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Tran Hoang Tuan, Standing Vice Chairman of the provincial People's Committee, speaks at the event. (Photo: VNA) Quang Ngai (VNA) – The Sa Huynh Civilisation relic site in Duc Pho township of the central province of Quang Ngai has earned a special national status as recognised by the Prime Minister recently. The provincial People’s Committee held a ceremony on March 24 to receive the special national relic site certificate. Tran Hoang Tuan, Standing Vice Chairman of the People’s Committee, said that in 1909, French archaeologist M.Vinet discovered antiquities of the Sa Huynh Civilisation. These ancient artifacts first appeared about 3,000 years ago and ended in the first century AD. Through different excavations, archaeologists continually found traces of a civilisation, including about 500 burial jars containing many accompaniments, across the coastal central, southeastern, and Central Highlands regions. Among those localities, Quang Ngai is considered the cradle … [Read more...] about Sa Huynh Civilisation relic site in Quang Ngai earns special national status

Minister of Culture, Sports, and Tourism Nguyen Van Hung made the suggestion at the province’s tourism development conference held in Ha Long city on March 17. He said Quang Ninh should develop special travel products that could not be found anywhere else, increase the popularization of its image, open overseas representative offices, and apply itself to tackling difficulties in tourism development such as manpower shortages and environmental pollution. The conference was also a chance for other localities nationwide to learn local tourism development lessons, including making constant reforms and capitalizing on local natural and cultural resources, the official noted, adding that Quang Ninh has continually been one of the best performers nationwide in attracting domestic and international visitors. In his remarks, Secretary of the provincial Party Committee Nguyen Xuan Ky emphasized that Quang Ninh welcomes and pledges to provide the best possible conditions for domestic and … [Read more...] about Quang Ninh advised to focus on three pillars in tourism development

Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha speaks at the event (Photo: VNA) New York (VNA) – Vietnam pledges to further enhance cooperation with international organisations and partners, especially countries within the Mekong River Commission (MRC) and Mekong-Lancang cooperation mechanism, to achieve sustainable cross-border water development goals, Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha has said. Deputy PM Tran Hong Ha meets President of Tajikistan Emomali Rahmon (Photo: VNA) Within the framework of the event, Deputy PM Ha met with President of Tajikistan Emomali Rahmon and suggested both nations consider boosting cooperation in climate change adaptation and water resource management in the coming time. Deputy PM Tran Hong Ha and UNFPA Executive Director Natalia Kanem (Photo: VNA) In a meeting with Executive Director of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) Natalia Kanem, Ha suggested the fund offer continued support to build and launch social social welfare policies … [Read more...] about Vietnam commits to cross-border water development goals: Deputy PM

PM Pham Minh Chinh speaks at the event. (Photo: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) – Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh had a working session with a delegation of the US-ASEAN Business Council (USABC) in Hanoi on March 22, during which he said Vietnam wants to promote its comprehensive partnership with the US in a practical, effective, equal and mutually-beneficial manner. The delegation comprised leaders of over 50 leading US and world businesses like Netflix, Boeing, Apple, Coca-Cola, Pfizer, Abbott, Visa, Citibank, Meta, Ford, Fedex Express, among others. PM Chinh affirmed that Vietnam always considers the US one of the top important partners, adding that the Vietnamese Government always stays ready to listen to the US firms to deal with difficulties in the spirit of harmonising benefits and sharing risks. He said Vietnam is carrying out three strategic breakthroughs, including building and fine-tuning institutions, reforming administrative procedures and training human resources, … [Read more...] about Vietnam wants to further promote comprehensive partnership with US: PM

A mission, including 52 businesses from the U.S., is scheduled to visit Vietnam this week to learn about the local market and seek business and investment opportunities. This is the largest-ever U.S. business mission to Vietnam. Ted Osius, president and CEO of the U.S.-ASEAN Business Council (USABC), told Tuoi Tre (Youth) newspaper on Monday that these U.S. firms will meet with the Vietnamese prime minister, National Assembly chairman, and ministers. Amazon is among the U.S. enterprises coming to Vietnam this week. Photo: Reuters Learning about Vietnam’s digital, green transformation potential According to Osius, USABC members stressed at a meeting with Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh during his visit to the U.S. on the occasion of the ASEAN-U.S. Special Summit in May 2022 that they considered Vietnam a strategic market in the region and were committed to making investments in Vietnam and cooperating with Vietnamese partners for a long term. … [Read more...] about Biggest-ever US business delegation comes to Vietnam to seek investment opportunities

