The Mekong Delta province of Tra Vinh on April 23 held a ceremony to present and posthumously award the certifications of the “Vietnamese Heroic Mother” title to 54 local women, of whom six have passed away.
The central province of Thanh Hoa aims to send 10,000 labourers to work abroad in 2019 and following years, according to the provincial Department of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs.
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.
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.
NA deputies, during the fifth session of the 14th-tenure National Assembly on May 25, expressed their concern about outstanding problems in the agricultural sector, such as farm produce oversupply and price drop, and support policies for farmers.
Small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) will benefit from many support policies of the State, especially those in information support; consultation; human resources development; startup and innovation; and value chain participation.
Overseas remittances to Ho Chi Minh City is expected to total 5.2 billion USD this year, up 4.5 percent year-on-year, said an official of the State Bank of Vietnam (SBV).
The Vietnamese Government’s latest support policies for small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and foreign banks’ assistance for their international trade activities were updated at a workshop in Hanoi on October 31.
The Government’s solutions to support the development of enterprises has proven effective, with a surge in the number of newly established firms in the first nine months of 2017.
The Government will focus on technology-based agriculture to resolve problems like the lack of value-added products for export, the low competitiveness of Vietnamese farm produce in world markets and inconsistency in quality.
Only one percent of total enterprises in Vietnam have invested in agriculture, and 55 percent of these are small scale, capitalised at under 5 billion VND (220,250 USD).
Hanoi will take the lead in improving the business climate and supporting enterprises since their formation, Vice Chairman of the municipal People’s Committee Nguyen Doan Toan said on November 28.
Ethnic minority groups with the least populations in 194 villages in 37 mountainous provinces nationwide will be supported to improve their living conditions and catch up with other ethnic groups.
President Tran Dai Quang has required ministries and localities to work with the Vietnam Association of Victims of AO/Dioxin to ensure all victims enjoy the support policies of the Party and State.
Authorities of the southern province of Binh Duong pledged to create optimal condition for foreign enterprises to operate in the locality, said a local senior official.
APEC Ministers gathered at a meeting in the Philippines on September 25 to seek support policies for micro-small-, small- and medium-sized enterprise to enter the global market.
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