IUCN in collaboration with the Southeast Asian Fisheries De-velopment Center and Stockholm Environment Institute have launched a Gender Analy-sis Toolkit to improve gender integration in Southeast Asia.

VietNamNet Bridge - The blockchain market in 2019 is predicted to mature and gradually enter a growth period that will bring real benefits.

 It is largely up to women themselves to secure leadership roles as Vietnam moves into the digital age.

 In the past, sunflower lovers might have had to travel hundreds of kilometres to visit Vietnam’s biggest sunflower garden in the central province of Nghe An. Hanoians now can enjoy the beautiful flowers at the Hanoi Imperial Citadel .

Vietnam has a wide range of destinations for travelers to enjoy during March including Dien Bien, Hanoi, Da Lat, Con Dao, and many more. 

Future of brands in Vietnam undermined by plain packaging, Real-estate service center project in HCMC under discussion, Japan’s Acecook considers boosting production capacity in Vietnam

While many enterprises have begun using technological solutions to improve productivity, small companies, which account for the largest proportion of total enterprises, do not have enough money to do this.

 A draft law on the prevention and control of alcohol-related problems and other prevailing laws include many contradictions in terms of bans on alcohol advertising, promotions and sponsorship programs.

Despite long years of complaints, the latest amendment of the Law on Investment 2014 leaves several loopholes in Vietnam’s foreign ownership rules, allowing investors to continue profiteering against the spirit of the law. 

In the past the Cao Lan people in Khe Nghe hamlet, Bac Giang province, had a self-sufficient lifestyle. They practiced many crafts, including making poonah paper. Older villagers say making poonah paper was a popular craft.

Pho Trach Village in Thua Thien-Hue Province has been a renowned location for rush mat weaving for hundreds of years.

 Van-Anh Nguyen and others to play at exclusive culinary and musical event on March 22 and 24.

 The HCMC government has urged the prime minister to handle the difficulties in advancing funds for the city’s first metro line No. 1 to ensure the progress of the project as planned, the local media reported.

The Beijing-based China Railway Fifth Survey and Design Institute Group, the consultant unit that mapped out Vietnam’s Lao Cai-Hanoi-Hai Phong rail route project, has proposed two plans for the project’s construction.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc called on businesses, individuals, social organizations and international organizations to partner with VN in implementing the goals for women’s and children’s safety, gender equality and sustainable development.

 The Department of E-Commerce and Digital Economy and the World Bank held a workshop to discuss policies supporting the development of the Vietnamese digital economy on March 7 in Ha Noi.

 Meetings between senior Vietnamese leaders and US President Donald Trump, DPRK leader Kim Jong Un, Argentine President Mauricio Macri are among key diplomatic events in February.

Introduced for the first time in 2017, the pilot e-visa program is now applicable to citizens from 80 countries around the world until February 1, 2021.

 On Wednesday, the embassies of Australia and Ireland jointly launched a national competition for concepts and innovations beneficial for rural women.

 A new international bilingual schools, EMASI, officially opened on Thursday in HCM City with the aim of becoming the leading bilingual school in the country.

 The central city of Da Nang has proposed selling 10,000 apartments under State ownership to pay for new housing projects in 2020-30.

 About 190 foreign investors were granted securities trading codes in February, bringing the total number of foreign investors participating in Viet Nam’s securities market to 29,454.

 Nearly 100 fake graves have been built in order to scam compensation money from Phu Bai Airport expansion project in Thua Thien-Hue Province.

The Ministry of Planning and Investment has proposed to set up a national appraisal board and invite foreign consultants for Long Thanh International Airport. 

Female professionals leading businesses and organizations in Vietnam share their thoughts on Vietnamese women in the digital economy.