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Vaccine diplomacy – key to achieve herd immunity ahead of schedule
Once left behind in vaccine coverage, Vietnam managed to become the 53rd country in the world achieving the goal of covering basic doses of COVID-19 vaccine for 70 percent of its population after just a few months.As of December 21, Vietnam has basically achieved herd ...
Vietnam takes a big step forward in international publications in social sciences
About 10 years ago, a mathematician said that Vietnam did not yet have social science study works. The comment seemed to be a bit harsh, but it did make sense, especially when it comes to international publications.Ten years later, the number of articles in the ...
Pham Hiep
Mekong Delta faces challenge to reducing greenhouse gas emissions in rice farming
Rice production is one of the largest sources of greenhouse gas emissions in agriculture, and how to reduce the emissions while still ensuring food security and raising farmers’ income in the Mekong Delta is now a hard nut to crack to many.Nguyen Van Toan from ...
Vietnam preparing for a greenhouse gas emission reporting system
Based on the revised Environmental Protection Law approved in 2020 and the detailed enforcement regulations, the Vietnamese Government is proceeding with the construction of a greenhouse gases (GHG) emission reporting system for business establishments. It is expected that next year, the Prime Minister will issue ...
Marine plastic waste an urgent issue in coastal Vietnam
Vietnam needs to carry out practical measures to manage and reduce marine plastic waste to ensure sustainable development of the fishery industry, according to experts at a workshop held in Hanoi on Wednesday.The workshop was held by the Vietnam’s Institute of Fisheries Economics and Planning and ...
Code of conduct on child protection in cyberspace to be issued
The Code of Conduct on Protection of Children on Cyberspace is scheduled for issuance in the fourth quarter of 2021. This is expected to deal with harmful content on forums on social networks whose members are mostly children.The Information Security Administration said that during Covid-19, ...
Van Anh
Vietnam’s agriculture: from local to global mindset
Agriculture has always been a pioneer in the Doi Moi (renovation) process, contributing significantly to achievements in poverty reduction and food security in Vietnam.In the time of globalization and integration, Vietnam aims to develop agriculture on a green, low-emissions foundation to contribute to realizing its ...
Carolyn Turk
Getting rich or ending up in prison from land deals
It is a huge responsibility of the compilers of the revised Land Law to best promote this extremely important resource and at the same time minimize gaps and limitations to prevent special interest groups from acquiring and extracting benefits from land.On September 9, 2021, the ...
Kien Trung
Deputy PM signs decision on national database sharing
Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam has recently signed Decision No.1911/QD-TTg dated November 15, 2001 on the connection and sharing between the national database on population with national and specialised databases.The connection and sharing of citizens’ information among databases must ensure confidentiality, cyber security and ...
Data defined as new resource for economic and social development
Deputy Minister of Information and Communications Nguyen Huy Dung said that the Covid-19 pandemic showed valuable lessons about the importance of open data and data sharing in planning the epidemic prevention strategy of each country. Vietnam recognized early on the importance of data and open ...
Trong Dat
