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Việt Nam to defend fifth national report on anti-racial discrimination convention
Việt Nam is going to defend its fifth national report on the implementation of the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (CERD) at a session in Geneva, Switzerland, on November 29 – 30. The report defence would be a chance ...
Vietnam shaping national land database
The building of the national land database has achieved certain results, but still lags behind schedule, reported the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment. The activity aims to serve the State management, providing public services related to land, and sharing land information with ministries, agencies, ...
Forum discusses energy transition in Vietnam
A “Made in Vietnam Energy Forum” was held online by the Vietnam Business Forum (VBF)’s Power & Energy Working Group on November 21, focusing on analysing issues related to the electricity and energy sector in Vietnam in the context of global energy transition.On the occasion, ...
Public-private partnership needed for sustainable rice farming
Attracting investment and public-private partnership (PPP) plays an important role in implementing the project of sustainable development of 1 million ha of low-emission high-quality rice production in the Mekong Delta to 2030, said insiders.The project will promote added value throughout the entire rice production chain, ...
National target programme on sustainable poverty reduction reviewed
Vietnam aims to reduce the poverty rate to about 0.9% by 2025, heard a national conference on November 17 to review the implementation of the National Target Programme for Sustainable Poverty Reduction for 2021-2025 held in the northern mountainous province of Lao Cai.According to Deputy ...
Minimum wage fixing for labourers under discussion
A consultation workshop on the draft dossier for the accession to the Minimum Wage Fixing Convention 1970 (Convention 131) of the International Labour Organization (ILO) was held in Ho Chi Minh City on November 15.Jointly organised by the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs ...
Mekong Delta Region needs urgent measures to cope with landslides
The situation of landslides along riverbanks and coastlines in the Mekong Delta is becoming increasingly severe, while preventive measures are challenging due to a lack of funding.Deputy Prime Minister Le Minh Khai has recently signed Decision No. 1162, allocating an additional VND4 trillion (nearly US$164 million) from ...
Translated by Hong Son
National action month on gender equality launched
The National Action Month on Gender Equality and Gender-based Violence Prevention and Response was launched in Ha Noi on November 10.The event was organized by the Ministry of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs (MoLISA), in collaboration with the United Nations Office in Viet Nam and ...
Int'l conference on digital health held
The Vietnam Military – Civil Medicine Association, in collaboration with the Ministry of Health (MoH)’s Health Strategy and Policy Institute and the Iverson Health Innovation Research Institute of Australia’s Swinburne University of Technology, held an international conference on digital health on November 8.Held both in-person ...
Flood and landslides warning capabilities must be improved: forecasting official
Việt Nam, situated in a tropical monsoon climate region, is prone to extended periods of heavy rainfall, diverse topography, and a dense network of rivers and streams, which collectively elevate the risk of flooding and landslides.Hoàng Văn Đại, Deputy Director of the National Centre for ...
