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The first international consultation workshop on building a national action plan on marine plastic debris management was jointly held in Hanoi on December 10, by the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment and the Canadian Embassy in Vietnam.At the event, experts from Canada, the Republic ...

Vingroup, Vietnam’s top listed firm by market value, underlined its technology ambitions on Friday with the launch of its first smartphones, which it plans to sell around the world. The Vietnamese firm wants to sell its smartphones and other smart products to all continents and has ...

The amount of solid waste in Việt Nam has kept surging with more complicated components as a result of increasing population and human activities, according to a report released. But treating the waste and reducing its harmful impacts on the environment still poses challenges to ...

Vietnam has no alternative energy source in the medium term to replace coal for power generation, Deputy Prime Minister Trinh Dinh Dung said. Speaking at a meeting Wednesday he said since there are currently no effective alternatives, “coal power must be developed with modern and ...

Scientists discovered 157 new animal and plant species in the Greater Mekong region last year, according to a report titled  “New species on the block”. It describes three mammal, 23 fish, 14 amphibian, 26 reptile, and 91 plant species discovered in Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, and ...

The National Assembly will consider the adoption of six bills at its seventh session to be opened on May 20, 2019.Keep reading ...

A shortage of licensed public kindergartens for the children of migrant workers in industrial zones (IZs) and export processing zones (EPZs) is putting pressure on local authorities to solve the problem, according to the Ministry of Education and Training.Keep reading ...

Việt Nam had reported no new human cases of avian influenza A/H5N1 and the country had successfully controlled outbreaks of the H5N1 strain over the past five years. Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Phùng Đức Tiến said the country had also co-ordinated with ...

Protecting the marine environment and restoring the ecosystem has been identified as one of the major objectives for sustainable development in Việt Nam, Minister of Natural Resources and Environment Trần Hồng Hà said.Keep reading   ...

Deputy Prime Minister Vương Đình Huệ asked all ministries and agencies to pay more attention to the importance of statistics, as incorrect data could ruin Government policies. He made the request yesterday at a conference held by the General Statistics Office (GSO) of Việt Nam, ...