Economic development planning

The upcoming program is expected to cover all fields that are in need of support and have the potential to recover during the post-pandemic period. The upcoming economic recovery program may include resources from funds from the private sector or the non-state budget. Vice Minister of Planning and Investment Tran Quoc Phuong gave the remarks at a monthly government meeting on December 2. Vice Minister of Planning and Investment Tran Quoc Phuong. Photo: Nhat Bac According to Phuong, the detailed plan for the program has been submitted to the Government, with the size of the program under consideration. Phuong, however, suggested the main instruments to carry out this program would be based on monetary and fiscal policies. “The Government would mobilize social resources via projects under the public-private partnership (PPP) mechanism,” he said. On the same day, the Chairman of the Economic Committee under the National Assembly (NA) Vu Hong Thanh said …

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Illustrative image (Photo: VNA) Lang Son (VNA) – The northern mountainous province of Lang Son , which has 83.16 percent of its population being ethnic minority people, has been implementing a series of measures to improve the spiritual and material life of ethnic communities . ethnic minority people lack the ability to master scientific and technical progress, the implementation of ethnic policies has been not effective, and a number of cadres in the grassroots political system have limited capacity. resources and effectively use them for developing socio-economic infrastructure in ethnic minority areas, promote agro-forestry, services and tourism development and restructuring of crops and livestock, and implement the Master Plan for Ethnic Minorities and Mountainous Areas Socio-economic Development in 2021 – 2030./. VNA …

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The second Programme on the Prevention and Reduction of Child Labour for the 2021 ̶ 25 period was launched in Hanoi on Wednesday. Children at work. Photo nhandan.vn Approved by the Prime Minister through Decision No 782/QĐ - TTg on 27 May 2021, the programme was developed and launched by the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs (MOLISA) in collaboration with related departments and ministries, with technical support from the International Labour Organisation (ILO) and the United Nations Children Fund (UNICEF). With a long-term vision towards 2030, the programme has three core aims: to prevent and detect cases of child labour, and support and provide interventions for children engaged in and at risk of child labour; to raise awareness on child labour prevention and reduction; and to deliver training and capacity building on child labour prevention and reduction. The content of the programme builds on the successes and lessons learned from the first …

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A worker at the Fuhong Precision Component Company at Đình Trám Industrial Park in Bắc Giang Province. Việt Nam has a high demand for housing in industrial parks. —VNA/VNS Photo Danh Lam HÀ NỘI — Việt Nam has over 16 million workers in IPs, contributing over 60 per cent of the gross domestic product and 70 per cent of the State budget. However, the life of workers is still difficult and many IPs do not have housing for workers. The State needs to have policies that encourage the development of housing for workers in industrial parks, according to experts. Việt Nam now has 575 industrial parks (IPs) in 61 provinces and cities. They are mainly located in key economic regions, according to the Ministry of Planning and Investment. Most enterprises have invested in production facilities but not in building social infrastructure for employees. In the past two years, the complicated development of the COVID-19 has caused enterprises many difficulties. The fourth pandemic outbreak …

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All domestic airlines and travel companies are looking forward to reopening international flights Safe and flexible adaptation The Covid-19 pandemic has greatly affected Vietnam’s tourism sector since the beginning of 2020. Last year, the number of international visitors to Vietnam only reached 3.8 million, a drop of nearly 80 percent compared to 2019. Accommodation facilities, food service establishments and transportation have not been able to recover properly due to the absence of international visitors. Speedy resumption of international flights is vital for the tourism recovery but depends on pandemic control and the ability to deal with possible new outbreaks. Nguyen Quang Trung, head of the Planning and Development Department of Vietnam Airlines, said all domestic airlines and travel companies are looking forward to reopening international flights. If the reopening is delayed, Vietnam will lose its competitiveness and market recovery will be slow, Trung warned. …

