Viet Nam News HCM CITY- The partnership between Government, enterprises and civil society is vital to achieving the UN's Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) in Việt Nam, experts have said The SDGs were adopted by 193 countries a year ago with qualitative objectives across the social, economic and environmental dimensions to be achieved by 2030. They are 17 goals with 169 targets and 231 indicators, Jasmine Jaruphand, the Asia Pacific Regional Lead for the Sustainable Development Goals Action Campaign, said. "It is the time to build new partnerships and alliances to make sure the SDGs are a reality for everyone, everywhere by 2030," she told a workshop held in HCM City yesterday (September 20). "The UN will play a key role in co-ordinating new partnerships for action with governments and the private and public sectors." The campaign's methodology includes building public awareness and partnerships, developing creative and innovative communication tools and fostering citizens' … [Read more...] about Govt-civil society-business nexus key to hitting UN development goals: experts
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Vietnam National Museum of History met New-York Historical Society to discuss on a co-operative project for an exhibition on Vietnam War
On 26/03/2015, a delegation from New-York Historical Society (USA) visited and met Vietnam National Museum of History (VNMH). Dr. Nguyen Van Doan, Deputy Director of VNMH hosted the guests. They exchanged on a co-operative project for an exhibition that will showcase the materials and objects related to the Vietnam War 1955-1975. Deputy Director Nguyen Van Doan and VNMH's officers took a photograph with delegates of New-York Historical Society Founded in 1804, New-York Historical Society Museum is the oldest museum in New York City. New-York Historical Society Museum has a mission to explore the richly layered political, cultural and social history of New York City and State and the nation, and to serve as a national forum for the discussion of issues surrounding the making and meaning of history In the meeting, Mrs. Marci Reaven, Vice President for History Exhibitions of New-York Historical Society has expressed her admiration to the collections of VNMH museum, in particular, the … [Read more...] about Vietnam National Museum of History met New-York Historical Society to discuss on a co-operative project for an exhibition on Vietnam War
Politics, society in Pham Huy Thong’s pieces
My Tran Born in 1981 to journalist parents who often hosted gatherings that included freewheeling discussions of the social and political issues of the day, Thong cites exposure from an early age to this open style of discourse as a paramount factor in his own decision to engage with social and political issues in his art. Thong's decision to replace the faces of his subjects in his latest series with hands was driven in part by a desire to make them universal, anonymous beings without individuality or nationality. Another reason was Thong's conception of hands as uniquely expressive appendages with the capacity to express a range of emotions - anger, power, fear, happiness - and meaning through the symbols and gestures they can be used to form. One issue that animates Thong and which appears in several of the Hands paintings, is the current disputes between China and its Southeast Asian neighbors over island territories in the South China Sea. Thong demonstrates the breadth … [Read more...] about Politics, society in Pham Huy Thong’s pieces
Role of journalists is building society while fighting its evils
Role of journalists is building society while fighting its evils (13-08-2005) Culture and Information Minister Pham Quang Nghi and senior journalists discussed the role and responsibility of the media. Culture and Informa-tion Minister Pham Quang Nghi defined development of the media to better serve the public: The quantity of publications has heavily increased in the past ten to 15 years. Urban readers have easy access to newspaper dealing with the economy, politics, society, culture, sport, and entertainment. But in rural Viet Nam buying newspapers is difficult. Firstly readers cannot afford them and the content does not meet their requirements. In fact, for a country with a population of 80 million, the number of Viet Nam's press agencies, 600, is not high when compared with the world average and low compared with developed countries. We have no media corporation and we need a vanguard. Some of the press works as corporations but they have not re-organised and named themselves a … [Read more...] about Role of journalists is building society while fighting its evils
Singapore to lift ban on party political films
SINGAPORE, Jan. 9, The Singapore government will amend the current Films Act to allow for certain types of party political films in the country, local media reported on Friday. According to Channealnewsasia's report, the Singapore government agreed with the Advisory Council on the Impact of New Media Society that it should take a phased approach to liberalizing the Films Act, which means that political parties and their candidates will be able to use films for internet election advertising during an election. Communications and the Arts Minister Lee Boon Yang said Friday morning that the government will move to amend the Films Act in the next month or two. Party political films will have to be factual and objective and not dramatize or present a distorted picture. The government will set up an independent advisory panel to determine whether films are party political films and if they can be aired, the report said. The controversial Section 33 of the Films Act makes it an offense … [Read more...] about Singapore to lift ban on party political films