A mangrove forest in Ca Mau province - Illustrative image An environment monitoring project for mangrove aquaculture (AQUAM) in Ca Mau was kicked off on January 15 by the Mekong Delta province's Department of Agriculture and Rural Development, Australia’s University of Queensland and the Greenfield Consulting and Development Ltd (GFD). … [Read more...] about VIETNAM NEWS JANUARY 18
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VBSP registers upbeat first-half performance
The bank’s total outstanding balance came to VND219.565 trillion ($9.54 billion) in the first half this year, up VND12.760 trillion ($554 million) or 6.2 per cent compared to end of 2019. Aside with this, the bank’s total outstanding balance came to VND219.565 trillion ($9.54 billion), up VND12.760 trillion ($554 million) or 6.2 per cent compared to the end of 2019, which was distributed to more than 6.5 million poor, near-poor households, and other policy beneficiaries. Of this, the balance from the diverse credit programmes assigned by the prime minister reached VND189.499 trillion ($8.23 billion), up VND9.495 trillion ($412 million) or 5 per cent compared to the end of 2019 and equal to 66 per cent of the plan assigned by the PM. … [Read more...] about VBSP registers upbeat first-half performance
Vietnam ready for 13th Party Congress
The political report submitted to the upcoming Congress sets out the overall objectives, which are: to enhance the Party's leadership, ruling capacity and combativeness; build a clean and strong Party and political system in all aspects; to consolidate people's trust in the Party, State and the socialist system; to promote innovations, the willpower and aspirations for developments and the great all-nation unity strength, combined with the strength of the time; to push forward in a comprehensive and concerted manner the Doi Moi undertaking, national industrialisation and modernisation, rapid and sustainable development of the nation; to firmly defend the Homeland, maintain peace and stability; to strive for our country to become a socialist-oriented developed nation by mid-21st century./. … [Read more...] about Vietnam ready for 13th Party Congress
Exhibition on historic Truong Son-Ho Chi Minh Trail opens in Hanoi
Truong Son veteran soldiers at the exhibition A photo at the event The exhibition aims to introduce lives in battles of former Truong Son female soldiers, honor their contributions and sacrifices to the building and maintenance of the Truong Son-Ho Chi Minh Trial, and express the beautiful tradition of the Vietnamese people “When drinking water, remember its source” of the younger for the older generation. … [Read more...] about Exhibition on historic Truong Son-Ho Chi Minh Trail opens in Hanoi
New energy renewable and efficiency model applied at Tan Son Nhat Airport
In Ho Chi Minh City, especially in the inner city, there are very few enterprises with large roof areas like SCSC to deploy and install rooftop solar panels while electricity demand in the inner city (especially in Tan Binh district and the airport area) is very high, putting pressure on the city’s grid. Another plus point for this project is the emphasis on the "green economy" development model of Vietnamese enterprises for international visitors transiting and staying at Tan Son Nhat International Airport. … [Read more...] about New energy renewable and efficiency model applied at Tan Son Nhat Airport