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SÓC TRĂNG PROVINCE — The Cửu Long (Mekong) Delta province of Sóc Trăng is urgently stepping up procedures to call for investment from the private sector in the Trần Đề deep-water seaport project. Trần Văn Lâu, chairman of the provincial People’s Committee, said the Government approved a new master plan on the development of seaports in September, which is part of the sustainable development plan for the country’s marine economy for 2021-30, with a vision to 2050. The Trần Đề deep-water seaport project was added to the seaport development master plan. The existing Trần Đề Port will be developed into an international deep-water seaport on a large scale. The project is estimated to cost more than VNĐ40 trillion (US$1.76 billion) and will not be funded by the State. Total construction will cover about 5,750 hectares of land and water areas. The new seaport’s main offshore area will have seven wharves capable of handling general ships and large-sized container ships of up to …

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Workers transport fishes at  Tran De Port in Soc Trang Province.— Photo nhandan.com.vn The Cuu Long (Mekong) Delta province of Soc Trang is urgently stepping up procedures to call for investment from the private sector in the Tran De deep-water seaport project. Tran Van Lau, chairman of the provincial People’s Committee, said the Government approved a new master plan on the development of seaports in September, which is part of the sustainable development plan for the country’s marine economy for 2021-30, with a vision to 2050. The Tran De deep-water seaport project was added to the seaport development master plan. The existing Tran De Port will be developed into an international deep-water seaport on a large scale. The project is estimated to cost more than VND40 trillion (US$1.76 billion) and will not be funded by the State. Total construction will cover about 5,750 hectares of land and water areas. The new seaport’s main offshore area will have seven wharves capable …

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Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh chaired the first meeting of the committee via a videoconference on November 30, 2021. Concluding the first meeting of the National Committee on Digital Transformation, PM Chinh asked for agreement with the view that digital transformation is a requirement for the development of Vietnam and that the country must not stay outside the process. At the meeting, the Ministry of Information and Communications (MIC) and the standing body of the committee announced the Prime Minister’s Decision No 1619 dated September 24, 2021 on consolidating and renaming the National Committee on E-Government as the National Committee on Digital Transformation. The committee has 16 members and Chinh is chair of the committee PM Chinh said the first meeting has significant importance. “We have begun a new period, implementing the Resolution of the 13th National Party Congress which has outlined three extremely important tasks – carrying out national digital …

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Vietnam Design Week to nurture creativity from traditional culture With the theme "Awakening Tradition", from November 27 to December 3, Vietnam Design Week 2021 will take place at the Van Mieu-Quoc Tu Giam (Temple of Literature Complex) relic site located in Dong Da district, Hanoi. Tea pressed into cakes, printed with "Khue Van Cac" (Literature Pavilion) image, a souvenir product designed on the basis of traditional culture dedicated to the Van Mieu-Quoc Tu Giam relic site. This event is organised by the Vietnam National Institute of Culture and Arts Studies under the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism and partners. Design is an activity that involves many areas of life. Currently, serveral countries in the world have been considered as "creative design countries", when design elements are promoted to apply within their economic and social development. Therefore, Vietnam Design Week aims to encourage a change in design thinking, considering traditional values as an …

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Children need to be protected from child labour more than ever due to the devastating impacts of the COVID-19 crisis, experts said during a virtual interactive panel discussion held in Hanoi last week. Children sell souvenirs in Sapa Town, the northern mountainous province of Lao Cai. — Photo baolaocai.vn The event adds a voice to the global call for action on World Day against Child Labour, which falls on June 12. Dang Hoa Nam, director of the Department of Children’s Affairs under the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs said that Vietnam’s first national survey of child labour in 2012 showed that there were about 1.75 million child labourers nationwide, making up 9.6 per cent of children aged between five and 17. Child labour has significantly declined in the country as the second national child labour survey in 2018 found about 1 million labourers or 5.4 per cent of the country’s children aged between five and 17, he said. The rate of child labour …

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