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The circular also suggested that localities with low fertility rates reward communes and wards where over 60% of couples of reproductive age have at least two children. Meanwhile, in cities and provinces with high fertility rates, women who voluntarily use long-acting contraception methods after giving birth to two children should also be rewarded. This is expected to help narrow the fertility gap between different regions. … [Read more...] about 21 provinces to reward women with two kids before 35

There used to be an alligator farm located some 200 meters away from the lake but it has been closed. Residents are allowed to raise alligators but they have to register and comply with strict regulations. They must obtain permission from the Forestry Department before selling or slaughtering alligators. … [Read more...] about Locals spot at least two alligators in Vung Tau lake

HCMC is the first locality in the country to introduce a digital transformation program to boost the development of a digital economy, a digital government and a digital society. The city has laid the groundwork for the four main pillars of a smart city: a shared database and open data ecosystem, a smart city operating center, a center for socioeconomic forecasts and simulation and a center for information safety. … [Read more...] about HCMC proposes seven solutions to develop knowledge economy

Minh Hai, who has been on the team for two years, shares a story from last winter. One night, on a curb behind the My Dinh bus station, he saw a boy with a backpack and a cap who looked he had little strength left. He got off his motorbike and slowly walked up to the boy. … [Read more...] about ​Hanoi charity’s young volunteers spend nights rescuing homeless children

Vietnam, which ranks seventh globally in tea production, has 257 producers and an output of 5,200 tons a day. It has 125,000 hectares under tea, but the area is declining. In the Central Highlands Lam Dong Province, one of the country’s biggest tea producing areas, the area shrank by 43 percent since 2016 to 11,500 hectares last year as farmers switched to more profitable crops. … [Read more...] about Traditional tea losing flavor for young Vietnamese