Socio economic survey

Speakers at the online workshop "Step-up for women in economic recovery against COVID-19”. — Photo courtesy of the organisers Countries around the world are moving from targeting zero COVID-19 cases to living safely with the disease, and Viet Nam is no exception. In this critical moment, co-operation among businesses and socio-economic organisations to empower women is motivation for the journey towards economic recovery and improvement of living qualities, while enhancing women’s roles and positions in families and society, delegates said at a recent online workshop. Held by Unilever Vietnam in partnership with the United Nations for Women, National Women’s Union, British Embassy, Standard Chartered Bank and Facebook, the workshop "Step-up for women in economic recovery against COVID-19” aims to raise public awareness of the impact caused by the pandemic on Vietnamese women and young girls, and to share women’s inspirational stories amid the pandemic. The organisers also …

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Findings from the survey are expected to encourage the authorities to continue improving their services and operation for greater efficiency. The Hanoi People’s Committee has conducted a survey on public satisfaction over services provided by the authorities of departments, units, districts, and wards in the city. Staff work on administrative procedures at Ba Dinh People's Committee. Photo: Thanh Hai Findings from the survey are expected to encourage the authorities to continue improving their services and operation for greater efficiency. The target in this survey, carried out in early October, would be individuals and representatives of organizations engaging in administrative procedures at 20 departments and 30 districts/wards and the result would be submitted to the municipal People’s Committee before December 31, 2021. Hanoi’s authorities collected 1,250 samples at departments/units and 4,800 others at districts/wards, which were delivered by the post …

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Industrial hubs across the country, especially Ho Chi Minh City, its neighbor Binh Duong and Dong Nai provinces, Hanoi and its neighbors Bac Ninh and Bac Giang provinces, have in recent years attracted millions of migrant workers. More than 1.7 million of these workers, or 70 percent of the total, earn less than VND10 million ($440) per month and currently squeeze themselves and their families into small rented rooms built and operated by local landlords, said Khuat Van Quy, deputy head of the Department of Familial Affairs under the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism. "Migrant workers have to live in very narrow rented rooms that provide living space of only two-three square meters per person," he told a Tuesday meeting in Hanoi. A group of migrant construction workers has dinner at a rented room in Hanoi, August 2021. Photo by VnExpress/Ngoc Thanh In most cases, workers have to spend almost all day working aside from taking overtime shifts and as a result, …

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Vietnam grasps opportunities to expand agricultural export market Viet Nam's agricultural products are being exported to more than 180 countries and territories, particularly products moving from the mid-range market to the higher-end segment. This information was provided at an online trade connection programme with the participation of representatives and business communities of India and three countries of the Greater Mekong Sub-region (GMS), namely Viet Nam, Thailand and Cambodia on Monday. This formed part of a series of activities of a project to strengthen international integration of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) of India and the GMS countries, towards promoting global value chains and trade between India and the GMS countries, which is financed by the Asian Development Bank (ADB). Le Hoang Tai, Deputy Director of the Viet Nam Trade Promotion Agency under the Ministry of Industry and Trade, emphasised that farm produce and food were key exports of Viet Nam. …

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The capital city is committed to creating favorable conditions for foreign businesses to make long-term investments and protect the lawful rights of all investors. Hanoi’s authorities are fully aware of the difficulties that the foreign enterprises are facing and will try their best to support all businesses to soon overcome the Covid-19 impacts and restore normal activities. Secretary of the Hanoi Party Committee Dinh Tien Dung. Photos: Thanh Hai Secretary of the Hanoi Party Committee Dinh Tien Dung made the statement during a dialogue between Hanoi’s leaders and foreign businesses in the city today [October 19]. According to Dung, the fourth Covid-19 outbreak since late April has posed severe consequences on Vietnam’s socio-economic lives. “Hanoi, as the capital city of Vietnam, is under huge pressure to soon contain the pandemic for public safety and economic recovery,” Dung stressed. “We have mobilized the entire political system and participation of …

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Bạch Liên Hương, Director of the Hà Nội City’s Department of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs. Photo hanoimoi.com.vn To mark action month "For the poor" in 2021 (October 17 to November 18), Director of the Hà Nội City’s Department of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs Bạch Liên Hương spoke to the Hà Nội Mới (New Hà Nội)newspaper about efforts to reduce poverty in the capital. In the past, Hà Nội city has created "leverage" for poor households to rise up with many effective solutions. In particular, in the context of the COVID-19 epidemic, many policies of the  Government and Hà Nội have been implemented, helping millions of people overcome difficulties and stabilise their lives. Could you please elaborate on this? In addition to the programmes on industrial promotion, agricultural extension and new rural areas construction, Hà Nội always creates many favourable opportunities and provides livelihoods for the poor to rise up. From 2016 to now, the city has been …

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Delegation of State Audit Office of Vietnam chairs discussion on SAIs and Encouraging for the Achievement of SDGs (Photo: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) – Vietnam shared its experience at the 8th ASOSAI Symposium , held via teleconference on September 8, with the theme "The ASOSAI and the Next Normal: Resilience amidst Challenges”. The event focused on four topics: SAIs and Promoting Good Governance in the Next Normal; SAIs and Encouraging for the Achievement of SDGs; SAIs and Leveraging by using Advanced Technologies for Public Sector Auditing ; and SAIs and Responding to Disaster and Pandemic Emerging Issues. The State Audit Office of Vietnam (SAV) chaired the discussion on SAIs and Encouraging for the Achievement of SDGs, and shared experience during the discussion on SAIs and Leveraging by using Advanced Technologies for Public Sector Auditing. Audit points out many shortcomings and limitations Nguyen Luong Thuyet, Director of the SAV’s Department of General Affairs, …

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The Japan International Co-operation Agency (JICA) at a press conference reviewing the agency’s work in Việt Nam in the first half of the 2021 fiscal year. — VNA/VNS Photo HÀ NỘI — The Japan International Co-operation Agency (JICA) will continue its efforts to support Việt Nam's socio-economic development, JICA Chief Representative in Việt Nam, Shimizu Akira, said on Thursday. Speaking at a press conference reviewing the agency’s work in Việt Nam in the first half of the fiscal year 2021 (from April 1, 2020, to September 30, 2021), Shimizu said that JICA has focused on technical and financial cooperation and consolidating friendship between Việt Nam and Japan. He said that he highly appreciated efforts made by Việt Nam during the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic, especially during the most recent wave since late April. “Japan has been supporting Việt Nam to overcome this difficult time,” he said, adding that Japan has given Việt Nam more than four million doses of …

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Excitement sustained in M&A possibilities The value peaked in 2017 at $10.2 billion, half of which was attributed to the $5 billion deal that saw Thai Bev acquiring SABECO. The merger and acquisition (M&A) value normalised to $7.6 billion in 2018 and $7.2 billion in 2019, which placed Vietnam in the top three among ASEAN markets, behind Singapore and Thailand. M&A activities were inevitably disrupted in 2020 by the pandemic, with the total value dropping 50 per cent on-year, to about $3.5 billion. During 2016-2019, M&A activities were concentrated in the consumer retail, real estate, and banking sectors. In 2020 and the first half of 2021, real estate and banking/consumer finance led the M&A wave. Foreign investors played the leading role in M&A in Vietnam, accounting for 90 per cent of the total value per annum in the years prior to 2019 and around 65 per cent during 2019-20, led by investors from Singapore, Hong Kong, Thailand, South Korea, and Japan. …

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