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh (front row, fourth from right) with delegates from international organisations and business associations at the event. — VNA/VNS Photo Duong Giang The Vietnamese Government is committed to creating favourable conditions for businesses to develop, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh said at the Annual Viet Nam Business Forum held in Ha Noi on Sunday. It would continue to perfect mechanisms and policies to create a favourable and equal business environment, improve national competitiveness, remove difficulties for enterprises and increase transparency and equality in access to resources. Top priority would also be given to cutting costs for businesses and synchronously and effectively deploying policies to support firms in capital, technology transfer, training and human resource development. Viet Nam would also develop all kinds of markets, including goods and services, finance-currency, securities, real estate, science- technology, labour and public … [Read more...] about Viet Nam vows to faciliate businesses towards green growth, says PM

Deputy Minister of Planning and Investment Nguyen Thi Bich Ngoc At the opening of the forum, Deputy Minister of Planning and Investment Nguyen Thi Bich Ngoc said that green growth and sustainable development are the focus of many countries, including Vietnam, which has been seeking a sustainable growth model for over a decade. In 2012, the government issued the National Strategy on g reen growth for the 2011-2020 period with a vision to 2050, while the National Assembly amended and supplemented legal documents that created a foundation for sustainable development. "The Ministry of Planning and Investment (MPI) advised the government to issue a new green growth strategy for the period of 2021 - 2030 and update the national action plan. This will contribute to Vietnam meeting its commitments ahead of COP26, through economically feasible solutions," said Ngoc. The key point of the strategy is to harmonise the objective of emissions reduction with socioeconomic development. … [Read more...] about Fostering ties with private sector in green growth

PM Pham Minh Chinh chairing the VBF 2023, highlighting the role of the business community in fostering green growth in Vietnam. Photo: Nhat Bac The high-level session of the Vietnam Business Forum (VBF) took place today on March 19, chaired by Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh. With the theme “Business community in partnership with the government in fostering green growth,” the VBF also marked its 25 th anniversary. At the opening of the forum, Minister of Planning and Investment Nguyen Chi Dung highlighted that economic recovery and development in the direction of green and sustainable growth was a top priority for every country. The common goal is to achieve economic prosperity, environmental sustainability and social equity; towards a green and carbon-neutral economy while contributing to limiting global temperature rises. "For Vietnam, green growth is not only an inevitable choice but also an opportunity to become a pioneer in the region, catching up with the … [Read more...] about Vietnam aims to lead region’s development on green growth

Illustrative image. Source: baotainguyenmoitruong.vn EVN has received a document from the MoIT about an electricity price agreement with solar power and transitional wind power plants. The document states that, on January 7, Minister of Industry and Trade signed Decision No.21/QD-BCT establishing the price bracket for the generation of electricity by solar and transitional wind power plants. On January 9, the MoIT issued Document No.107/BCT-DTDL, urging EVN and its investors in solar energy and transitional wind plants to urgently coordinate to negotiate and cooperate on electricity generation prices to ensure that they do not exceed the MoIT's electricity generation price bracket. The MoIT also issued Document No.1094/BCT-DTDL on March 2, directing EVN on how to fulfil the agreement on electricity pricing outlined in the Electricity Law. Based on the aforementioned guidelines, the MoIT requests that EVN and its investors agree on electricity prices by March 31. Up to now, … [Read more...] about EVN must settle transitional renewable energy power tariffs before March 31: MoIT

Great minds from around the world have a wealth of knowledge and want Vietnam to be a digital pioneer, Photo: Cuong Minh At VIR’s forum on digital transformation on March 21, Do Tien Thinh, deputy director of the Vietnam National Innovation Centre (NIC), said that it is crucial to support innovation and help businesses achieve their emission reduction goals. “While technology groups seek to expand their customer base and provide tech solutions, local businesses require digital transformation and innovation,” Thinh said. “In response, the NIC acts as a mediator, connecting private sector businesses with technology solution providers to provide training for human resources in digital transformation and innovation.” The NIC has already collaborated with the likes of Siemens, Google, and Hitachi to implement innovation support programmes at factories. A very visible area of green digital transformation has been in manufacturing, with factories constantly seeking new approaches … [Read more...] about Greener, faster, smarter digital plans