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Vietnam to lift pre-entry COVID-19 test requirements for entrants on May 15
Vietnam will remove the pre-entry COVID-19 test requirements for all foreign arrivals starting Sunday, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has directed. The direction, effective at 0:00 on May 15, comes as the numbers of COVID-19 infections and deaths drop both in Vietnam and around the ...
Vietnam will likely pilot carbon credit market by 2025: ministry
With its large forest reserves, Vietnam has great potential for developing a forest carbon credit market, and a “draft project to develop the carbon market in Vietnam” with a view to piloting a carbon credit exchange by 2025 was already submitted to the prime minister for ...
Vinh Tho - Quang The - Le
Mekong Delta Resilient Business Network debuts in Vietnam
The Mekong Delta Resilient Business Network (MRBN), the first aggregation of businesses adapting to climate change in Vietnam, made its debut in Can Tho City, part of the Mekong Delta in the southern region, on Thursday.The network, sponsored by the UPS Group, is a non-profit ...
Vinh Tho - Chi Quoc
Vietnam to officially launch COVID-19 vaccine passports this week
The Ministry of Health expects to officially grant digital COVID-19 vaccination certificates, also known as ‘vaccine passports,’ across Vietnam this week after a smooth pilot at three hospitals in Hanoi, an official has said. Vietnam’s vaccination record card will contain personal information and vaccination data encrypted into a QR ...
Vinh Tho - Lan Anh
Vietnam ranks first in terms of gender equality at home, work: global survey
A recent survey by the Worldwide Independent Network of Market Research (WIN) shows that Vietnam ranks first in terms of gender equality at home and work among 39 countries included in the poll. The survey was conducted in 39 countries via face-to-face, telephone, and online ...
Duy Khang - Vu Thuy
Vietnam boasts largest renewable energy complex in Southeast Asia
Vietnam now possesses the largest renewable energy farm complex in Southeast Asia, generating a total power output of up to one billion kWh per year, after the debut of a wind power plant in south-central Ninh Thuan Province on Friday (16 April)The inauguration ceremony for ...
Vinh Tho
Vietnamese citizens show weaker economic optimism: research
Citizens in Malaysia, Thailand, and Vietnam showed a weaker economic recovery sentiment compared to other regional countries after the resurgence of COVID-19 in the past few months, according to a study by market research giant Ipsos Group.The report ‘Living through Pandemic: COVID-19 Impact on Southeast ...
Children must be taught online safety skills: experts
Internet users in Vietnam, especially children, face many risks online, according to experts.Nguyen Quang Dong, Director of the Institute for Policy Research and Communication Development, told Tuoi tre (Youth) newspaper that the issue is rooted in the weak awareness and poor digital security skills of internet users, ...
Vietnam targets jump in solar, wind power capacity
Vietnam plans to ramp up its solar and wind power generation capacity, aiming to raise the proportion of renewables in its power mix to 15%-20% by 2030 and to 25%-30% by 2045, from 10% currently.Facing an imminent electricity shortage, Vietnam is developing renewables, along with ...
Coronavirus pandemic accelerating with Americas worst, warns WHO
The coronavirus pandemic is accelerating, with Thursday’s 150,000 new cases the highest in a single day and nearly half of those in the Americas, the World Health Organization (WHO) said. As well as the Americas, a large number of new cases were coming from South ...
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