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Hanoi aims to become the leading locality in the development of cultural creative space. The various cultural heritages that exist in Hanoi have significant potential, serving as a foundation and resource for Hanoi's socio-economic growth, particularly in cultural tourism development. Overview of the conference. Photos: Lai Tan/The Hanoi Times Vice Chairman of the Hanoi People’s Committee Ha Minh Hai gave the remarks at an international conference titled “Promoting the role of world cultural and natural heritages in sustainable development for Hanoi” today [March 24]. Cultural heritages as invaluable assets According to Hai, Hanoi is positioned as the political-administrative center of Vietnam and is a significant center for culture, science, education, economy, communication, and international trade. Hanoi is also known as the "Heritage City" and is the leading locality in terms of the number of monuments, he said. “The city’s cultural heritage … [Read more...] about Cultural heritage to propel Hanoi’s future development

VUSTA Chairman Phan Xuan Dung said that at the first congress of the Vietnam Association for Science and Technology Dissemination, the predecessor of VUSTA, on May 18, 1963, then President Ho Chi Minh talked to and assigned tasks to the country’s intellectuals. Twenty years later, on March 26, 1983, VUSTA was established with Labor Hero, Professor and Academian Maj. Gen. Tran Dai Nghia, a prominent scientist of Vietnam, being the first chairman. Since then, VUSTA has increasingly affirmed its important role in uniting and bringing into play the creativity of Vietnamese science and technology intellectuals both at home and abroad, thus substantially helping promote the country’s scientific and technological strength, boost socio-economic development, and contribute to defense - security safeguarding. From the 15 initial associations with a modest membership, VUSTA now comprises 156 associations, including 63 local association unions and 93 associations, with over 2.2 million … [Read more...] about Intellectuals form important force for social development: Party leader

An overview of the conference (Photo: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) – The Ministry of Planning and Investment (MPI) and the German Agency for International Cooperation (GIZ) on March 24 jointly held a consultation conference on Vietnam’s voluntary national review (VNR) on the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG). Vietnam conducted the VNR, a mechanism through which countries assess and present national progress made in implementing the 2030 Agenda, for the first time in 2018. In this second time in 2023, Vietnam will submit the report together with 41 other countries. Addressing the event, head of the MPI’s Department of Science, Education, Natural Resources and Environment Le Viet Anh said that through this mechanism, Vietnam hopes to share its achievements and progresses during the realisation of the 2030 Agenda, which was adopted by the UN in September 2015 with 17 SDGs. At the same time, the country will also present its difficulties, challenges and experience … [Read more...] about Vietnam gathers opinions on building voluntary national review on SDGs

The ground-breaking ceremony for the project on December 19 (Photo: VNA) Vientiane (VNA) – Work on construction of a bauxite-alumina mining industrial complex , one of Vietnam’s largest projects in Lao, began in Dakcheung district, the southern Lao province of Sekong, on December 19. bauxite mine worth 1 billion USD has an annual capacity of 1 million tonnes. It is expected to operate for 30 years and could be extended to 50 years. Viet Phuong Group Phuong Minh Hue pledged to bring success to the project, contributing to socio-economic development in remote and disadvantaged areas of Sekong province and bilateral economic ties between the two nations, especially in the Vietnam – Laos – Cambodia development triangle. VNA … [Read more...] about Work starts on Vietnam’s biggest project in Lao province

The National Assembly approved the 2023 budget of VND712 trillion ($30 billion), a significant increase from more than VND130 trillion ($5.5 billion) in 2022. The effective performance of public investment should be considered as a top political task for all levels and sectors in order to ensure a strong push for the socio-economic recovery of the country. The construction of Ring road No.2 section Vinh Tuy - Nga Tu Vong in Hanoi. Photo: Pham Hung Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh stressed the view in Directive No. 08 on missions and tasks to promote public investment and economic development in 2023. This year, the Government set a target to disburse at least 95% of the public funds allocated for this year, which is more than VND676 trillion (US$28.47 billion). For the current year, the National Assembly has approved a budget of nearly VND712 trillion (US$30 billion), a significant increase of more than VND130 trillion (US$5.5 billion) over 2022 and VND250 … [Read more...] about Effective public investment as a top political mission: PM