Unilever Vietnam recently held an online workshop to raise public awareness of impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic on Vietnamese women and shared its women’s empowerment ambition in the next 5 years.

Fishery sector committed to combating IUU fishing

Deputy PM Pham Binh Minh has recently signed a decision approving the national target programme on socio-economic development in ethnic minority-inhabited and mountainous areas, with the first phase from now to 2025.

The target of having 1.3-1.5 million enterprises by 2025 may be difficult to achieve as many obstacles and the Covid-19 pandemic have affected business seriously. A strong recovery and reform program is needed to encourage Vietnamese businesses.

Traditional costumes have been the pride of the Nung ethnic community in Yen Son District in the northern province of Tuyen Quang for generations.

On October 22, sales of officially distributed iPhone 13 models began in Vietnam. Many shops opened overnight to serve customers.

Ha Giang, Cao Bang and Bac Kan have great potential to develop adventure tourism, from skydiving, cave exploitation and forest trekking to mountain climbing, cycling and off-road racing. But tourism remains underdeveloped there.

HCM City to offer COVID-19 vaccinations for migrants

In the trial reopening of domestic route, airlines can fly with 10 percent of capacity and passengers must show written commitments on anti-pandemic measures.

As the payment of the principal under the credit agreements to fund the Cat Linh - Ha Dong railway is due, the Ministry of Finance (MOF) has begun paying debts, though the project has not yet in operation.

HCM City authorities are drafting design and construction plans for urban development along the city’s first metro line, aiming to tackle issues such as flooding and congestion and improve the city’s landscapes and residents’ quality of life.

National Assembly Chair Vuong Dinh Hue said voters expect decisions on two important issues – how to prevent and control the pandemic in the time to come and how to recover socio-economic development.

Vietnamese representative Tran Hoang Ai Nhi amazed both judges and audiences while wearing an outfit weighing 30kg during the national costume competition of the Miss Intercontinental 2021 pageant in Egypt.

The banking sector will provide enough credit to businesses at supportive interest rates this quarter to help revive them, according to the State Bank of Vietnam’s Ho Chi Minh City branch.

As of the end of the third quarter, 29 ministries, branches and localities, or 35 percent, have completed the upgrade to provide 100 percent of public services online at level 4, the highest level of online public services.

The Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) has predicted Vietnam’s total import-export turnover is likely to expand by 10% this year to US$600 billion, beating the 4% growth target set previously by the Government.

Da Nang People’s Committee Vice Chairwoman Ngo Thi Kim Yen has asked the municipal health and education departments to build a plan to vaccinate students aged from 15 to under 18.

The Vietnamese Government has rolled out various guidelines and policies towards people and human rights protection, heard an international workshop in Hanoi on October 22.

The Ministry of Construction has proposed a VND30 trillion credit package for projects to build low-cost homes for workers.

Though agreeing on a delay of wage reform, many National Assembly Deputies have asked the Government to prepare solutions to increase salaries for cadres, civil servants and public employees.