Vietnam has issued the National Strategy on Gender Equality for the period 2011-2020 with the aim of raising awareness, narrowing the gender gap and enhancing the status of women; actively implementing international and regional initiatives to promote the protection of women's rights and fight discrimination against women. The goal of equality between men and women and empowering women and girls, one of the three millennium goals (MDG 2013), was completed by Vietnam before the 2015 deadline, making Vietnam one of countries that eliminated gender gap the fastest in the past 20 years. … [Read more...] about Vietnam obtains important achievements in empowering girls
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Vietnamese Abivin wins the fifth ASEAN Entrepreneur Award at WKF2020
Participants were able to meet global start-up leaders at panel sessions, including Jeffrey Lee, co-founder of Northern Light Venture Capital; Tina Wei, senior advisor at Oceanpine Capital; Hur Jin-ho, partner at SEMA Translink; Abraham Shim, founder and chief executive of Ziktalk OU; Sohn Yu-jin, director at ICONLOOP; and Jason Han, chief executive of Ground X. … [Read more...] about Vietnamese Abivin wins the fifth ASEAN Entrepreneur Award at WKF2020
Scientist helps farmers profit from medicinal mushrooms
Nguyễn Thị Liên Thương, director of Application Development Institute of Thủ Dầu Một University in southern Bình Dương Province, has provided many inventions and initiatives for agricultural production, goods consumption and clean technology transfer. … [Read more...] about Scientist helps farmers profit from medicinal mushrooms
Việt Nam steps up measures to protect guest workers abroad
Việt Nam has made adjustments to its laws and regulations to ensure they are compatible with the reality, to create favourable conditions for businesses offering guest worker services as well as to better protect the rights and interests of workers abroad, he said. … [Read more...] about Việt Nam steps up measures to protect guest workers abroad
Striving towards a Government serving the people: Minister
In recent years, natural inclement conditions have also occurred – repeated salt intrusion in the Mekong Delta, biting cold spells in the northern region, droughts in Central Highlands and floods in central region – at levels unseen before. And in 2020, the big thing is the COVID-19 pandemic, which first emerged in Wuhan, China. World Health Organisation (WHO)’s recommendation before the Tết (Lunar New Year) holiday that year was still that the disease is not transmissible between humans, but we, the Government Office, didn’t think the same and immediately reported to the leadership for responses. … [Read more...] about Striving towards a Government serving the people: Minister