Tu vi nam 2016

The Microsoft Office Specialist (MOS) World Championship-Việt Nam 2020 competition was launched at a ceremony held on Tuesday in Hà Nội. — Photo petrotimes.vn HÀ NỘI — Computer students will be able to test their skills at the Microsoft Office Specialist (MOS) World Championship-Việt Nam 2020 competition. The contest is for university and high school students and was launched on Tuesday at the Hà Nội Foreign Trade University. At the launching ceremony, co-head of the MOS World Championship-Việt Nam's organising committee, Đoàn Hồng Nam said the contestants will test their skills in Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel and Microsoft Powerpoint using the 2016 versions. Each exam will have one first prize, three second prizes, six third prizes, 15 consolation prizes, and one promising prize, other individual and collective prizes. The total prize value of the contest is expected to be billions … [Read more...] about MOS World Championship- Việt Nam 2020 launched

Migrants at a wholesale market in Hà Nội. — Photo cholaodonghn HÀ NỘI — Local and international experts discussed measures to improve health of migrants at a workshop held by the Ministry of Health, the World Health Organisation and the International Organisation for Migration in Hà Nội on Tuesday. Speaking at the event, deputy director of the health ministry’s Administration of Medical Examination Cao Hưng Thái said the rapid growth of population migration in the world as well as in Việt Nam impacts public health and requires proper response from the health sector. “International human rights standards and conventions have been developed to protect the rights of migrants and refugees, including the rights to the health of migrants. However, many refugees and migrants often have limited access to health services and lack of financial protection for their health. Lack of universal health coverage can … [Read more...] about Workshop discusses health of migrants in Việt Nam

Thousands of young people took part in a Fun Run in Bắc Ninh Province on March 12 to mark the 18th Asian Games to be held in Indonesia next August. Photo courtesy of Herbalife VietnamViet Nam News HCM CITY — Thousands of young people participated in a Fun Run in Bắc Ninh Province on March 11 in anticipation of the upcoming 18th Asian Games in Indonesia in August. The event was organised by Herbalife Vietnam, which has a five-year partnership with the Việt Nam Olympic Committee (VOC) from 2017 to 2021 as the Official Nutrition Sponsor for Vietnamese athletes bound for this year’s Asian Games, 2019-2021 SEA Games, 2019-2021 ASEAN Para Games, 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, and the 2020 Summer Paralympics. The run would act as moral boost to Vietnamese athletes and motivate them to start preparing early for the Asian Games, Phạm Tường Huy, general manager and director of Herbalife Vietnam, said. —VNS         … [Read more...] about Herbalife, VN athletic sponsor, organises Fun Run ahead of Asiad

  The map shows the Tuyên Quang-Phú Thọ Expressway (blue line). The expressway will be built after three years of delay. — Photo vnexpress.net  HÀ NỘI — The Government has approved the construction of an expressway connecting the northern provinces of Tuyên Quang and Phú Thọ under the Build-Operate-Transfer (BOT) format after three years of delays. The expressway with 40.2km long, including 11km of road will be built in Tuyên Quang Province and the rest in Phú Thọ Province. It will start in Tuyên Quang Province's Tuyên Quang City and end at Phú Thọ Province's Phú Thọ Township. The expressway will link with the Nội Bài-Lào Cai Expressway. The four-lane road is designed with the speed of 80kph. The project is implemented under the public-private partnership model with a total investment of more than VNĐ3.2 trillion (US$138 million). It is … [Read more...] about Gov’t approves expressway project

Production of electronic components at TPR Vietnam Co. Ltd at the Việt Nam-Singapore Industrial Park II (VSIP II) in the southern province of Bình Dương. — VNA/VNS Photo Hải Âu HÀ NỘI – There are nine key tasks that must be accomplished in 2019-20 to restructure Viet Nam’s economy, according to the Minister of Planning and Industry Nguyễn Chí Dũng. Minister Dũng told the National Assembly on Monday afternoon that the Government needed to improve the mechanisms of the market-oriented economy to restructure the economy. Private companies and people must be empowered and given more incentives and reductions in taxes and administrative procedures to nurture their business development, he said. Secondly, a competitive market must be built on two main pillars: better allocation of resources for the private sector and better practice of property rights, Dũng said. In addition, the Government has to … [Read more...] about NA talks key tasks for next stage of economic growth