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Hanoi will focus on supporting victims of gender-based violence and disseminating communication on gender equality. The Hanoi Women's Union on November 27 held a ceremony to launch a month of action for gender equality and prevention of gender-based violence with the theme “Ensuring social security, empowering and creating opportunities for women and girls to achieve gender equality and eliminate gender-based violence”. Speaking at the event, the Chairwoman of the Hanoi Women's Union, Le Kim Anh, emphasized the need to mobilize resources to implement activities in response to the action month, expand communication activities and support the victims, especially women and children. She said that the union had promoted gender equality for the advancement of women and the narrowed gender gap in politics, the economy, employment, education, health services, and family life. In addition, the union has been working with local agencies to conduct training activities to raise … [Read more...] about Hanoi kicks off action month on gender equality

The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development and authorities of the southern province of Ben Tre held a ceremony to announce the export of the first pomelo lot to the US this morning, November 28. Six years after registering pomelo exports to the US, US and Vietnamese agencies finalised procedures, including phytosanitary issues. The US has officially agreed to accept the import of Vietnamese pomelos. Ben Tre has become the first locality to be allowed to export the fruit to the US. With the event, pomelo has become the seventh Vietnamese fruit allowed to enter the US market following dragon fruit, rambutans, lychees, longans, star apples and mangos. Vietnam is home to 105,400 hectares of pomelo with a total output of nearly 905,000 tonnes per year. The Red River Delta region has 13,000 hectares, the northern midland region with 30,000 hectares and the Mekong Delta region with 32,000 hectares. As many as 36 pomelo growing areas in 10 Vietnamese provinces have … [Read more...] about Vietnam exports first pomelo batch to the US

Hanoi is among the few cities and provinces with the fastest tourism growth in Vietnam. Director of the Hanoi Tourism Department, Dang Huong Giang, shares with The Hanoi Times her plans to promote the image of Vietnam and its capital city via new tourism packages. Director of the Hanoi Tourism Department Dang Huong Giang. Hanoi is the heart of Vietnam, playing an essential role in connecting provinces and cities across the country. Please tell readers about the capital city's specific plans to promote the image of Vietnam to international friends. As the heart of the country, Hanoi continually defines a leading role in tourism with special activities to connect localities nationwide, especially those with relics and heritage sites. We have recently collaborated with the northern provinces of Quang Ninh and Ninh Binh to open a tour passing ancient cities of Vietnam. We will continue to join hands with the northern mountain provinces of Son La and Lao … [Read more...] about Hanoi rebuilds tourism for future

Trade schools trained more than 245,000 students in the first 11 months of this year, exceeding the full year's target. Hanoi aims to bring the rate of trained workers to 72.2%, meeting the annual target, according to the municipal Department of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs. A job fair is held in Hanoi. Photo: Tran Oanh/The Hanoi Times Accordingly, more than 190,000 people graduated from colleges and intermediate and elementary vocational schools. This is a good sign amid a shortage of trained workers, largely meeting the market demand. To help them find jobs, the city will hold a conference on December 11 connecting Hanoi’s vocational schools with the labor market. The event is expected to attract about 10,000 participants, including 8,000 secondary and high school students and 2,000 students from vocational schools. About 40 employers will join the job fair. In another move, in the first 11 months of 2022, trade schools … [Read more...] about Hanoi meets yearly target of trained workers

At the WCPFC regular session. (Photo: SGGP) This is the commission’s most important meeting in a year to review its activities, put forward policies and measures to manage tuna fishing in the region in the subsequent year, and consider applications for cooperating non-member (CNM) status of countries, including Vietnam. Head of the Vietnam Directorate of Fisheries Tran Dinh Luan said that hosting the session is a great opportunity for Vietnam's fisheries sector in general and tuna fishing in particular to integrate into the world's, contributing to strengthening cooperation with countries participating in the WCPFC as well as regional and multilateral fisheries organisations. The Vietnamese sector is gradually transforming from small-scale fisheries to that towards sustainable development with the orientation of increasing aquaculture output and reducing that of fish exploitation. The 19th regular session of the Western & Central Pacific Fisheries Commission (WCPFC) … [Read more...] about Da Nang hosts Western & Central Pacific Fisheries Commission’s regular session

