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COVID-19 crisis could result in an increase in child labour
Children need to be protected from child labour more than ever due to the devastating impacts of the COVID-19 crisis, experts said during a virtual interactive panel discussion held in Hanoi last week. The COVID-19 pandemic left negative impacts on national socio-economic development and families’ lives ...
WB approves credit to support VN's response to climate change
The World Bank in Việt Nam announced on Saturday the Bank’s Board of Executive Directors had approved an US$84.4 million credit from the International Development Association (IDA) to support Việt Nam’s multi-sectoral policy reforms to promote climate-resilient landscapes and green transport and energy systems.The programme will also support ...
Hanoi proposes validation of online teaching
Online teaching is the initiative of the country’s education sector, not only for responding to learning in pandemic time.Le Ngoc Quang, deputy director of the municipal Department of Education and Training, stated that with a view to making online training more effective, the Ministry of ...
Anh Kiet - Bao Thang
Two scenarios for Vietnam's economic recovery
Vietnam has to be very cautious when choosing and implementing a plan to reactivate the economy. The government, in a report to the National Assembly’s Standing Committee, projected two economic growth scenarios for this year.With the first scenario, if Vietnam can contain Covid-19 in the ...
Kim Chi
Vietnam moving toward new phase with no active COVID-19 cases
Vietnam will soon enter a phase with no active novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases as over 90 percent of its patients have recovered. No death from the disease has been recorded in the country, while no cases of community transmission have been documented in the past ...
More administrative procedures to go online: Minister
The Government of Vietnam wants the business community to provide feedback and input to help improve the National Public Service Portal, heard a conference held by the Prime Minister’s Council on Administrative Reform and the World Bank in Hanoi on May 19.The national public service ...
Vietnam prepares second phase testing of Covid-19 vaccine
A potential Covid-19 vaccine produced in Vietnam will be tested on 30 mice in order to determine its most effective dose. The second phase of testing will be carried out early June, said Dr. Do Tuan Dat, head of the Hanoi-based VABIOTECH company, which produces ...
Cooperation - key in Vietnam’s fight against COVID-19
The international community has attributed Vietnam’s remarkable achievements in taking on COVID-19 to the close cooperation between the country’s Government and its people.Given the complicated development of COVID-19 around the world, with 4.8 million affected and deaths totalling 316,000, Vietnam, with 320 cases of infection, ...
Vietnam considers new personal income tax threshold
A draft resolution seeking a higher threshold for personal income tax (PIT) is being examined by Vietnam’s legislators to help its citizens cushion the impacts of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. The Ministry of Finance estimates that the yearly state budget revenue will fall ...
30% of disabled made unemployed by COVID-19: UNDP report
A UNDP report has found that some 30% of respondents in Vietnam who have disabilities were made unemployed by the COVID-19 pandemic while another 49% saw their working hours cut. The report, which provided a rapid assessment of the socioeconomic impact of COVID-19 on Vietnamese ...
