Governments implementation of environmental advocacies

Chairman of the People’s Committee of Thu Duc City Hoang Tung speaks at the ceremony. Speaking at the launching ceremony, Chairman of the People’s Committee of Thu Duc City Hoang Tung informed that the Covid-19 pandemic has not eluded along with other diseases such as the current dengue fever, hand-foot and mouth disease which are under outbreak peak. Thu Duc City launches environmental sanitation campaign. With the target of gradually reducing infectious cases from the above-mentioned diseases, removing and cleaning black spots on waste, creating a beautiful environment, chairman Hoang Tung requested localities and units to launch more communication activities on propaganda against the diseases, and to call on residents to raise their awareness, responsibility on the implementation of environmental sanitation such as killing mosquitoes and mosquito larvae along with environmental sanitation in residential areas and public areas, flipping down all containers of stagnant … [Read more...] about Thu Duc City launches peak month of disease prevention, environmental sanitation

The AQUAM project delivers mangrove environment monitoring stations in critical water points in Ca Mau province. The monitoring stations operate on solar energy. Data gathered by the stations in combination with satellite images will be the input of environmental reports for all stakeholders. The project, funded by Australia’s Aus4Innovation program, was wrapped up on Tuesday in a workshop attended by local provincial authorities and representatives from the Australian Embassy. The AQUAM project, jointly developed and implemented by the University of Queensland and Green Field Consulting & Development Company, in close collaboration with Nam Song Hau Fishery Research Sub-Institute and Ca Mau Department of Agriculture and Rural Development, has installed 15 wireless environmental monitoring stations using IoT (Internet of Things) technology to monitor the health of the mangrove ecosystem. This will help farmers and local authorities access real-time data on … [Read more...] about Australia facilitates environmental monitoring using tech in mangrove forest

th National Assembly as regulated. The National Assembly then approved that the total capital for the medium-term public investment plan for this period is VND2,870 trillion (US$122.6 billion), including the central state budget of VND1,500 trillion ($64.1 billion) and the local ones of VND1,370 trillion ($58.5 billion). By now, the Government has handed in the allocation plan of these budgets to the Standing Committee of the National Assembly. The only amount left to be considered is the foreign capital of VND40 trillion ($1.7 billion), since the Government is cooperating with sponsors to develop suitable projects. When these projects are approved as regulated, the Government will deliver corresponding reports to the National Assembly’s Standing Committee. The Deputy Prime Minister stated that the Prime Minister will issue respective directions to urge related ministries, state agencies, central bodies, and local authorities to urgently assess and approve feasible projects to … [Read more...] about Implementation of public investment plan should consider efficiency carefully

At the question-and-answer session as part of the 14th session of the 15th National Assembly (NA) Standing Committee today At the question-and-answer session as part of the 14th session of the 15th National Assembly (NA) Standing Committee on August 10, Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Nguyen Van Hung presented solutions to make tourism really become a spearhead economic sector, the management, conservation, renovation and promotion of the value of national historical relics, solutions to prevent the degradation of social ethics and behavioral culture. Deputies Nguyen Hai Anh from the Mekong Delta Province of Dong Thap and Don Tuan Phong from the Mekong Delta Province of An Giang asked the head of the Culture, Sports and Tourism industry to talk about initiatives to support the tourism industry’s recovery and development in the context of unpredictable developments of the coronavirus pandemic, some countries are still not ready to open the tourism market and still … [Read more...] about Tourism Minister proposes extending for implementation of preferential policies

The system will offer all 403 level-3 and level-4 public services online as well as 25 essential public services listed in Project 06. This means all 1,733 administrative procedures will be offered online for the local authorities of all districts and Thu Duc City to easily answer the requests of citizens. Right now, only the marriage registration cannot be done online, but others like birth registration, death registration will be performed online at level 3. Vice Chairman of HCMC People’s Committee Duong Anh Duc stated that the launch of this system can both fulfill the city’s political goal according to Project 06 and accelerate the establishment of a digital government in HCMC via administrative reform. One matter that has attracted much concern from the public is the use of chip-based citizen ID cards to register for medical examination and treatment under health insurance. As related systems are not fully synchronized, most ID cards contain no health insurance information, … [Read more...] about HCMC accelerating digital government establishment

