The northwest mountainous Ha Giang provincial People’s Committee and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) have helped construct 26.5km of new rural roads connecting 17 hamlets of Yen Minh district and four other hamlets of Dong Van district.
A programme to set up “Rice ATMs” in the Mekong Delta province of An Giang was launched on December 22 by Prudential Vietnam together with the province’s Red Cross Society.
Vice President Dang Thi Ngoc Thinh, on behalf of the Party and the State, presented the “Labour Hero in Renewal Period” title to Electricity of Vietnam (EVN) in recognition of its contributions to national socio-economic development at a ceremony on December 21 in Hanoi.
The mountainous district of Quan Hoa in north-central Thanh Hoa province has been following the new-style rural area model over recent years, in line with developing its economy and supporting technology transfer in production. And its efforts have paid off.
Chairwoman of the National Assembly Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan spoke highly of efforts by the central province of Quang Nam in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic and successive natural calamities, during her visit to the province on December 20.
Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc gave instructions on ways to address major problems facing by Tra Vinh, Thua Thien-Hue and Thai Binh provinces to help those localities promote development at working sessions on the past several days.
The south-central province of Ninh Thuan is focusing on strengthening the management and protection of natural forests, afforestation and developing the forest economy in association with building livelihoods for people in the buffer zone.
If the sex ratio at birth remains unchanged, Vietnam is likely to record an excess of 1.5 million males aged 15-49 by 2034 and 2.5 million by 2059, an in-depth study of the 2019 population and housing census reveals.
Over 21 trillion VND (913 million USD) is needed to supply electricity to most rural households currently without access, heard a consultation conference in Hanoi on December 18 to pool investment for power supply projects in rural, mountainous, and island areas in the 2021-2025 period.
The Airports Corporation of Vietnam (ACV) will invest over 99 trillion VND (4.3 billion USD) in the third component project of the first stage of the Long Thanh international airport in the southern province of Dong Nai.
The power sector not only supplies power to the remote areas but also manages and provides electricity for 11/12 island districts, bringing electricity to 100% of communes and wards.
Households in the Mekong Delta province of Tra Vinh have been planting protective forests in coastal areas to prevent erosion and earn a living for a number of years.
Save the Children and World Vision have worked together to support 12,889 of the most vulnerable households and about 4,800 school children in areas affected by severe floods in Quang Binh, Quang Tri and Thua Thien – Hue provinces.
The Thanh Dat Cocoa Co Ltd in the southern province of Ba Ria-Vung Tau on December 16 sent 2 tonnes of 15 types of organic chocolate products to Japan.
Vietnam needs support from international partners to cope with losses due to climate change and the COVID-19 pandemic, according to an official from the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD).
Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has sent a dispatch to relevant ministries, sectors, and localities requesting they focus on settling the consequences of natural disasters and recovering production in the central region.
Sustainable latex production is important for Vietnam’s rubber industry, and the country should focus on getting rubber plantations to obtain certifications on sustainability, experts have said.
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XIII National Congress of Communist Party of Vietnam
