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Vietnam proposes establishing global network on ocean-sea data sharing
Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc proposed an initiative to form a global network on sharing data on oceans and sea, towards a global framework on preventing marine plastic waste at a discussion on climate and environment within the framework of the G20 Summit in Osaka ...
Switzerland supports Vietnam to develop eco-industrial parks
Vietnam’s Ministry of Planning and Investment and the Swiss Department of Economic Affairs, Education and Research have just signed a memorandum of understanding over eco-industrial park development in Vietnam.The first phase of the project was carried out by the MPI and the United Nations Industrial ...
Raising awareness of plastic pollution
In order to step by step mitigate plastic pollution, communication work should be regularly and constantly implemented to raise the community’s awareness of the adverse impacts of plastic waste, in addition to effectively observing the laws and policies concerned.Media agencies should continue to honestly, objectively ...
Vietnam frets as birthrates go low in some localities
The average Vietnamese woman now bears 2.09 children, a figure sustained since 2006. In 1992, the figure was 3.74, Vice Minister of Health Nguyen Viet Tien said at a meeting on Thursday to commemorate the World Population Day. Vietnam’s annual population growth on average from ...
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RoK helps Vietnam improve rice value chain
A cooperation agreement on the implementation of a project on rice value chain improvement in the Hong River Delta was signed between representatives from the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development and the Korea Rural Community Corporation (KRC) of in Hanoi on July 12.The project, ...
Ethnic minorities contribute to review of historic women’s rights
On July 11, the Committee on Ethnic Minority Affairs (CEMA) and UN Women held a consultation workshop in support of Viet Nam’s review of the report on the 25-year implementation of the Beijing Platform for Action and invited ethnic minorities to share their perspective. The ...
Vietnam's population hits 96 million
The Central Steering Committee for the Population and Housing Census published preliminary results from the 2019 census on July 11 in Hanoi.As at April 1, Vietnam’s population was more than 96.2 million people, with men accounting for 49.8 per cent and women 50.2 per cent. ...
Communication training course on clean air protection
The Live and Learn centre and the German Development Cooperation Organisation (GIZ) jointly opened a training course in Hanoi on July 4 for reporters and communication officers to increase public awareness of clean air protection.The two-day course provides information about the cause and impacts of ...
White Book on Vietnamese Businesses 2019 launched
The first edition of the White Book on Vietnamese Businesses was launched at a ceremony in Hanoi on July 10. The White Book, compiled by the General Statistics Office under the Ministry of Planning and Investment, contains essential information assessing the development of enterprises across the ...
Labour market records positive figures in six months
The General Statistics Office (GSO) has reported encouraging data in the labour market in the first six months of 2019, including unemployment decline and income improvement. It highlighted a positive shift in the labour structure with a sharp fall in the proportion of agro-forestry-fishery labourers and ...
