Vice Secretary of the Hanoi Party Committee and Chairwoman of the municipal People’s Council Nguyen Thi Bich Ngoc led a delegation to pay a working visit to Wellington of New Zealand from Sept. 16-19.
Vietnam needs to improve the quality of its technical and vocational education and training to meet the requirements of digitisation and industry 4.0, a conference heard in HCM City on September 18.
The Mekong Delta province of Kien Giang has so far signed cooperation deals with 12 localities of Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, the Republic of Korea, France and Japan, according to the provincial Department of External Affairs.
Mayor of the Australian city of Gold Coast Tom Tate and Chairman of the Hanoi City People’s Committee Nguyen Duc Chung discussed bilateral cooperation opportunities in culture, investment, trade and tourism during a working session in Hanoi on September 14.
The northern province of Ninh Binh will focus its investment in projects with high value and welcome investors with new ideas or breakthroughs in technology to promote its vast development potential.
Participants at a session of the World Economic Forum on ASEAN (WEF ASEAN) expected great changes in the future of jobs in ASEAN but are confident that many development opportunities are within the reach of regional countries.
The youth federations of Vietnam’s southern Tay Ninh province and the Cambodian neighbouring province of Svay Rieng signed a memorandum of understanding on cooperation for the 2018-2022 period.
Ho Chi Minh City aims to reduce the number of poor households by 0.8 percent next year and raise the average income per capita of these households by 3.5 times by 2020 compared to 2011.
Lead Economist for World Bank in Vietnam Sebastian Eckardt said in an interview granted to the Vietnam News Agency that Vietnam has been successful in attracting FDI, and the investment inflows have contributed greatly to Vietnam’s economic development.
More than 23 million students across the country, or one-fourth of the total population, started a new academic year on September 5.
Around 81.76 million people have joined health insurance as of the end of August, or 87.25 percent of the population, according to the Vietnam Social Security (VSS).
First Secretary of the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union (HCMCYU) Central Committee and Chairman of the Vietnam Youth Federation (VYF) Le Quoc Phong asked for promoting exchanges between the two countries’ youth during talks with President of the Union of Youth Federations of Cambodia (UYFC) Hun Many in Hanoi on August 29.
Though the Vietnamese government and Ho Chi Minh City’s administration offer many incentives and have favourable policies to encourage businesses to invest in agriculture, they often remain on paper, heard a conference held in the city on August 27.
Industrial parks (IPs) in the northern province of Vinh Phuc have generated jobs for some 82,000 workers in recent years, most of whom are local residents.
The central province of Thua Thien-Hue on August 25 launched a project to support local orphans and poor children with assistance from an US organisation.
Germany will help Vietnam improve the quality of its workforce to meet the requirements of Industry 4.0 under a public-private Memorandum of Understanding.
Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc thanked Japan for providing Official Development Assistance (ODA) for Vietnam over the past 26 years, aiding the country’s effort to boost the economy, reduce poverty and develop infrastructure.
The central province of Thua Thien – Hue has invested 257 billion VND (11.05 million USD) in building infrastructure and developing production in mountainous regions and areas where ethnic minority people reside in the past 10 years.