EVN said it has made efforts to cut internal costs to reduce losses in 2022. (Photo: SGGP) EVN, on the afternoon of November 28, sent a press release saying that in 2022, the world situation has seen many fluctuations, and fuel prices have climbed highly, leading to many countries facing energy difficulties worldwide. However, EVN has performed well in its assigned tasks, ensuring a stable and safe power supply for production, business, and daily life of people with high growth in power demand, contributing to the economic growth of the country. “In the first ten months of 2022, electricity demand grew by 8.6 percent over the same period in 2021. According to the General Statistics Office of Vietnam, electricity growth has contributed 0.67 percentage points to industrial growth and 0.31 percentage points to GDP growth,” EVN informed. From the beginning of 2022, due to fluctuations in global fuel prices, the costs of electricity generation and electricity purchase of EVN … [Read more...] about EVN expects to lose more than VND31 trillion due to high costs

The newly-inaugurated items are essential and inseparable parts of the Southern Petrochemical Complex, a major project of the oil and gas sector which has a total investment of over USD 5 billion. Addressing the event, Prime Minister  Pham Minh Chinh underlined that despite difficulties during the construction of the cluster and the plant, especially those from COVID-19, Ba Ria - Vung Tau province, investors, contractors and relevant agencies exerted great efforts for their completion. He also attributed the result to the effective cooperation between Vietnam and Thailand, the sound relationship between contractors and the host locality, as well as between central and local agencies. The Southern Petrochemical Complex has a significant role, together with the Nghi Son Refinery in the north and Binh Son Refinery in the central region, forming a network of refineries across the country, ensuring the supply of petroleum for the domestic market, he noted. Highlighting the large … [Read more...] about Prime Minister inaugurates important items of Southern Petrochemical Complex project

A panel of experts advising Kishida this month recommended broad tax measures to pay for the hike and cautioned against raising debt that could expose U.S. ally Japan to international market changes. Kishida's administration has pledged to "substantially" increase defense spending to counter what Tokyo sees as a growing security threat posed by China. "Given the present security situation, we need to strengthen defense spending urgently in five years," Defense Minister Yasukazu Hamada told reporters after a meeting with the premier and Finance Minister Shunichi Suzuki. "... He told us to make every effort in securing necessary (funding) quickly and firmly," he said. To meet the size of Japan's mid-term defense plan, to be drawn up by the year-end, the government will decide on securing funding from both revenue and spending reforms. "As a responsible nation, we must make the utmost efforts in spending reform, but at the same time steady funding sources are indispensable in … [Read more...] about Japan PM wants defense spending to double to 2% of GDP to counter China

Chairman of the National Assembly Vuong Dinh Hue (Photo: VNA) Sydney (VNA) – The coming official visit to Australia by National Assembly (NA) Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue is set to help elevate the two countries’ strategic partnership to a new height, according to Vietnamese Ambassador Nguyen Tat Thanh. Talking to the Vietnam News Agency, Thanh said over the last more than 30 years, many chairpersons and vice chairpersons of the Vietnamese NA, as well as presidents of the Senate and speakers of the House of Representatives of Australia have frequently exchange visits to open up new cooperation frameworks. Hue’s visit, which will start on November 30, is the first to Australia by a senior leader of Vietnam in five years and also the fifth by a chairperson of the Vietnamese NA to this country since bilateral diplomatic ties were set up. Voicing his belief in the visit’s contributions to the strategic partnership intensification, the diplomat noted thanks to Vietnamese … [Read more...] about Top legislator’s visit to help lift Vietnam – Australia strategic partnership to next level

Hanoi (VNA) - The following is a brief review of the day’s events as reported by the Vietnam News Agency. - The 17th session of the National Assembly Standing Committee opened in Hanoi on November 28, and will last only one day. Under the chair of NA Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue, the committee is scheduled to give opinions on the outcomes of the 4th session of the 15th National Assembly which concluded on November 15 and preparations for the legislature's 2nd extraordinary session and the 5th regular session in May next year. Read full story - The 9th National Buddhist Congress opened in Hanoi on November 28, with President Nguyen Xuan Phuc attending. The congress, held in accordance with the Charter of the Vietnam Buddhist Sangha (VBS), brought together 1,091 delegates, including Buddhist dignitaries, monks, nuns and followers. Read full story - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh received European Commissioner for Environment, Oceans, and Fisheries Virginijus Sinkevičius in Ho … [Read more...] about ☕ Afternoon briefing on November 28