- Hai Duong is envisioned to become a modern industrialised province and a keyindustrial hub in the Red River Delta by 2030, according to a master planannounced on January 10 in the presence of Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh.
By 2030, Hai Duong will have developed comprehensive socio-economicinfrastructure, built greenness, smartness and modernity-oriented urban areasdeeply imbued with its identity, and met some basic criteria of a centrally-runcity, according to the province’s master plan for the 2021 - 2030 period with avision to 2050. Read full story
- There is plenty of room for Vietnam and Sweden to boost cooperation in manyareas, especially those of each other’s strength and demand, stated VietnameseAmbassador to Sweden Tran Van Tuan.
Firstly, the two sides boast high collaboration potential in climate change andenvironmental protection, as Sweden is a world leader in the field and Vietnamone of the countries hardest hit by climate change, the diplomat said in aninterview granted to the Vietnam News Agency on the occasion of the 55thanniversary of the Vietnam-Sweden diplomatic relations. Read full story
- Reforming mechanisms for mobilising private organisations, businesses,individuals, and the society’s engagement in child care and protection is amongthe key tasks recently set by the Politburo.
This is part of the Politburo’s Directive No 28-CT/TW, issued on December 25,2023, on the enhancement of child care, education, and protection.
In November 2012, the Politburo also released a directive on promoting theParty’s leadership over child care, education, and protection which affirmedthe need to boost the private sector’s engagement in the work. Read full story
- The management board of the Ho Chi Minh City Export Processing and IndustrialZones Authority (Hepza) has set a target to attract 550 million USD ininvestment capital this year, averaging 8.5 million USD per ha.
Concurrently, the board aims to finalise the pilot conversion project for TanThuan Export Processing Zone, along with Tan Binh, Cat Lai, Hiep Phuoc, andBinh Chieu industrial parks (IPs); and build 25,000 sq.m of high-rise workshopspace. Read full story
- More than 1,800 night flights,equivalent to 8% of the total number of domestic flights, will be operated fromJanuary 21 to February 25 to meet the increasing travel demand during the LunarNew Year (Tet) holiday.
The Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam (CAAV) issued a documentallowing night flights during the Tet holiday, and asked carriers to takeactions to minimise flight delays and cancellations, and to intensify controlto ensure aviation safety. Read full story
- The Mercantile Exchange of Vietnam (MXV), the only national centralisedcommodity trading market organiser in Vietnam, has said that it will focus onbuilding specialised commodity trading floors in the coming time.
This is one of the MXV's key plans in the 2023 – 2028 period, aiming to developthe domestic commodities trading market in accordance with internationalstandards. Read full story
- Up to 77.41% of the adults in Vietnam have payment accounts at present, anincrease from 31% during the 2015 - 2017 period, an official of the State Bankof Vietnam (SBV) cited a World Bank report as saying.
Impressive results have been recorded in payment-related activities in therecent past, SBV Deputy Governor Pham Tien Dung told a conference in Hanoi onJanuary 9, noting that many banks have reported over 90% of transactionsconducted digitally, in some cases even 98%. Read full story
- The Vietnamese animation studio Sconnect has officially been recognised fortwo records in the fields of animated film copyrights and multilingualdistribution on digital platforms, marking the first time in Vietnam thatrecords have been established in the realm of animated films.
The Vietnam Records Organisation (Vietkings) presented Sconnect Vietnam the tworecords for the most copyrights related to Vietnamese animated films (127copyrights) and for Wolfoo - Vietnamese animated film with the mostmultilingual releases on the YouTube platform. Read full story./.
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