Schools winning the ASEAN Eco-Schools Vietnam 2024 Awards were honoured at a ceremony jointly held in Hanoi on December 27 by the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment and the “For Green Future” Foundation of Vingroup JSC.
With an array of effective models and programmes put in place, a biodiversity protection and environmental sustainability project in Da Nang, funded by the EU, has made contributions to promoting biodiversity and helping local people develop livelihoods, heard a workshop held in the central city on November 24.
Vietnam welcomes initiatives to promote regional economic connection and cooperation on the basis of ensuring the principles of equality, cooperation, mutual benefit and mutual respect, in accordance with international law and the UN Chapter, towards contributing to the common development and prosperity of all countries, Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Pham Thu Hang said on September 14.
Vietnam has proactively participated in trade and investment cooperation activities in the Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS), which comprises Cambodia, China’s Yunnan and Guangxi provinces, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam, over the past 29 years.
Foreign ministry spokesperson Le Thi Thu Hang on December 17 affirmed that Vietnam welcomes initiatives that contribute to joint cooperation efforts to manage and use the Mekong River’s water resources sustainably, equitably and properly.
The 23rd ASEAN Finance Ministers’ and Central Bank Governors’ Meeting Plus Three (AFMGM+3) was held virtually on September 18, with discussions focusing on a wide range of measures to promote regional economic growth.
Initiatives to protect the green planet towards a sustainable development environment were introduced at a talk held by the Live & Learn Centre in collaboration with the French Cultural Centre (L’Espace) in Hanoi on August 19.
Ambassador Dang Dinh Quy, head of Vietnam’s permanent mission to the United Nations (UN), presented the country’s policies to promote green agriculture at a sideline event of the High-level Political Forum of the UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) in New York on July 11.
Russia is interested in initiatives raised by Vietnam, including drafting joint action programmes within the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) framework to strengthen inclusive development
Twenty-one startup businesses were honoured at an award ceremony in Hanoi on September 20 for initiatives in response to climate change-related challenges.
Japan and the Republic of Korea (RoK) expressed their commitments to supporting Vietnam’s initiatives in addressing regional security challenges on the sidelines of the ongoing 50th ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ Meeting (AMM 50) on August 8.
Representatives from Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) member economies gathered in Hanoi on May 11 for the 10th APEC Policy Partnership on Science, Technology and Innovation (PPSTI-10) Meeting.
The Mekong Delta city of Can Tho will fund up to 200 million VND (nearly 9,000 USD) to each initiative selected for the Green-Clean-Beautiful City Programme, said Vice Chairwoman of the municipal People’s Committee Vo Thi Hong Anh.
A Vietnamese delegation led by Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc will attend the annual World Economic Forum (WEF) 2017 in Davos, Switzerland from January 17-20.
One billion VND (45,000 USD) will be granted for e-tourism initiatives to promote Vietnam ’s tourism to international markets, according to the Vietnam National Administration of Tourism.
Vietnam has presented initiatives to enhance the role of and contributions by science, technology and innovation (STI) to the development of the region that groups ASEAN and China, Japan and the RoK.
President Truong Tan Sang has praised the skill of mass mobilisation workers who contributed to the vibrant development of southern metropolis Ho Chi Minh City.
