Green projects

Hanoi (VNA) – Vietnam has recorded significant achievements in managing national foreign debts over the past three decades, said an official at a workshop held in Hanoi on January 26. Vo Huu Hien, Vice General Director of the Ministry of Finance’s Department of Debt Management and External Finance, made the statement, adding that the effective management has transformed Vietnam from a poor and heavily indebted country into a one receiving international organisations’ recognition as having a controlled external debt level and being excluded from the group of countries with a debt burden. According to data from the ministry, the public sector’s proportion in the structure of the national external debt decreased from 73.6 percent in 2010 to 63.4 percent in 2015 and 43.7 percent in 2020. The Government’s foreign loans are mainly official development assistance and concessional loans. To date, Vietnam has signed more than 85 billion USD worth of these loans. … [Read more...] about Progresses seen in Vietnam management of national foreign debts: workshop

The National Assembly recently discussed the overall scheme for socio-economic development in the remote and mountainous areas and the areas in particularly difficult conditions. This will make an important contribution to linking the national socio-economic development goals in each period with the sustainable development goal No. 9 "Eradicating poverty in all forms everywhere" and the sustainable development goal No. 9 "Building solid infrastructure to promote open and sustainable industrialization and encouraging innovation" under the United Nations Sustainable Development Agenda to 2030. … [Read more...] about If hunger and poverty still exist, development goals will not be achieved

In 2017, when participating in CSIP's project, mainly focusing on supporting poor and disadvantaged households, we were consulted by project staff, pointing out our strengths to carry out. implementing projects such as focusing on recycling brocade of black Mong people in Sa Pa (re-using brocade, innovating dresses, bags, belts by dyeing, cutting ...); homestay tourism development model. As a result, the lives of ethnic minority women have been increasingly improved, ensuring livelihoods and sustainable escaping from poverty. … [Read more...] about Efforts to empower ethnic minority women

Deputy Director Tang Chi Thuong first announced that there will be an establishment of a specialized medical center in HCMC. It consists of existing general and specialized hospitals of the highest level, a center for medical examination and disease screening via hi-tech methods, Emergency Center 115 and its satellite units running a smart coordination system. … [Read more...] about HCMC aiming at becoming specialized medical center of ASEAN