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
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V-pop star joins Garena Free Fire as playable character
Tung released his first single in 2013 at the age of 19 and has since become one of the biggest pop stars in Vietnam. His music is a fusion of traditional Vietnamese music, K-Pop and U.S.-U.K. pop. … [Read more...] about V-pop star joins Garena Free Fire as playable character
Vingroup to launch Vietnam’s first powerful authentication cloud service
Previously, Vingroup announced VinCSS FIDO2 Ecosystem including different key types (hard key/soft key), authentication servers/services, and different types of cloud services (public/private/on-premise), programming and utility libraries, consulting, integration and support services and FIDO2 technology integrated products (phones, smart cars, and internet of things). VinCSS FIDO2 has achieved four international FIDO2 certificates and has one product recommended by Microsoft for use on its Azure AD platform. … [Read more...] about Vingroup to launch Vietnam’s first powerful authentication cloud service
If hunger and poverty still exist, development goals will not be achieved
As one of the few countries that could make this report, Vietnam identified resources to implement the SDGs in five key areas: education, health, transport, rural areas, electricity and water by 2030, with about US$108 billion, of which the public sector can only provide $75.8 billion. The remaining resources can be mobilized from the private sector through public-private partnerships (PPP) projects, ODA and other financial sources. The Vietnamese Government has always determined that if the problem of poverty is not addressed, the development objectives such as economic growth, stability and human rights cannot be fulfilled. … [Read more...] about If hunger and poverty still exist, development goals will not be achieved
Efforts to empower ethnic minority women
Gender inequality with ethnic women, which is part of the social structure mentioned above, also exists at both the family and individual levels, where stigma towards women and the lack of resources have been and are preventing ethnic minority women from speaking up and practicing leadership in their families and communities. The voice of women in the community is very limited. However, the reality and the survey show that, if there is sufficient support and resources, women can not only help themselves but also contribute significantly to the family and the surrounding community. … [Read more...] about Efforts to empower ethnic minority women