The Hanoitimes - In the period of 2016-2018, the rate of poor households in Hanoi city fell to 1.16%, with 52,000 poor households having escaped poverty. Hanoi's project for sustainable poverty reduction, new-style rural area and civilized urban construction Hanoi sets target for sustainable poverty reduction Vietnam hopes to thoroughly solve sustainable poverty reduction There will be no poor household in Hanoi by the end of 2019, thanks to the city’s poverty-eradicating policies, Chairman of the Hanoi People's Committee Nguyen Duc Chung said at a meeting on August 20. Chung affirmed that poor households and people with difficult circumstances are always the focus of Hanoi’s social policies. Chairman of the Hanoi People's Committee Nguyen Duc Chung speaks at the meeting. Photo: Viet Thanh To fulfill the above-mentioned goal by the end of 2019, Chung requested localities to apply the models of poverty reduction effectively in accordance with … [Read more...] about Hanoi strives to eradicate poverty by end-2019
Việt Nam, Cambodia seek ways to step up bilateral ties
Vietnamese and Cambodian senior officials met in Phnom Penh on August 20 for the Senior Officials’ Meeting under the framework of the 17th Meeting of the Cambodia-Vietnam Joint Commission on Economic, Cultural, Scientific and Technological Cooperation. — VNS Photo Phnom Penh — The Senior Officials’ Meeting (SOM) within the framework of the 17th meeting of the Việt Nam -Cambodia Joint Commission for Economic, Cultural, Scientific and Technological Cooperation (JC 17) opened in Phnom Penh on August 20. Vietnamese businesses in Cambodia have contributed to economic development as well as social welfare in the host country. … [Read more...] about Việt Nam, Cambodia seek ways to step up bilateral ties
Vietnamese ticket allocation for Thailand match sold out
Việt Nam team (in red jersey) seen in a recent international event. They will face Thailand on September 5 in the Asian zone’s second qualifying round for the World Cup 2020. – Photo nld.vn HÀ NỘI — More than 2,000 tickets allocated to Vietnamese fans for the upcoming fixture between Việt Nam and Thailand sold out in just five minutes. According to the Football Association of Thailand (FAT), all tickets were sold within five minutes of being available on Monday for the September 5 clash in the Asian zone’s second qualifying round for the World Cup 2020 sold out. Vietnamese fans have been allocated their own area between stand A and stand D. The price for a travelling supporter is 650 baht (VNĐ490,000). Meanwhile, tickets for local Thai fans are at 500 baht, equivalent to VNĐ375,000, for a place in stand A, and 200 baht or VNĐ150,000, for a place in stand D. Earlier, nearly 20,000 … [Read more...] about Vietnamese ticket allocation for Thailand match sold out
Vingroup to support science and technology projects
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Representatives of Vingroup Innovation Foundation and projects leaders at the sponsor signing ceremony. — Photo courtesy of Vingroup HÀ NỘI — Vingroup Innovation Foundation (VINIF) on Monday announced VNĐ124 billion (US$5.32 million) in investment for 20 science and technology projects. After six months of announcing funding for science and technology oriented projects, VINIF has selected the top 20 projects from nearly 200 registration documents. These are excellent and ground-breaking projects, bringing practical benefits in important areas such as big data, biomedical science, genetics, materials science, smart traffic, IoT, image recognition and natural language processing. Total funding for 20 projects is VNĐ124 billion, of which the highest level is VNĐ10 billion for one project. The funding is used to pay the salaries of project members, local and international experts; purchase of raw materials, materials and tools; … [Read more...] about Vingroup to support science and technology projects
Drought in Phú Yên destroys several hectares of forest
Hundreds of hectares of protection forest have dried up in southern coastal Phú Yên Province. — Photo vov.vn PHÚ YÊN — The prolonged severe drought has dried up thousands of hectares of protection forest in the southern coastal province of Phú Yên, causing many forest fires. Several forests in Tuy An District and Tuy Hòa City have been badly affected by the hot weather. Most of the protection forests are unable to recover, the Voice of Việt Nam (VoV) reported. According to statistics of the provincial afforestation project executive board, about 190ha out of 460ha of newly planted protection forest in Tuy An District and Tuy Hòa City has been destroyed and the remainder is at risk of drying up. Bùi Văn Thành, chairman of Tuy An District People's Committee, said that the local government has to prepare water for residents and solutions to fight forest fires. “This year we have seen a large number … [Read more...] about Drought in Phú Yên destroys several hectares of forest