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Financial aid for ethnic minority housing and land reclamation
Deputy Prime Minister Tran Luu Quang has signed off on a decision for assistance in house building and land reclamation for residents in ethnic minority and mountainous areas. The assistance is meant to help with the implementation of the national target programme on socio-economic development ...
Vietnam to develop 1 million ha of low-emission high-quality rice by 2030: draft
The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development is about to complete a draft of the project to develop 1 million ha of low-emission high-quality rice in Vietnam, according to Deputy Minister Tran Thanh Nam.The project is part of the activities to implement Vietnam’s Strategy for ...
Vietnam suggests gender equality solutions at ASGP’s session
Secretary General of the Vietnamese National Assembly Bui Van Cuong delivered a speech on gender equality in parliaments at the plenary session of the Association of Secretaries General of Parliaments (ASGP) in Manama, the capital city of Bahrain on March 13 (local time). The Vietnamese ...
Annual report on foreign investment for 2022 released in Vietnam
The 2022 annual report of foreign investment in Vietnam was announced at a ceremony in Hanoi on March 10.The report is authored by Prof., Dr. Nguyen Mai – President of Vietnam’s Association of Foreign-Invested Enterprises (VAFIE), with reference to documents of many prestigious international organisations ...
More needs to be done to meet mandate of disclosing information online: study
Despite an improvement in the online disclosure of district-level land use plans and provincial-level land pricing frameworks, the difference between the reviews in 2021 and 2022 was not significant, according to recent research findings. The findings were shared at a thematic discussion jointly organised by ...
Efforts exerted to increase climate change adaptability of Mekong Delta urban systems
Localities in the Mekong Delta region are working hard to increase their urban areas’ adaptability to climate change, and boost urban development to green and sustainable direction.It is forecasted that by the end of the 21st century, the sea level will rise by 0.5 – ...
Dossiers for building of decree on personal data protection approved
The Vietnamese government has issued Resolution 13/NQ-CP, approving the dossiers for the building of a decree on personal data protection.According to the resolution, personal data are processed without the consent of the data subject in several cases, such as protecting the life and health of ...
Conservation of wetland habitats contributes to carbon storage
The conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity and ecosystem services of wetlands (Ramsar sites) has contributed to sustainable socio-economic development, carbon storage, climate change adaptation, environmental protection, and nature and biodiversity preservation.Dr. Du Van Toan from the Institute of Environmental Science, Seas and Islands under the ...
Industry-trade sector aims to reduce greenhouse gas emission by up to 30%
The Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) has issued an action plan on climate change adaptation to 2030, with a vision to 2025, with a goal of reducing the sector’s greenhouse gas emission by 25%-30%.Under the plan, the proportion of renewable energy in the total ...
SMEs show limited engagement in circular economy
Vietnamese small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) have showed their limited participation in circular economy for both subjective and objective reasons, mostly related to resources, awareness, capacity and vision for benefits of circular economy, said Director of the Institute for Circular Economy Development (ICED) Asso. Prof. ...
