Environmental mining

Net Free Seas is a project that fetches used nets and turns them into new plastic products. Photo: AFP It aims to prove that protecting sea creatures can be commercially viable in Thailand, one of the world's biggest producers of ocean waste. … [Read more...] about Deadliest catch: Thailand’s ‘ghost’ fishing nets help Covid fight

HCM City (VNA) – The Ho Chi Minh City People’s Committee and the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT) of Australia on January 22 signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on cooperation in tertiary education and smart city building. Sealed at a virtual ceremony, the MoU covers the two sides’ join work in the next five years with a focus on international-standard tertiary education in IT and communications, mechanical engineering-automation-AI, business management, finance, banking, tourism, health, and urban management. Per the pact, the two sides will also intensify their collaboration in conducting joint researches on green city projects; strengthening connection between their research and start-up communities for innovation ideas and technology transfer; and exchanging experience in urban planning, public transport improvement, and environmental protection. The southern economic hub and the institute has agreed to promote innovation and startups, and … [Read more...] about HCM City, Australian institute seal cooperation deal

Hanoi (VNA) – A conference was held in Hanoi on January 21 to discuss measures to improve the domestic business environment and competitiveness of the economy as well as orientations for the next five years. Participants at the event highly evaluated the efficiency of reducing business conditions so far, as well as issues relating to the inclusion of the conditions in relevant regulations. Addressing the event, part of the Australia Supports Economic Reform in Vietnam (Aus4Reform) programme, Deputy Director of the Central Institute for Economic Management (CIEM) Phan Duc Hieu said that the event is a chance for participants to seek measures to support business and production activities, and identify obstacles in the field. Nguyen Minh Thao, head of the CIEM Department for Business Environment and Competitiveness Research, said that as of the end of 2019, more than 30 documents on business conditions were issued, cutting more than 50 percent of business conditions. Many … [Read more...] about Experts discuss measures to improve business environment

The total 2021 budget for the industry promotion plan of Tra Vinh Province is expected to total nearly VND3.44 billion, some VND300 million to be provided by the national industry promotion funding and the rest by local industry promotion funding. Viet Nga … [Read more...] about Tra Vinh Province moves ahead with industry promotion activities