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ASEAN launches Airborne Infection Defence Platform
The Airborne Infection Defence Platform (AIDP) was officially launched on August 8 to strengthen ASEAN countries’ tuberculosis (TB) response, and health care system and pandemic preparedness to address the growing issue of airborne respiratory infections. The initiative was inaugurated at a side event of the ...
Vietnam unveils first National Action Plan on Women, Peace, Security
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced the Prime Minister’s decision to issue Vietnam’s first-ever National Action Plan on Women, Peace and Security, during a two-day workshop in the central city of Da Nang on August 8. The event, co-organised by the ministry and the UN ...
Vietnam gears up for fourth wave of FDI inflows
As Vietnam enters its 37th year of attracting foreign direct investment (FDI), the country is on the cusp of a significant new phase.From a regulatory agency’s perspective, Director of the MPI’s Foreign Investment Agency Do Nhat Hoang noted a burgeoning new wave of investment into ...
Initiative launched to ensure enough nutrition for Vietnamese children
A conference to respond to the National Breastfeeding Week and launch the “ENOUGH” Nutrition Initiative took place on August 5 in Hanoi. The event was jointly organised by the National Institute of Nutrition under the Ministry of Health, and the World Vision International in Vietnam, ...
Vietnamese, Lao provinces reinforce ties in forest management, protection
The forest protection bodies of Vietnam’s central province of Thua Thien – Hue and Laos’s southern province of Sekong have signed a cooperation deal to promote forest management and protection, natural resource conservation, and forest produce management along the shared borderline. The document was inked in ...
First-ever plan for urban, rural systems takes shape
Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha chaired in Hanoi on July 31 a meeting on the first-ever plan for urban and rural systems, stressing the role of rural areas in urbanisation. This is Vietnam’s sectoral plan that goes into detail on managing and developing urban ...
Mekong Delta regional masterplan contributes to ensuring food security
The implementation of the Mekong Delta regional masterplan for 2021 – 2030, with a vision towards 2050, has helped shift the mindset about food security from developing agriculture based primarily on rice to a model of aquaculture – fruit – rice to increase value and ...
Vietnam, Cambodia boost forestry cooperation
The 27th ASEAN Senior Officials on Forestry (ASOF 27) Meeting is taking place in Indonesia from July 18-19, according to the Department of Forestry under the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development.On the sidelines of the event, the Vietnamese delegation had a meeting with the ...
Technical exchange on EUDR shapes Vietnam's agricultural future
The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) and the EU Delegation to Vietnam have jointly organised a technical exchange focused on the European Union Deforestation Regulation (EUDR) and its implications for Vietnam’s supply chains. The event, titled “Technical Exchange on EUDR and Deforestation-free Supply ...
Carbon market to create motivation for green transition: Deputy PM
A carbon market will create motivation for green transition, said Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha on July 12. The operation of the carbon market must follow a roadmap under the management of the State, match the capacity and development levels of businesses and the economy, ...
