Major German research institutes and foundations have spoken highly of Vietnam's efforts in fighting COVID-19 and boosting economic development on the threshold of the 13th National Party Congress, and highlighted priorities of the country’s leaders in the next five years.
The expanded road transport network with the building of expressways in Vietnam has contributed to the country’s noted economic growth over the past 15 years, heard a forum in central Khanh Hoa province on September 28.
The Vietnam Socio-economic Forum opened in the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho on September 24, focusing on the situation in the first nine months of 2020 and potential solutions.
Ocean accounting, which is built based on the System of Environmental-Economic Accounting (SEEA), helps experts and policy-makers evaluate the actual contribution the seas make to the economy, heard a workshop held in Hanoi on October 11.
Vietnam’s socio-economic situation has shown positive signs with the economy maintaining growth momentum in the first months of 2019, according to Nguyen Duc Kien, vice chairman of the National Assembly (NA)’s Economics Committee.
Green growth is a path to achieving sustainable development in the context of climate change, Associate Prof. Dr. Nguyen Danh Son from the Graduate Academy of Social Sciences said at a conference on green growth in Vietnam on September 27.
The Office of the National Assembly (NA) and the Hanns Seidel Foundation of Germany co-organised a workshop in Hanoi on April 25 to seek solutions to air pollution.
A conference was held in the northern province of Bac Giang on October
30-31 to discuss how to promote international integration and
sustainable development in Vietnam in future.
Businesspeople and authorities in 13 Mekong Delta cities and
provinces shared opportunities and obstacles arising from the global
integration at a conference in Can Tho city on August 21.
The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment has signed with
Germany’s Hanns-Seidel Foundation a cooperation agreement on green
growth and sustainable utility of natural resources in the 2014-2016
period.
Officials and diplomats from the 10 ASEAN member countries gathered at a
conference in Jakarta, Indonesia to debate the bloc’s sustainable
development goals (SDGs) on September 2.
Vietnamese and German environmental experts gathered in Hanoi on
November 21 at a seminar to discuss Vietnam’s opportunities and
challenges faced in its move to join the global carbon market.
Senior officials and delegates from Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar and Vietnam
have shared their experiences in devising and implementing international
economic integration policies to serve their countries’ sustainable
development at a seminar in Hanoi.