Representatives of the blockchain industry in Vietnam have asked for a ‘sandbox’ for the technology while meeting with Government agencies at a conference on in Hanoi on September 18.
The reform of market economic institutions is one of the issues to be debated at the second Vietnam Reform and Development Forum (VRDF) in Hanoi on September 19, said Minister of Planning and Investment Nguyen Chi Dung.
The Vietnam Reform and Development Forum 2019 (VRDF 2019) will focus on the reform of market economic institutions and innovations in order to help Vietnam escape from the middle-income trap.
People should be placed in the centre of sustainable development, said Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc at a national conference in Hanoi on September 12.
A contest entitled “Innovate like a Swede” was launched in Hanoi on September 9, aiming to encourage Vietnamese youths to raise initiatives and innovative solutions to challenges in sustainable development.
The Government of Thailand will spend 37 billion baht (1.2 billion USD) financing its ambitious scientific research and innovation development scheme in the next eight years to increase the country’s competitiveness and better brace it for an ageing population and degraded environment.
The Political Bureau’s Directive No. 05-CT/TW on promoting the studying and following of President Ho Chi Minh’s thought, morality and lifestyle was implemented with innovations over the past three years, heard a national teleconference in Hanoi on August 20.
Ceramic industry operators worldwide will display technology innovations at the ASEAN Ceramics 2019 in Thailand to develop their potential and enhance competitiveness in the international market.
Hanoi’s secondary school students grabbed gold medals for their two inventions at the World Invention Creativity Olympic (WICO) in the Republic of Korea.
A workshop was held in Hanoi on July 16 to launch a regional project to improve cooperation in policy research, implementation and advocacy in agriculture and rural development in Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar and Vietnam.
With innovations in health-check procedures, millions of working hours have been saved and links in health testing alone have saved more than 300 billion VND per year.
There is room for the private economic sector to further develop, Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc affirmed during a reception for representatives from the Vietnam Private Business Association in Hanoi on June 17.
Scientists gave opinions on the country’s socio-economic development strategy for 2021-2030 with a vision towards 2045 during their meeting with the subcommittee on socio-economic affairs of the 13th National Party Congress in Hanoi on May 13.
As many as 16 classical dramas and seven folk operas will be performed between May 11 and 19 in central city of Thanh Hoa as part of the National Classical Drama and Folk Opera Festival 2019.
The southern key economic zone needs to set forth a long-term vision and outline mechanisms and policies to develop in a strong and sustainable manner, maintaining its locomotive role in national socio-economic development, Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has said.
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