Enhancing forests’ contributions to hunger elimination, poverty
alleviation, environmental services and livelihood improvement is the
general objective of a project funded by the Asia-Pacific Network for
Sustainable Forest Management and Rehabilitation (APFNet) in Vietnam.
Vietnam and Laos have inked a MoU on boosting their comprehensive
cooperation in agro-forestry, fisheries and rural development with a
focus on science and technology, training, investment and trade.
Experts have called on authorities to provide strong, clear conditions,
not merely open offers for foreign investors, before granting FDI
licences.
The new concept in luring foreign direct investment (FDI) was prompted by
the fact that a number of major FDI projects have had their licences
revoked or have been liquidated and shifted to other investors due to
slow deployment or inefficient operations.
The central province of Nghe An licensed 45 investment projects
totalling 39 trillion VND (more than 2 billion USD in the first seven
months of this year, doubling its target set for the year, the
provincial Department of Planning and Investment said.
The Permanent Deputy PM has admitted power
supply failed to meet demand although the power industry grew between
13-15 percent yearly and promised investment in nuclear and wind power
as a solution.
Top leaders of Vietnam and Finland have agreed to raise two-way trade
and Finnish investments in the Southeast Asian country to 1 billion USD
respectively within the next few years.
An international seminar on “President
Ho Chi Minh’s heritage” opened Hanoi on 12 to mark the 120 th
birthday of the President, who is known both as a hero of national
liberation and a prominent cultural celebrity (May 19, 1890-2010).
The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural
Development (MARD) on March 22 presented the insignia “For the Cause of
Agriculture and Rural Development” to Deputy Representative of the Japan
International Cooperation Agency (JICA) in Vietnam Yasuhiro Tojo.
National Assembly Chairman Nguyen Phu
Trong on Feb. 17 visited the Hanoi suburban district of Soc Son and
launched a tree-planting drive on the Lunar New Year occasion.
The WB-funded Rural Finance Project II
(RFP II) has recorded better-than-expected results, having help the
agricultural sector develop in a more sustainable manner.
Vietnam will continue to participate in
projects of the UN Collaborative Programme on Reducing Emissions from
Deforestation and Forest Degradation (UN-REDD), said a senior official.
A National Assembly delegation led by NA Chairman Nguyen Phu Trong is paying a
two-day visit to the northern mountainous province of Bac Kan to explore
socio-economic situations of the region.
The Central Highlands province of Gia
Lai should pay attention to training grassroots-level officials,
especially ethnic minority ones, as they directly work with and bring
the Party and State’s policies to the people.
Party General Secretary Nong Duc Manh urged the Central Highlands province of
Kon Tum to fully tap into its local strengths in afforestation, agriculture,
husbandry and border trade during his visit with local authorities on Dec 10 and
11.
People in the southern province of Kien
Giang have directly taken part in climate change prevention for the
first time by attending a training programme on how to plant coastal
mangrove swamps in Hon Dat district.
