culture
As a form to connect people’s aspirations with the divine world, xòe dance has long been an indispensable part of the Thái ethnicity’s spiritual life in the four northern mountainous provinces of Yên Bái, Lai Châu, Sơn La and Điện Biên. It was recently recognised as an Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity by ...
Minister urges Mekong Delta to develop agricultural economy mindset
The agriculture sector in the Cửu Long (Mekong) Delta’s 12 provinces and Cần Thơ City should change its mindset from merely production and instead become an agricultural economy to enable farmers to sell their produce, Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Lê Minh Hoan said.In the delta, ...
Mekong Delta should become role model in climate change adaptation: Minister
The Mekong Delta, the largest agricultural hub of Vietnam, should be confident to surmount difficulties and become a role model in climate change adaptation in the world, said Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Le Minh Hoan.Local agriculture officials pointed out certain problems such as ...
Vietnam working to ensure children’s all-round development
Protecting and caring for health of nearly 23 million Vietnamese children and students is the responsibility of not only their families but also the community, the society and the entire political system, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh said on February 10.The PM made the statement ...
National biodiversity strategy to 2030 approved
Deputy Prime Minister Le Van Thanh has signed a decision approving the national biodiversity strategy to 2030 with a vision towards 2050.Under the strategy, the Government targets increasing the area of protected ecosystems to 9 percent of the country’s land area, and protected marine and ...
Digital transformation - an institutional revolution
Digital transformation is an inevitable trend of the world today. It is also a requirement of development that no country can stand without if it does not wish to be left behind. Although having recorded certain achievements, Vietnam still needs to act more aggressively and ...
“Vaccine diplomacy”: Success story in the time of COVID-19
In the context that many countries were racing to access scarce vaccine supplies and many countries were unwilling to share vaccine production technology, Vietnam’s achievements in vaccine diplomacy were very encouraging.Countries that have traditional relations with Vietnam and can produce COVID-19 vaccines or therapeutic drugs ...
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