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ILO Vietnam willing to help Vietnamese gov’t, employers, workers
Country Director of the International Labour Organisation (ILO) Vietnam Chang-Hee Lee has said that ILO Vietnam was ready to help the Vietnamese Government, employers and employees to find suitable jobs as the coronavirus takes its toll on labour markets and the economy.According to the ILO, ...
Over US$30 million for Vietnam to enhance climate resilience
The Green Climate Fund (GCF) has approved a non-refundable aid worth US$30.2 million to help Vietnam enhance climate resilience, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD).The sum will be allocated to a project named “Strengthening the resilience of smallholder agriculture to climate ...
EVFTA offers market gap for national agricultural sector
With the country poised to enjoy immediate tariff cuts right after the Vietnam-EU Free Trade Agreement (EVFTA) comes into effect, especially with regard to tariff reduction on agricultural processed products, there will be plenty of opportunities for local goods to enjoy competitive prices whilst exporting ...
Building post-2025 ASEAN Vision under discussion in Da Nang
A special session of the ASEAN Senior Officials’ Meeting (SOM) took place in the central city of Da Nang on March 4 to discuss orientations for building ASEAN Vision after 2025.Orientations for building ASEAN Community Vision after 2025 will be linked to the mid-term review process of ...
Priorities for ASEAN economic pillar unveiled
As ASEAN Chair for 2020, Vietnam will introduce initiatives and priorities to boost regional connectivity and make ASEAN one the world’s leading economic growth regions.This year ASEAN countries will devise a mid-term Master Plan for building the ASEAN Community until 2025; develop an ASEAN Master ...
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Massive investment in wind power plants could overload grid: experts
The rush to invest in wind energy to take advantage of the Government’s pricing incentives could lead to overloading of the national grid in a repeat of the solar scenario, experts warn.The Government announced a feed-in tariff (FIT) in 2011 for wind energy of 1,770 ...
Workshop discusses climate change in Vietnam, Taiwan
An international workshop, titled ‘Climate Change and Agriculture: Status, Impact, Adaptation, Insurance in Vietnam and Taiwan’ has been held in Hanoi. The workshop announced an important product of the project – an English monograph titled “Climate Change and Agriculture: Status, Impact, Adaptation, Insurance in the Mekong ...
Vietnam receives AIPA chairmanship for 2019-2020
Vietnam’s National Assembly Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan received the AIPA chairmanship for 2019-2020 from Speaker of the Thai House of Representatives Chuan Leekpai at the 40th General Assembly of the ASEAN Inter-Parliamentary Assembly (AIPA) which came to an end in Bangkok on August 29.Through ...
S&P raises Vietnam’s credit rating with stable outlook
Standard and Poor’s (S&P) Global Ratings’ recent upgrade of its long-term sovereign credit rating for Vietnam, the first time since 2010, was expected to help the country to attract more foreign investments into the economy and expand exports.In August 2018, credit rating agency Moody’s Investors ...
Hanoi to limit new motorbike registration from 2020
Hanoi is considering limiting the registration of new motorbikes in the downtown area from next year to reduce traffic jams.Keep reading ...
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