Sustainable Development Goals
Covid success reaped in job recovery, rising incomes: report
The General Statistics Office (GSO) has reported a gradual quarter-on-quarter job recovery and a VND1 million ($43.69) increase in average monthly income in the first quarter.However, there are still problems that need to be addressed, the report said. While more people were getting jobs, many ...
Phan Anh
Vietnam Clean Energy Forum looks towards carbon neutrality
The second Vietnam Clean Energy Forum took place in Hanoi on April 7, offering a venue for managers, scientists and businesses to exchange views on mechanisms, policies, technology and financing for wind, solar and gas power projects towards carbon neutrality.Vietnam’s renewable energy sources have reached ...
Drastic measures needed to ensure water security: MoNRE
More drastic and comprehensive measures are needed to improve the efficiency of water resources and ensure water security, especially clean water supplies, the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (MoNRE) has said.Deputy Director of the MONRE’s Water Resources Management Department Nguyễn Minh Khuyến said the ...
Conference Discusses Implementation of Ethnic Socio-economic Development in Mekong Delta
A conference took place in the Mekong Delta province of Soc Trang on April 5, spotlighting the delta’s implementation of a national target program for socio-economic development in ethnic minority and mountainous areas for 2021-2025.At the conference, participants discussed the programme’s tasks, solutions, planning, and ...
Boosting development of green modes of transportation
After four months of operation, the Cat Linh-Ha Dong urban railway line in Hanoi has attracted more and more passengers. The first electric buses have also been launched to serve people in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City. These types of transportation are highly appreciated ...
Quoc Toan
Vietnam warned of 6°C rise by century end
As one of the few hardest-hit countries by climate change, Vietnam is urged to take drastic measures to curb impacts that will not appear in the distant future.Temperatures could rise as much as 6°C in Vietnam at the end of this century in the worst-case ...
Vietnam's air quality improves but has not met WHO standard
Air quality in Vietnam improved in 2021 but still failed to meet the World Health Organization’s annual average PM2.5 concentration guidelines.The decline in the annual average PM2.5 concentration continued in 2021, falling to 24.7 μg/m3 after peaking in 2019 at 34.1, the World Air Quality ...
Viet Anh
How to explore cross-border data
Data can be compared to a crude oil field, and the extraction and processing of it into energy is a matter of survival for businesses.Vietnam is prominent in terms of cross-border data exchange, ranking 7th among countries with the largest cross-border data flows, according to ...
Dau Tu
EU committed to sustainable development of Mekong River nations
Opportunities and challenges to the collaboration of the EU and Mekong countries was the main theme of the EU-Mekong Cooperation Conference held in Hà Nội on Wednesday. This is the first time that Việt Nam has hosted the EU-Mekong Cooperation Conference.The one-day conference was divided into ...
Việt Nam must scale-up budget for climate change adaptation
Việt Nam increased its public expenditure for climate change in 2016-2020, however, more investment is needed to address climate risks and to mobilise more support from international and private sources, according to experts at a workshop held on Friday (11/3) to launch a report on ...
