As part of the national target program, approved by Deputy Prime Minister Pham Binh Minh, by 2025, ethnic minorities’ income will be double that of 2020. The first stage will be rolled out in the 2021-25 period. The overall objective is to exploit the potential and advantages of ethnic minority and mountainous areas, promote economic development, ensure social security, and put in place rapid and sustainable poverty reduction. It hopes to gradually narrow the gap between the areas’ living standards and average income and the national average income, reduce the number of communes and villages with special difficulties and set up an inter-regional socio-economic infrastructure system. The areas will receive better education, training and healthcare, markedly improving people's lives, raising the quantity and quality of State employees who are ethnic minorities, preserving and promoting ethnic minorities’ culture. Gender equality and urgent issues facing women and children will …
Association of Vietnamese in Japan’s Miyazaki prefecture established
At the debut ceremony of the association of Vietnamese expatriates in Miyazaki. (Source: VNA) Tokyo (VNA) – Vietnamese expatriates in Japan ’s Miyazaki prefecture have just set up their association to connect the community for experience sharing and mutual support. According to the Vietnamese Consulate General in Fukuoka , the establishment of the association meets the desire of generations of Vietnamese in Miyazaki for a “common home”. In their letters of congratulation sent to the community on this occasion, Miyazaki Governor Kono Shunji and Mayor of Miyazaki city Tojiki Tadashi expressed their delight at the strong development of the community and praised the Vietnamese expats’ contributions to the local socio-economic development over the past time. They vowed to help the Vietnamese community have a stable life and well integrate into the host country. Addressing the event, Vietnamese Consul General in Fukuoka Vu Binh said he believed that the association will …
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HCM People’s Council looks into urgent matters
In her opening remarks, Chairwoman of the municipal People’s Council Nguyen Thi Le stressed the significance of the meeting that takes place at a time when the southern city enters the new normal. The council would review the city’s efforts in COVID-19 prevention and control and adopt major decisions and policies to support agriculture and businesses affected by the pandemic. It would also seek measures to attract more investment and set out the city’s socio-economic development plan for 2022, Le said. During the meeting, the delegates would look into the city’s socio-economic development in the first nine months of this year, and key tasks for the remaining months of 2021. They are expected to pass a plan on mid-term public investment sourced from the local budget for 2021-2025 and the HCM City - Moc Bai expressway project, among others. The council would also elect additional members of the municipal People’s Committee on this occasion. According to a report presented at …
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Residential area per capita to reach 27sq.m by 2025
A resident lives in a small alley in Hoàn Kiếm District's Hàng Gà Street. — Photo dantri.com.vn HÀ NỘI — Việt Nam’s residential area per capita is expected to reach about 27sq.m by 2025 and to surge to 30sq.m by 2030, according to the draft national housing development strategy. The National Housing Development Strategy for the 2021-2030 period sets the goal of developing and repairing more than one billion sq.m of houses, equivalent to about 11.9 million apartments. The housing development strategy is to create conditions for everyone to have a place to live and focus on improving the quality of housing, as well as implementing the trend of green and smart housing development. In addition, the housing development must include urban development, urban embellishment and re-construction of old apartment buildings. The housing development in the post-COVID-19 period will be implemented according to targets on sustainable real estate market development. At the same time, the …
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Vietnam-Switzerland cultural festival marks 50th anniversary of diplomatic ties
A Vietnam – Switzerland cultural festival takes place on October 16 to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the two countries’ diplomatic relations (1971 – 2021). (Photo: VNA) Geneva (VNA) – A Vietnam – Switzerland cultural festival took place on October 16 to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the two countries’ diplomatic relations (1971 – 2021), and enhance people-to-people exchange and cultural and economic cooperation. Present at the event were Vice President of the Council of the State of Geneva Mauro Poggia, and Director-General of the World Health Organisation (WHO) Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus. In her welcoming remarks, Vietnamese Ambassador to Switzerland Le Linh Lan highly spoke of the achievements in the bilateral relations, saying 2021 holds a special meaning as the year marks the 50th anniversary of the two countries’ diplomatic ties and the 30th anniversary of their development cooperation. Switzerland was among the first Western nations to establish …