Low carbon development

These remarks were made by Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc at an event known as “Dialogue 2045” with various business representatives and intellectuals at the Thong Nhat Conference Hall in Ho Chi Minh City on March 6, featuring the participation of many senior leaders. The Government leader reviewed the achievements following nearly 35 years of pursuing the renewal process under the leadership of the Community Party of Vietnam (CPV), with the national economy enjoying positive growth. The lives of local people have been greatly improved, with the life expectancy increasing compared with advanced countries such as Japan and Singapore, with greater attention being given to a range of social and cultural issues. PM Phuc therefore highlighted the contributions made by the local the business community to the nation over the past 35 years of Doi Moi (Renewal), expressing hope that firms can learn new ideas to transform the nation into a developed and high-income country. The nation must be home to business giants capable of competing both regionally and globally by unlocking the potential and making use of the strengths of citizens living and working inside and outside of the country, he emphasized. The nation must also strive to lure and promote external resources in terms of technology, knowledge, and innovation, along with building a brighter future. Dialogue 2045 was held as part of efforts to chart a course of actions to translate the development goals through to 2045. In line with the Resolution adopted at the 13th National Party Congress, the country expects to move out of its low middle-income status by 2025. According to the schedule, the nation will become an upper-middle income country by 2030 and gain developed and high-income nation status by 2045. These are the key time milestones as the country prepares to mark the 50th anniversary of liberation of the South and national reunification in 2025, the 100th founding anniversary of the CPV in …

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The award is a testament to Panasonic's efforts over the years in technology development and product innovation towards saving and environmental friendliness Mr. Yasushi Kondo, Deputy General Director of Panasonic Appliances Vietnam Co., Ltd., proudly revealed, “Panasonic Corporation has set an environmental vision to 2050 as a long-term strategy for sustainable environmental management, towards the goal where energy creation exceeds energy consumption. Therefore, we are constantly developing technologies and improving products to raise electricity savings, increase consumers’ benefits, besides other activities to reduce carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions, enhance the recycling of raw materials and the efficient use of resources, and reduce the impact of chemicals in our production. ” In parallel with the development orientation of “green” and energy-saving products within the above mentioned Panasonic’s environmental vision, in 2020, Panasonic announced its new business value proposition, welcoming the 50th anniversary of Panasonic's official operation in Vietnam (1971-2021) by officially changing from Consumer Electronic Company to Wellness Solutions Providing Company, pioneering in providing human-oriented technology trends with the mission "Passion for your health and comfort", while at the same time proposing solutions to urgent social problems in order to contribute to the sustainable development of Vietnam. Over the years, Panasonic Vietnam has always strived to realize the basic business philosophy of "contribute to society" built by the Founder, not only by gradually expanding production and business activities in Vietnam, but also by pioneering in social responsibility activities focusing on education and environment, which are considered by Panasonic as the two key areas contributing to the country's sustainable development. Typically, in the annual tree planting program "Panasonic for a green Vietnam" in collaboration with the Center for Natural …

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With a low starting point and more than 70% of the population living in rural and mountainous areas, the completion of that task depends greatly on the effective application of scientific and technological achievements as well as the potentials ofeach region in order to restructure and promote the development of agriculture in the direction of commodity production, controlling the domestic market, and step by step reaching out to regional and international markets. The undertakings and policies of the Party and State all aim to affirm that the transfer of scientific and technological application in agricultural production is an especially important breakthrough in promoting agricultural production and rural economy. On October 13, 2015, the Prime Minister signed Decision No.1747/QD-TTg approving a programme on supporting the application and transfer of scientific and technological progress to promote socio-economic development in rural, mountainous and ethnic minority areas in the 2016 - 2025 period. After five years of implementation (2016 - 2020), 400 projects were approved by the Ministry of Science and Technology and have been implemented in 61 provinces and cities with a total investment of more than VND3.06 trillion. According to the report of the Programme Office, after five years of implementation, the projects have brought about positive initial results in terms of science and technology. The programme is expected to transfer 2,126 turns of technologies; and trained 3,520 grassroots technicians and more than 1,800 local scientific and technological managers. It has identified suitable technologies for each region and locality, thereby building effective production models. However, during the implementation process, there are still many problems, such as a low budget for supporting projects; the mechanism of maintaining and replicating the project model is not yet effective; andseveral of the regulations being applied to manage projects are not …

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