Disasters and emergency response
Việt Nam joins the Southeast Asia Disaster Risk Insurance Facility
The Ministry of Finance, acting under Government authority, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to become the eighth member of the Southeast Asia Disaster Risk Insurance Facility (SEADRIF). The facility is a regional platform for countries in ASEAN, and China, Japan and Korea (ASEAN+3) to ...
More efforts invested in poverty reduction in ethnic minority areas
Creating sustainable livelihoods for ethnic minority residents in mountainous and border areas to help them get out of poverty is a consistent policy of Vietnam, which has resulted in major achievements.During 2016 – 2020, though Vietnam had encountered many natural disasters and disease outbreaks, especially ...
PM urges effective implementation of socio-economic recovery, development programme
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on February 12 signed a dispatch urging the drastic and effective implementation of the socio-economic recovery and development programme as well as the acceleration of the disbursement of public investment.Accordingly, the Prime Minister requested the synchronous and effective implementation of ...
Employers evading social insurance payments affects workers' rights
Evasion of social insurance payments for workers increased during the COVID-19 pandemic, as enterprises grappled the economic fall-out of pandemic control measures. However, as stipulated by law, avoiding payment and racking up insurance debt severely affects the social security rights of employees.The Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social ...
Mekong Delta should become role model in climate change adaptation: Minister
The Mekong Delta, the largest agricultural hub of Vietnam, should be confident to surmount difficulties and become a role model in climate change adaptation in the world, said Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Le Minh Hoan.Local agriculture officials pointed out certain problems such as ...
Vietnam working to ensure children’s all-round development
Protecting and caring for health of nearly 23 million Vietnamese children and students is the responsibility of not only their families but also the community, the society and the entire political system, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh said on February 10.The PM made the statement ...
“Vaccine diplomacy”: Success story in the time of COVID-19
In the context that many countries were racing to access scarce vaccine supplies and many countries were unwilling to share vaccine production technology, Vietnam’s achievements in vaccine diplomacy were very encouraging.Countries that have traditional relations with Vietnam and can produce COVID-19 vaccines or therapeutic drugs ...
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Agricultural sector continues to be economy's pillar
Ecological agriculture, modern rural areas and smart farmers are expected to be the three key factors helping agriculture secure its role as a firm pillar of the economy in 2022 and following years.Despite COVID-19 impacts that caused the crackdown of the global supply chains in 2021, the ...
Mekong group urges better water management collaboration as record drought persists
The Mekong River Commission on Thursday called on China and Southeast Asian to better coordinate management of Mekong hydropower dams and reservoirs after three years of record low flows and extra dry conditions.The Mekong River’s flow dropped to the lowest levels in more than six ...
National Assembly passes $15b economic recovery package for 2022-23
On the final working day of an extraordinary session, the National Assembly of Việt Nam on Tuesday voted to adopt a Government-proposed socio-economic recovery programme worth nearly VNĐ350 trillion (approximately US$15 billion) over the next two years.The five major tasks stated in the resolution are: reopening ...