Land grant colleges

Illustrative image (Photo: VNA) Vinh Phuc (VNA) – Authorities of the northern province of Vinh Phuc have accelerated administrative reform in land management in order to create favourable conditions and satisfaction for people and businesses. Vinh Phuc records positive results in processing administrative procedures on land management. (Photo: VNA) It has also simplified and shortened the processing time of a number of administrative procedures; and given consultation to the provincial People's Committee on cutting down the processing time for 63 out of 87 provincial-level procedures, including 20 related to land management. land management agencies, enabling the payment of financial duties related to land online. VNA … [Read more...] about Vinh Phuc speeds up administrative reform in land management

The Vietnam National University's Hoa Lac campus is ready with all facilities and equipment for educational and research activities. The Vietnam National University (VNU)’s headquarter has been relocated to its newly built campus in Hoa Lac on Hanoi's outskirt this week. The campus is expected to be the most modern and advanced university town in Southeast Asia. Planned to cover about 1,113.7 hectares, the campus includes the Polytechnic School, a research center, and offices of the management board. Built with a total investment of VND22 trillion (nearly US$950 million), the college town consisting of nine member universities, eight institutes, 13 research centers, and four specialized high schools will provide training for more than 41,000 students. A bird's eye view of the Center for Library Information and Digital Knowledge in the  VNU-Hanoi campus in Hoa Lac. Photo: VNU Currently, the VNU-Hanoi student population on the Hoa Lac campus has numbered … [Read more...] about Vietnam National University moved to Hanoi’s outskirt

The activity was in celebration of the 132nd birth anniversary of President Ho Chi Minh (May 19, 1890 - 2022), towards the 8th founding anniversary of the Vietnam Department of Peacekeeping Operations (May 27, 2014 - 2022), and 47th founding anniversary of Military Hospital 175 (May 26, 1975 - 2022). The tree-planting activity attracted the participation of a lot of local people who first joined the event with curiosity and then with excitement after learning the significance of the event. Some actively asked for more trees to plant and take care of the trees themselves. This activity was meaningful to both improving the landscape of the place for medical examination and treatment and boosting the two hospitals’ bond. This also helped improve the quality of life of the hospital staff and make the arid land of Bentiu green. The tree-planting activity took place before the L2FH Rotation 3 left Bentiu for the homeland. Below are several photos of this significant activity. … [Read more...] about Vietnamese ‘blue berets’ plant trees in South Sudan

Đồng Tháp Province is organising a festival to promote its symbol - the pink lotus flower. – VNS Photo Việt Dũng Nguyễn Việt Dũng The festival, which opened on May 19 in Cao Lãnh City’s Văn Miếu Square, aims to promote the fragrant flower as well as its products. The province is known as “The Land of the Lotus” because of its near ubiquitous presence that never fails to charm visitors as well as locals. It also carries significant economic value. At the festival's opening ceremony, Phạm Thiện Nghĩa, chairman of Đồng Tháp People’s Committee, said the province had chosen lotus as its symbol and has been building its brand based on it. “In Đồng Tháp, visitors can find lotuses everywhere, from swamps and fields to office buildings and street corners,” he said. ”We even have a ‘Lotus Kid’ mascot character on display to promote the province’s image.” Đồng Tháp is focusing on building its lotus brand. – VNS Photo Việt Dũng At the ongoing festival, visitors can take … [Read more...] about Đồng Tháp goes to town on its lotus specialty

A part of Hậu Giang Province. — Photo provided by the province HCM CITY — The Mekong Delta province of Hậu Giang will advertise its potential and strengths, promote trade and tourism while introducing a list of projects calling for investment during an upcoming investment promotion conference in the locality. The conference, slated to be held from June 15 to June 18, will create favourable conditions for domestic and foreign businesses to learn about the province's mechanisms and policies, its investment incentives besides its prioritised projects, director of the provincial Department of Planning and Investment Trần Ngọc Hùng told a press conference in HCM City on Wednesday. Hùng also described the event as a good chance for management agencies, organisations and investors to discuss measures to help the province attract more investment to promote its socio-economic development in the near future. Five seminars discussing Hậu Giang's potentials and opportunities in the fields … [Read more...] about Hậu Giang’s investment promotion conference slated for June

Rạng Đông Light Source and Vacuum Flask JSC. Photo courtesy of the firm HCM CITY — HCM City needs to speed up equitisation to restructure state-owned enterprises and improve their efficiency, according to the Government Inspectorate. The equitisation of state companies is progressing at a tardy pace, a recent report by the inspectorate says. It also has shortcomings in terms of allocation of assets for equitisation, determination of enterprise value, determination of the ratio of state capital post-equitisation, and selection of strategic investors. According to the Ministry of Finance’s corporate finance department, many SOEs in the city are large and have complicated financial and land ownership structures, and so equitisation, especially evaluating their assets, is not easy. As of 2016 the city had 62 SOEs fully owned by the state, according to the Government Inspectorate. Phan Thị Thắng, vice chairwoman of the city People’s Committee, has sought the HCM City Business … [Read more...] about Inspectorate urges HCM City to speed up restructuring of SOEs

The fifth season of Shark Tank Vietnam, the reality show for start-ups, begins this week on VTV3 and will be broadcast every Sunday. It attracted thousands of start-ups and the 56 most outstanding have been selected for the show. This year the jury or ‘sharks’ will be Pham Thanh Hung, deputy chairman of Cen Land and chairman of Cenhomes.vn; Do Lien, founder of LIAN; Nguyen Xuan Phu, chairman of SUNHOUSE Group; Nguyen Hoa Binh, chairman of NextTech; Le Hung Anh, founder and managing director of BIN Corporation Group; Thai Van Linh, managing director of TVL Group, and Louis Nguyen, chairman and general director of Saigon Asset Management. Besides enabling start-ups to seek investment, Shark Tank is also a forum for young companies to advertise their products to the country. Last year it attracted applications from many Vietnamese start-ups abroad who wanted to expand to Viet Nam. Despite the huge challenges posed by COVID-19 contracts were signed to invest in Coolmate, Vua Cua, … [Read more...] about Shark Tank season 5 poised to start

A part of Hau Giang Province. — Photo provided by the province The Mekong Delta province of Hau Giang will advertise its potential and strengths, promote trade and tourism while introducing a list of projects calling for investment during an upcoming investment promotion conference in the locality. The conference, slated to be held from June 15 to June 18, will create favourable conditions for domestic and foreign businesses to learn about the province's mechanisms and policies, its investment incentives besides its prioritised projects, director of the provincial Department of Planning and Investment Tran Ngoc Hung told a press conference in HCM City on Wednesday. Hung also described the event as a good chance for management agencies, organisations and investors to discuss measures to help the province attract more investment to promote its socio-economic development in the near future. Five seminars discussing Hau Giang's potentials and opportunities in the fields of … [Read more...] about Hau Giang’s investment promotion conference slated for June