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Vietnam to stop licensing of wind power plants
The government has stopped licensing wind power plants and is drafting a new national power plan for the next decade. The Ministry of Industry and Trade has told provinces and cities to temporarily stop accepting proposals for new plants.There are 11 operational wind power plants ...
Duc Minh
Gender roles in family key to improving equality
Việt Nam has made many achievements in gender development and many gender-related issues in Việt Nam are still being improved. However, current gender roles in Vietnamese families are still unequal, which can be detrimental to women.This statement was made by Trần Quang Tiến, director of ...
Forum seeks to improve social work in support of gender-based violence victims
A forum on social work to support victims of gender-based violence took place in HCM City on October 8.Co-organised by the HCM City Department of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs and Department of Health, Vietnam Women’s Academy and UN Women, the event saw the participation ...
No public reprimands for primary school students: new MOET circular
Head of the Primary School Department under the Ministry of Education and Training Thai Van Tai talks about changes in regulations relating to the organisation, management and operation of primary schools.The Ministry of Education and Training has issued a new circular on primary schools. The ...
Review of support policies for Coronavirus-affected businesses and people
The Government has put forward policy proposals and issued a number of policies in support of businesses and people affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.On April 8, the Government promulgated Resolution No. 41/2020/ND-CP on deferral of payment of taxes and land rental, which took place on the same ...
Quang Minh
Workers affected by COVID-19 receive free vocational training
The German development agency Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ), in cooperation with the Directorate of Vocational Education and Training and the Departments of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs in eight cities and provinces, will offer short training courses for 1,000 workers affected by the ...
Training costs are high, but students stay abroad to work: experts
A forum on the solutions to develop the contingent of intellectuals in 2021-2030 was organized by the Vietnam Academy of Social Sciences (VASS) on September 25.According to Nguyen Huy Hoang from the Institute of Southeast Asian Studies (ISEAS), Vietnam still doesn’t have sufficient policies to ...
Le Huyen
Gov’t issues action plan to implement National Energy Development Strategy
PM Nguyen Xuan Phuc has issued an action plan to realize the Party Central Committee’s Resolution No. 55-NQ/TW dated on February 11, 2020 on the orientation of the National Energy Development Strategy to 2030 with a vision towards 2045.Under the action plan, the Government will ...
Kim Anh
Charity movement launched on iNhandao platform
Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam attended the programme “Connecting millions of hearts” in Hanoi on October 1 to launch a charity movement on the iNhandao platform and debut digital platforms in education, health care and culture. The event was part of the project on ...
Danang begins one million ‘green’ house projects
Danang Department of Industry and Trade has launched a pilot project on the development of a million green roof-top solar power houses. The project, which was jointly developed with the centre for Green Innovation Development (Green ID), aims to raise potential solar power in the ...