Deputy Prime Minister Le Van Thanh (standing) addresses the conference (Photo: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) – Deputy Prime Minister Le Van Thanh on August 4 asked the environment sector to make breakthrough changes in mindset and enhance public awareness of sustainable and environmentally-friendly lifestyle, thus harmonising the relationship between economic development and environmental protection. Addressing a plenary session of the 10th National Environment Conference in Hanoi which drew 600 delegates, Thanh pointed to great challenges in the current environmental protection, including severe environmental pollution in many places and the degradation of biodiversity . He asked the environment sector to continue diversifying resources for environmental protection activities, while paying more attention to the environmental factor in the value structure of goods and services, strengthening the law enforcement in environmental activities, and increasing the use of mechanisms, tools … [Read more...] about Environment sector asked to harmonise economic development-environmental protection relations

Addressing a plenary session of the 10th National Environment Conference in Hanoi which drew 600 delegates, Thanh pointed to great challenges in the current environmental protection, including severe environmental pollution in many places and the degradation of biodiversity. He asked the environment sector to continue diversifying resources for environmental protection activities, while paying more attention to the environmental factor in the value structure of goods and services, strengthening the law enforcement in environmental activities, and increasing the use of mechanisms, tools and State management measures for environmental protection. He also asked ministries, sectors and localities to, right after the conference, promptly build and implement specific action programs and plans, while multiplying good models in the field to make positive changes and obvious outcomes in the work. According to Minister of Environment Tran Hong Ha, the conference, which is held every five … [Read more...] about Environment sector asked to harmonize economic development-environmental protection relations

Environmental issues have drawn the attention of all stakeholders in Vietnam, from kids to adults, and from experts to common people. Public awareness of environmental protection in Vietnam has improved over the past years, Deputy Prime Minister Le Van Thanh said today. Vietnam's Deputy Prime Minister Le Van Thanh delivers a speech at the 5th National Environmental Conference held in Hanoi on August 4. Photo: Hoai Anh There has been a positive change in the compliance with environmental laws by the community and businesses, especially in the consumption of green and environmentally friendly products with the limited use of disposable plastics, Thanh made the statement at the 5th National Environmental Conference held in Hanoi on August 4. Apart from public awareness, a better legal framework is another breakthrough in this field, contributed by the National Assembly’s adoption of the Law on Environmental Protection in 2020  and its entry into force in early … [Read more...] about Awareness of environmental protection in Vietnam raised: Deputy PM

Double digit export growth According to the Hanoi People’s Committee, the export turnover of goods in June 2022 reached about US$1.517 billion, up 6.8 percent from May 2022 and 17.5 percent from June 2021. In the first half of this year, the commodity exports turnover reached US$8.3 billion, up 17.1 percent over the first half of 2021. Some key items with increased export turnover in this period included textile and garment, reaching US$1.22 billion, up 29.6 percent; computer components and peripherals, US$1.072 billion, up 20.2 percent. The total import turnover of goods hit US$3.675 billion in June and US$20.5 billion in the first six months of 2022, the latter of which is 24.5 percent higher than the same period in 2021. Among the items of highest value were machinery, equipment and spare parts reaching US$2.996 billion, down 5.6 percent; petroleum US$2.934 billion, 2.8 times higher than the same period in 2021; computers, electronic goods and components at US$1.535 … [Read more...] about Hanoi helps firms implement trade deals

Deputy Defense Minister Senior Lieutenant General Le Huy Vinh, who is Head of the Defense Ministry’s Steering Board for Administrative Reform and E-government Development, chaired the conference. In the first half of 2022, the administrative reform and e-government development was constantly directed and implemented by the Central Military Commission, the Ministry of National Defense, the Party committees and chains-of-command at all levels. The mission’s plans were issued in a timely manner and conducted seriously while relevant legal documents continued to be completed. The building and development of e-government and digital government witnessed positive outcomes while the information safety and security was enhanced. The defense ministry integrated 23 administrative procedures into the national public service portal, established software to manage documents and files with digital signature, and more. Speaking at the event, Senior Lieutenant General Le Huy Vinh applauded … [Read more...] about Whole-military enhance administrative reform and e-government development