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Science and technology key to achieve net-zero emission goal: Expert
Science and technology, which has played a significant role in promoting socioeconomic development, is also the motivation and key for Vietnam to complete the net-zero emission commitment by 2050, which was given by Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh at the 26th UN Climate Change Conference ...
Insufficient expansion funds keep Mekong Delta gateway a bottleneck
The lack of funds to widen the narrow main highway connecting HCMC with the Mekong Delta has impeded traffic for years.The section of National Highway 1 at HCMC’s western border runs from the An Lac Intersection in Binh Tan District to Long An Province. It is ...
Gia Minh
Businesses, organisations strengthen partnership in carbon emission reduction
The Institute for Research on Development Communication (RED Communication) and Vietnam Business for Environment on August 18 held a conference entitled “Partnership between Businesses & Civil Social Organisations in Carbon Emission Reduction: Trends & Opportunities”. The conference attracted domestic and international experts, businesses and organisations ...
Master sheme on social support facility network approved
Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha signed Decision 966/QD-TTg, dated August 17, 2023, approving a master scheme on social support facility network in the 2021-2030 period with a vision towards 2050.The scheme targets that at least 90 percent of people with especially disadvantaged living conditions ...
Kim Anh
Confab discusses role of data ecosystem management, governance, stewardship
The General Statistics Office (GSO) and the United Nations for Population Fund (UNFPA) on August 16 co-chaired an international conference to seek consultations, study the feasibility, and implement effective data management, governance, and stewardship practices.Vietnam is in the midst of rapid transformation for its socio-economic ...
Bright future for Vietnam’s foreign investment attraction: insiders
Vietnam’s foreign direct investment (FDI) attraction has seen signs of recovery after continuous declines over the past six months, becoming a driving force for the country’s economic growth in the medium and long term, said insiders. It is noteworthy that a lot of localities are ...
OP-ED: Central Highlands development: Sustainable livelihoods to ward off instability risks
The Central Highlands, home to nearly 6 million people, needs thorough solutions to issues related to land use, agro-forestry-fisheries development, and ecological environment protection in order to deal with risks of instability in security and order.According to Secretary of the Party Committee of Dak Lak ...
PM addresses Mekong Delta's environment crisis
The Mekong Delta is seeing land subsidence faster than the sea level rise and is at risk of sinking, PM Pham Minh Chinh said as he visited the region on Saturday. The rate of land subsidence in the delta, the nation’s agriculture hub, is 3-4 ...
An Binh - Ngoc Tai
Land should be valued close to market prices: officials
Land valuation has been considered a major bottleneck in Vietnam’s socio-economic development, Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha said while chairing a meeting on August 7 discussing amendments and supplements to a government decree on land valuation.In a report by the Ministry of Natural Resources ...
Urgent measures to avert "waste crisis": Overloading across the board
Recently, many localities have faced problems involving waste treatment facilities emitting unpleasant odors, excessive waste overflow, and leachate leakage, causing adverse effects on residents’ lives.Despite the endeavors undertaken by these localities to address the situation, the core issue remains unresolved. It is not only in ...
Translated by Bao Nghi
