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Businesses to take gas emission inventory in 2022
Vietnam from 2022 will produce gas emission inventory for five major fields.This is the result of a meeting to collect proposals and recommendations from environmental experts and nearly 200 enterprises for the draft decree about greenhouse gas reduction and ozone layer protection, held by the ...
Vietnam looks to digitalise COVID-19 vaccination database
Military-run telecom group Viettel has developed a digital health record system that allows people to register for COVID-19 vaccination, make health declarations, and receive information on time and venue for the inoculation online.People can register to schedule a COVID-19 immunisation appointment on the system, which ...
Vietnam Airlines pilots digital health passport
The national flag carrier Vietnam Airlines hopes that if the trial of “Digital health passport” is implemented successfully, the Government will consider and recognize this solution, towards promoting resumption of international routes.To be eligible to participate in the programme, passengers must be over 18 years ...
Training course raises awareness of climate change in coastal areas
An online workshop and training programme on community-based disaster risk management in coastal localities is taking place on July 6-8.Jointly held by the Vietnam Disaster Management Authority (VDMA) and the UN Development Programme (UNDP) in Vietnam, the events are part of activities in the project ...
Farmers need training to develop digital agriculture
Farmers need more training on digital technology to bring the industry to another level, experts have said. Nguyen Duc Tung, general secretary of the Vietnam Digital Agriculture Association (VIDA), made the statement said at a launch ceremony for a report on digital transformation in agriculture in Hanoi ...
Smart-bracelet program on quarantined migrants to begin in Quang Ninh
The Ministry of Health (MOH) will pilot a medical quarantine program directed at migrants in Quang Ninh province in July. Smart bracelets will be one of the technological solutions used.When entering Vietnam via border gates, migrants will receive and install sim cards, install and turn ...
Van Anh
Vietnam Young Initiative - InnoCity 2021: Open for Application
InnoCity 2021 – The innovation – creativity program dedicated to the young Vietnamese generation initiated from Europe, officially opens the portal to recruit candidates worldwide. In the context of “SMART CITY”, InnoCity recruits excellent innovators to build the cities of the future, joining hands in ...
Global VYSA
Student startup innovation for older persons and people with disability in the COVID-19
So far Vietnam has made a lot of efforts in containing the pandemic. However, the impacts of the global health crisis have critically affected the livelihood and health of the Vietnamese people and particularly vulnerable populations, including older people and those with disabilities.UNFPA in partnership ...
Thai An
Vietnam’s multidimensional poverty rate dropping
The multidimensional poverty rate in Vietnam reduced from 9.9 percent in 2016 to 4.5 percent in last year, according to the General Statistics Office (GSO) under the Ministry of Planning and Investment. The rate in rural areas is higher than that in urban areas, but ...
National population database centre makes debut
The national population database center and the system for making, granting, and managing citizen identity cards made debut on June 22, and they will officially come into operation on July 1.It is an important event helping affirm the efforts to promote digital transformation in the ...
