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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 ...
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 ...
World Bank approves nearly 130 million USD to help Nghe An province improve livability
The World Bank Board of Directors on July 31 approved a project worth 129.6 million USD to strengthen flood resilience and improve sanitation, transport, and public space infrastructure in Nghe An province’s Vinh city – a political, economic, and cultural centre of the north-central coastal ...
Rural households using clean water in Mekong Delta double after five years
The rates of rural households in Mekong Delta provinces having access to clean water rose from 26-75% in 2018 to 53-94% in 2023, heard the Congress of the Mekong Delta Rural Supply Association for the 2023-2028 tenure in Can Tho city on July 29.Over the ...
National energy master plan for 2021-2030 approved
Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha has freshly signed a decision to approve the national energy master plan for the 2021-2030 period, with a vision to 2050.The overall objective of the plan is to ensure the country’s energy security, meet the requirements of economic and ...
Da Nang to provide free schooling for next year
The People’s Council of central Da Nang city has approved free schooling for students from kindergarten to high school in the 2023-2024 academic year with a budget of 408 billion VND (16.3 million USD). The decision was ratified at the council’s working session earlier this ...
Vietnam considers domestic carbon credit exchange to enhance efficiency in green transactions
In light of Vietnam’s projected generation of approximately 10.8 million voluntary carbon credits annually, there is a growing demand for efficient exchange and purchase mechanisms, prompting active discussions about the establishment of a domestic carbon credit exchange.In line with the goal of reaching Net Zero ...
Digital transformation key to breakthrough in cooperatives
Vietnam is now home to over 2,000 hi-tech cooperatives which are promoting smart agriculture and digital rural areas in the new-style rural development effort. However, digital transformation process in cooperatives remains slow with a shortage of a clear strategy and specific actions.As many cooperative members still have vague ...
EU deforestation regulation – new opportunity for Vietnam’s agriculture
Supply chains of timber, wood products, coffee, and rubber of many countries will encounter many challenges in meeting the EU Deforestation Regulation (EUDR). However, this is also a great opportunity for Vietnam to expand export markets if it is well prepared to satisfy the new ...
