Air pollution in HCM City caused by vehicles has become even more serious than the level of pollution emitted by industrial zones, environmental experts say.
Children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) face a lack of qualified facilities and government support policies, while parents lack sufficient knowledge about the disorder, experts said at a conference held in HCM City on August 29.
Officials from the agriculture sector and some provinces gathered at a recent workshop in Ninh Thuan province to discuss ways to sustainably develop goat and sheep farming and adapt it to climate change.
Authorities of Kien Giang province have devised measures to minimise and eliminate IUU fishing, aiming to remove the EC's “yellow card” warning against Vietnamese aquaculture products.
The central province of Thua Thien-Hue plans to grow 13,000 hectares of large-timber forest by 2020, with 40 percent of which received Forest Stewardship Council (FSC)’s certificate, ensuring that products come from responsibly managed forests that provide environmental, social and economic benefits.
Wood processing and forestry export must become a spearhead in Vietnam’s production and exports in the next ten years, making the country become the world’s leading forestry production and export hub, said Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc.
Ho Chi Minh City’s Department of Industry and Trade met with more than 50 experts, researchers and business leaders at a meeting on August 3 to discuss solutions to develop the city’s main products in the trading and services sector.
A meeting in northern Thai Nguyen province on July 31 emphasised the need for livelihood solutions to sustainably reduce poverty in local ethnic minority groups.
National Assembly Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan hosted a reception for 70 workers who have been honoured with the third Nguyen Duc Canh Award given by the Vietnam General Confederation of Labour (VGCL) to outstanding labourers with excellent ideas, technological solutions, and inventions.
Exports from the Mekong Delta province of Ca Mau rose by 4.8 percent in the first half of 2018 to 441 million USD, with aquatic products making up a majority of the total.
The price of material shrimps is forecast to recover in August and September after suffering drops over the past months, especially in the second quarter of 2018, according to the Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers (VASEP).
Most insurance businesses are planning to apply new technologies in management systems and improving customer services, and many also plan to study new products to meet the market’s demand and diversify insurance sale channels, according to a recent Vietnam Report survey.
As many as 885 agricultural enterprises were established in the first six months of 2018, raising total firms in this sector to 8,667, reported the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD).
Deputy Prime Minister Vuong Dinh Hue has said Vietnam and Chile’s legislative bodies should enhance exchanges and experience sharing in law-building.
The People’s Committee of the Mekong Delta province of Tra Vinh has decided to spend more than 9.7 billion VND (426,800 USD) to help local firms improve the quality of key products of the locality in 2018-2020.
A conference on investment and start-up promotion will take place in the Mekong Delta province of Soc Trang on June 19, aiming to call for investments to the locality.
The Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers (VASEP) has asked the Government to strengthen the control of temporary imports for re-export of shrimp from India and Ecuador.
More than a year after it rolled out support policies to help household businesses become enterprises, only 3,950 out of 250,000 have done so, the Ho Chi Minh City Department of Taxation has said.
