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Hanoi builds dossier to join UNESCO Creative Cities Network
The Hanoi People’s Committee recently issued a plan on building a ‘Hanoi – creative city’ dossier to apply to join the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) Creative Cities Network.The offices will conduct survey, gather documents and statistics of the city in various ...
Vietnam international commercial mediation centre debuts
The Vietnam International Commercial Mediation Centre (VICMC), the first of its kind set up under a license of the Ministry of Justice, has made its debut. As a member of the Vietnam Society of International Law (VSIL), the VICMC is established and operates for non-profit purposes. ...
WB helps develop urban infrastructure in Vietnam’s provinces
The World Bank (WB) Board of Executive Directors has approved a 194.36 million USD credit package to help four secondary cities in Vietnam build critically-needed municipal infrastructure and strengthen urban planning, the WB said on June 12.Approximately 200,000 residents are expected to benefit directly from ...
Electronic information and education system launched
The Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee’s Commission for Information and Education launched its electronic information and education system VCNET at a ceremony in Hanoi on June 11. The system is a joint project between the commission and the Military Industry Telecoms Group Viettel. All citizens can ...
Kien Giang province recovers protective forests
The Mekong Delta province of Kien Giang has recovered its protective forests along coastal areas by enlisting the help of local residents to plant and protect mangrove trees. The management board in cooperation with the local households and organisations that protect mangrove forest buffer zones has protected ...
Hanoi strives to reduce greenhouse gas emissions
With a population of over 7.7 million people along with 17 industrial parks, more than 1,300 trade villages, 5.3 million motorbikes and nearly 560,000 cars, Hanoi is suffering from negative impacts caused by climate change.To gradually reduce greenhouse gas emissions, in December 2015, the capital ...
Hanoi forum looks to end child labour
Over 200 children in Hanoi attended a forum responding to World Day against Child Labour 2019: Children shouldn’t work in fields, but on dreams, held on June 7. Addressing the event, Deputy Minister of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs Nguyen Thi Ha said the Vietnamese ...
PM issued roadmap for SDGs realisation by 2030
Vietnam has rolled out a roadmap to realise 17 sustainable development goals (SDGs) to 2030, focusing on aspects of economics, social affairs and the environment.According the roadmap issued by Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc in Decision 681/QD-TTg, strong efforts will made to eradicate all forms ...
Vietnam sets up national committee to wipe out TB
Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has approved the establishment of a national committee on tuberculosis (TB) eradication.Headed by Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam, the committee is designed to have a maximum of 20 members. Its operation will be supported by the same apparatus that ...
First exhibition on plastic waste opens in Hanoi
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in coordination with photographer Nguyen Viet Hung, or Lekima Hung, organised a photo exhibition on plastic waste in Hanoi on June 4. Themed “Save our seas,” the five-day exhibition, the first of its kind in Vietnam, aims to respond to ...
