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Mekong Delta steering committee for agriculture, rural development established
A steering committee for agriculture and rural development in the Mekong Delta has been established under the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) for the 2020-2025 period. Under the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development’s decision, the committee will provide consultancy for the MARD ...
Seminar seeks opinions on draft decree on Internet-based services
A seminar was organised on February 17 to gather experts’ opinions on a draft decree on amendments and supplements to Decree No. 72/2013/ND-CP (Decree 72) on the management, provision and use of Internet-based services and information on the Internet, which aim to create more relevant ...
Ministry licences three domestically-produced Molnupiravir drugs to treat COVID-19
The Drug Administration of Vietnam (DAV) under the Ministry of Health on February 17 issued the list of three COVID-19 treatment drugs containing the active ingredient Molnupiravir, which had been granted certificates of registration for conditional circulation.The three drugs are Molravir 400 produced by Boston ...
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 ...
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 ...
Three scenarios to help digital economy make breakthrough by 2025
The goal for the digital economy to account for 20 percent of GDP by 2025 is very challenging. However, Nguyen Trong Duong, Deputy Director of the Department of Enterprise Management under the Ministry of Information and Communications, believed that with a breakthrough scenario, the Vietnamese digital ...
Vietnam pushes for energy restructuring: official
Vietnam is determined to restruct its enegy sector, said Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade Dang Hoang An at the 4th High-Level Meeting of the Vietnam Energy Partnership Group (VEPG) held in Hanoi on January 24.An important highlight of the function was the introduction of ...
Vietnam inspires the world in climate change response
After five years of efforts to carry out the international commitment on climate change and reduction of greenhouse gas emission, Vietnam completed the update on Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC), and sent it to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) amidst the complicated ...
Agricultural sector continues to be economy's pillar
Ecological agriculture, modern rural areas and smart farmers are expected to be the three key factors helping agriculture secure its role as a firm pillar of the economy in 2022 and following years.Despite COVID-19 impacts that caused the crackdown of the global supply chains in 2021, the ...
