Land and water pollution

With a coastline of more than 3,200 km and thousands of islands including the Hoang Sa (Paracel) and Truong Sa (Spratly) archipelagos, Vietnam has benefited much from the sea. Vietnam participated in building the 1982 UN Convention on the Law of the Sea and was one of the first countries to sign and approve the Convention. The 1994 adoption reflects Vietnam’s determination to work with other countries to build an equal order to promote development and cooperation at sea. National maritime policies Its Sea and islands are part of Vietnam’s sovereignty, sovereign rights, and jurisdiction, and are a living space and a gateway to other countries. Being aware of the importance of sea and islands in national construction and defense, Vietnam has managed fishery exploitation in parallel with defending national sovereignty, sovereign rights and jurisdiction at sea in order to build a strong, prosperous country. The Communist Party of Vietnam has created a vision and issued … [Read more...] about Vietnam fine-tunes maritime laws

PANO – The People's Army Film Studio on November 6th introduced a series of films to be screened to mark the 70th founding anniversary of the Vietnam People's Army, the 70th traditional day of the General Department of Politics (December 22nd 1944 - December 22nd 2014) and the 25th whole people’s national defence festival(December 22nd 1989 - December 22nd 2014).    Interviewing a coast guard in making of the documentary film "The Path of National Defence". Photo: mod.gov.vn The series include four new films of the People's Army Film Studio: "The Path of National Defence," "Victory Day: April 30th," "Spiritual Strength" and "The Land of Peace." The films will be shown to the soldiers and people nationwide. Translated by Huu Duong … [Read more...] about Film show on occasion of the Vietnam People’s Army anniversary

VPBank launches on Friday an innovative digital bank for the young generation named “YOLO”. — VNS Photo Viet Nam Prosperity Joint Stock Commercial Bank (VPBank) has launched an innovative digital bank for the young generation named “YOLO”. The app provides customers with a full range of financial services, and integrates other services to cater to other needs such as transportation, travel, entertainment, and restaurant reservations. YOLO MasterCard, a virtual card, enables global payment. To register, customers only need to provide their names, phone numbers, and emails. One of the highlights of the app is the YOLO super saving product which allows customers to manage their expenses and optimise idle money. In addition to its intelligent technology platform and seamless connection with partners providing goods and services, YOLO also lets customers pay for all kinds of services and bills like electricity, water, phone, airplane tickets, cable TV, and … [Read more...] about VPBank launches YOLO digital banking app

A women harvests avocado in the Central Highlands province of Dak Nong. — VNA/VNS Photo The banking sector needs solutions to provide more funding for agriculture and rural areas to ensure sustainable development, according to experts. The statement was made at the workshop ‘Pro-poor Rural and Agriculture Finance Best Practices: Experiences of Viet Nam’ held by the Viet Nam Bank for Social Policies (VBSP), the Asia-Pacific Rural and Agricultural Credit Association and the International Fund for Agriculture Development in Ha Noi on Wednesday. The Party, the Government and the banking sector have always paid special attention to finance for farming areas in Viet Nam, Dao Minh Tu, deputy governor of the State Bank of Viet Nam (SBV) told the workshop. In addition, the Government and the SBV have directed preferential credit programmes for agriculture and countryside areas in domestic credit institutions, he said. Since 2006, credit programmes of the banking sector for … [Read more...] about Banking sector works on funding for farmers