A workshop is underway in the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho, discussing how to improve the ability to assess environmental impacts for developers of major development projects in the Mekong Delta.
Winners of Hackathon for Social Good, a 48-hour coding contest to create useful technology products with commercial values for society, were honoured at a ceremony in Hanoi on November 24.
Workshops on issues related to climate change risk management, integrated coastal management and scaling up investments in the blue economy was held on Nov. 17 as part of the East Asian Seas Congress.
About 100 programmers, developers and social activists gathered in Hackathon for Social Good, a 48-hour coding contest to create useful technology products with commercial values for the society.
The sixth international conference on Vetiver grass with the theme
“Vetiver System: Empowering Sustainable Development” opened on May 6 in
central Da Nang City.
The Vietnam Association of the Elderly (VAE) convened the third national
patriotic emulation congress and marked the 20th founding anniversary
in Hanoi on May 5.
Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS) leaders adopted a joint declaration of
their fifth summit in Bangkok , Thailand on December 20, committing
to the inclusive and sustainable development of the subregion,
especially the effective management and use of Mekong River water
resources.
In 2014, the Vietnam Rubber Group (VRG) will purchase an additional
11,220 hectares of rubber trees in Cambodia as it strives to gain
100,000 ha in the neighbouring country, according to VRG General
Director Tran Ngoc Thuan.
Vietnamese enterprises have failed to implement effective corporate
social responsibility projects in a strategic way to create long-term
social benefits and improve their reputations, a study revealed on
December 6.
The Cambodian media has hailed Vietnam’s Hoang Anh Gia Lai (HAGL)
Group for its participation in numerous community development activities
in the remote northeastern province of Ratanakiri.
The social business model is one of the measures and initiatives that
can help Vietnam deal with challenges in economic recovery and
restructuring and maintaining sustainable development, a Vietnamese
official has said.
The relationship between Vietnam and the Republic of Korea (RoK)
is expected to be brought to a new height in the future as the two
countries reached strategic cooperative partnership level.
The Ministry of Transport on Aug. 31 asked the Japan International
Cooperation Agency (JICA) to start conducting feasibility studies on two
portions of an express-railway linking Hanoi with Vinh City
(the capital of central Nghe An province) and HCM City-Nha Trang.
Dong Nai and Dong Phu companies under the Vietnam Rubber Group (VRG)
on June 19 launched a new phase of rubber planting in Sombo district,
Kratie province of Cambodia.
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