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The Ho Chi Minh City Department of Education and Training has announced a list of 494 foreign language and computer skill centers that are unlicensed or have an expired license, which sparks concerns among leaners and their parents. … [Read more...] about Over 250 English language centers listed as unlicensed in Ho Chi Minh City

HCM City (VNA) - The Ho Chi Minh City Power Corporation (EVN HCMC) held an awards ceremony for the 2020 emulation programme “Power-saving families” on January 26. Launched by the municipal Steering Committee for Power Supply, Saving, and Safety and EVN HCMC, the ceremony aims to encourage households to join hands to use electricity effectively and economically and raise public awareness about the effort. The organising board said nearly 900,000 households saved 443.67 million kWh of electricity last year, helping reduce carbon dioxide emissions by over 400,000 tonnes and saving more than 920 billion VND (40 million USD). At the ceremony, 480 outstanding power-saving households for 2020 were honoured. The board set a goal of encouraging local residents to install solar panels as well as increase LED lighting systems to 20 percent in 2020 and 100 percent by 2025. EVN HCMC Deputy General Director Bui Trung Kien said the power sector will work with municipal … [Read more...] about HCM City honours power-saving households

Looking back on the 12th tenure and 35 years of the “Doi Moi” (Renewal) process, the Party General Secretary said that, over the last five years, grasping the advantages and opportunities, and overcoming the challenges and hardships, particularly the negative impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic and natural disasters, the entire Party, people, and army have upheld a spirit of patriotism, solidarity, determination, mettle, and creativeness to work relentlessly and gain a number of very important and comprehensive achievements. Thanks to such efforts, the country has witnessed robust and sustainable growth with heightened trust among the people in the Party, State, and the socialist regime. … [Read more...] about 13th National Party Congress:Stepping up renewal process, rapid and sustainable

According to the centre, there are 100 plants directly participating in the electricity market with a total installed capacity of 27,526 MW, accounting for 46.3 per cent of total installed capacity of power plants controlled by the national dispatching level. In 2020, four new factories joined the market with a total capacity of 1,837 MW. The total cost for those plants was VNĐ122 trillion (US$5.3 billion). … [Read more...] about Electricty dispatch centre asks for better infrastructure

The Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership could provide opportunities for local small and medium enterprises to move up the value chain with the simplification of procedures. Manufacturers in advanced countries such as Japan, China and South Korea may consider minimizing costs by outsourcing the final processing steps to less expensive ASEAN countries such as Vietnam to achieve cost benefits. … [Read more...] about VIETNAM BUSINESS NEWS JANUARY 27