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Vietnam can become a logistics center for agriculture and food in the Asia-Pacific region. The greening of agriculture is not a burden but a need and an opportunity that Vietnam should determine to grasp. This is also a responsibility for tens of millions of farmer households, Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Le Minh Hoan said. The minister said the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) will assign the Vietnam National University of Agriculture to coordinate with the ministry’s agencies to implement each step of the agriculture greening scheme. “The Departments of Crop Production, Livestock Husbandry and Fisheries, those which are related to green agriculture need to take specific steps to start implementing it from today,” Hoan said. Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Le Minh Hoan. Photos: Phi Nhat According to the minister, Vietnam is realizing an initiative of the World Economic Forum in a production chain …

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Le Trong Minh, VIR's editor-in-chief The COVID-19 pandemic has wreaked havoc on the business community and the general public around the world, particularly in Vietnam. Supply chains have been disrupted, affecting production and corporate operations. Many firms were forced to shut down or cease operations and millions of workers lost their jobs. However, the whole political system has quickly come out with timely solutions to provide some much-needed support. In difficult circumstances, we could see heroic acts of solidarity so that no one is left behind. Many firms are still struggling, but they remain ready to perform their corporate social responsibility by launching practical and effective initiatives. These wonderful acts were not merely tokens of goodwill – they reflect business philosophy and their choice to pursue long-term values for themselves and society as a whole. Bui Thu Thuy, deputy director of the Enterprise Development Department, Ministry of …

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A corner of Bac Giang city (Photo: bacgiang.gov.vn) Bac Giang (VNA) – Bac Giang city in the northern province of the same name will mobilise all resources to develop in the direction of green and smart urban area , Chairman of the municipal People’s Committee Dang Dinh Hoan has said. To realise the target, the city has set to basically fulfil criteria for the first-tier urban area by 2025 and be recognised as one by 2030. It aims to raise per capita income of local residents to 8,500-9,000 USD a year and call for more than 100 trillion VND (4.41 trillion USD) in social sources for development. Bac Giang city will invest in and build two or three green and smart urban areas, two to four three- and five-star hotels, two to three nightlife economy zones and a 100-ha park. digital economy 's share in the gross regional domestic product to about 30 percent and at least 20 percent in each sector. The city will work to put power lines underground, build more parks, …

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The Norwegian Embassy in Hanoi, its Commercial Section-Innovation Norway, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the Vietnam Environment Administration (VEA) under the Ministry of Natural Resources & Environment (MONRE) on Tuesday organised a webinar “Multi-stakeholders approach – a key to successful circular economy”. The event was held in collaboration with Vung Tau People’s Committee, Cities Development Initiative for Asia (CDIA), Alliance to End Plastic Waste, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Vietnam, Norwegian Siam Cement Group (SCG), TOMRA AS, and Norwegian Foundation for Scientific and Industrial Research (SINTEF). The event saw the attendance of Norwegian Deputy Head of Mission, Mr Jan Wilhelm Grythe, ADB Vietnam Country Director Mr Andrew Jeffries, VEA Deputy Director General Mr Nguyen Hung Thinh, and over 100 people representing international donors, foreign missions in Vietnam, relevant departments of MONRE and VEA, local and international …

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Bangkok (VNA) - The proposed land bridge megaproject, which will connect Chumphon on the eastern coast of the Gulf of Thailand to Ranong on the Andaman Sea, will become a major transit port, with a capacity rivalling Hong Kong , according to Thailand's Transport Ministry. Thai Transport Minister Saksayam Chidchob was quoted by local media as saying that the land bridge, which will allow maritime traffic to bypass the congested waters off Singapore, will be able to handle some 20 million twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs) of cargo per year. This is equivalent to the capacity of the port in Hong Kong, which is the world's eighth busiest port, the minister said. He urged all stakeholders to come up with a design that would bring transit time down significantly below other routes in the region, to increase the land bridge's chances to become the preferred route between the Indian and Pacific oceans. To promote the land bridge as a transit hub and attract international …

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