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Vietnam's population hits 96 million
The Central Steering Committee for the Population and Housing Census published preliminary results from the 2019 census on July 11 in Hanoi.As at April 1, Vietnam’s population was more than 96.2 million people, with men accounting for 49.8 per cent and women 50.2 per cent. ...
Communication training course on clean air protection
The Live and Learn centre and the German Development Cooperation Organisation (GIZ) jointly opened a training course in Hanoi on July 4 for reporters and communication officers to increase public awareness of clean air protection.The two-day course provides information about the cause and impacts of ...
White Book on Vietnamese Businesses 2019 launched
The first edition of the White Book on Vietnamese Businesses was launched at a ceremony in Hanoi on July 10. The White Book, compiled by the General Statistics Office under the Ministry of Planning and Investment, contains essential information assessing the development of enterprises across the ...
Labour market records positive figures in six months
The General Statistics Office (GSO) has reported encouraging data in the labour market in the first six months of 2019, including unemployment decline and income improvement. It highlighted a positive shift in the labour structure with a sharp fall in the proportion of agro-forestry-fishery labourers and ...
Concerns raised over Vietnam’s largest infrastructure project
The tentative total investment for the North-South high-speed railway, according to the Ministry of Planning and Investment (MPI), is about US$26 billion – $32 billion less than the previous proposal by the Ministry of Transport (MoT). The project will be implemented under the Public-Private Partnership (PPP) ...
Hanoi to intensify efforts to improve population quality
Hanoi will increase activities to improve its population quality in the time ahead, Deputy Director of the municipal Department of Health Hoang Duc Hanh stated on July 9. He further stressed Hanoi will step up communications to boost public consensus on population issues and also take ...
Organic fertilisers are key to sustainable agriculture in Vietnam
Identifying organic fertilisers as the key to organic agriculture, Vietnam’s agriculture ministry has set a target to raise the proportion of organic fertilisers to 15% and the consumption of organic fertilisers industrially produced at home from one to three million tonnes by 2020.Recently, the Department ...
Stakeholders urged to consult arbitrators in PPP project disputes
Arbitrators need to step in and deal with disputes in public-private-partnership (PPP) projects so economic development will not be disrupted, experts have warned.Professor Pham Duy Nghia at Fullbright Vietnam University said attracting private investment was good for infrastructure development. According to Nghia, in order to ...
Mekong Delta shrimp crops a sweet success
Farmers in the Mekong Delta provinces are busy with a fruitful crop of shrimp, which is an abundant material source for its export industry. With the support of technologies and good co-operation between enterprises and farmers, Vietnam’s shrimp-producing industry is developing with bigger quantities and better ...
Big C pledges to resolve buying issue
Big C Vietnam has suspended local purchase of garments but insists it is only a temporary measure and will not pull out of the local apparel business. At the meeting with suppliers on Wednesday, the company pledged to co-ordinate to come up with a solution within ...
