Keyword: "productivity"

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Ministry proposes extending agricultural land tax exemption through 2030

Ministry proposes extending agricultural land tax exemption through 2030

The Ministry of Finance has proposed the National Assembly extend the agricultural land tax exemption until December 31, 2030, a move aimed at encouraging investments in agriculture and rural areas to improve the competitive edge of the agricultural products amidst deeper international integration.

Vietnam has removed over 3,000 business regulations. (Photo: VNA)

Vietnam urged to accelerate productivity growth

To achieve a high-income status by 2045, Vietnam needs to accelerate productivity growth as the workforce's contribution to growth is expected to decline and later turn negative because of the country’s population ageing, said Andrea Coppola, Lead Country Economist and Programme Leader for Equitable Growth, Finance and Institutions in Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos.

Workers take a break to exercise during a shift at a textile company in the northern province of Thai Binh. (Photo: VNA)

Reduced working hours must go hand-in-hand with improved productivity

The Vietnam General Confederation of Labour (VGCL), the sole representative of Vietnamese worker's interests and unified trade union organisation in the country, has for the second time this year called on the Government to reduce the weekly working hours for the private sector workers from 48 to 44, and eventually to 40 hours per week.

Malaysia promotes digital transformation in manufacturing industry

Malaysia promotes digital transformation in manufacturing industry

Digital transformation is a new process of reimagining business activities in the digital age and many businesses in Malaysia have made digital transformation commitments, according to Lim Boon Choon, President of Hexagon Manufacturing Intelligence for the Republic of Korea, Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and Pacific.
Ha Giang preserving cultural beauty of ethnic minority group

Ha Giang preserving cultural beauty of ethnic minority group

For generations, the Red Cờ Lao, one of Vietnam’s various ethnic minority groups, have lived in villages on the slopes of the Tay Con Linh mountain range in the northern province of Ha Giang. Their cultural values have changed over times, but some of them have been preserved to this day.
Vietnam provides rice seeds to Lao province

Vietnam provides rice seeds to Lao province

The 705 International Cooperation Company under the Military Region 2, Vietnam's Ministry of National Defence, on March 24 handed over 10 tonnes of rice seeds, worth 18,290 USD to the northern Lao province of Oudomxay to help Lao farmers develop their economy.
No degree, no problem for this rice innovator

No degree, no problem for this rice innovator

Despite lacking a college or university education, farmer Pham Van Nhut in Mekong Delta province of Ben Tre has made great contributions to agricultural development in his community.
All opportunities should be grasped: minister

All opportunities should be grasped: minister

Optimising all opportunities, even the smallest, to create development breakthroughs is one of the central tasks set for the Ministry of Planning and Investment in 2019, Minister Nguyen Chi Dung has said.