Hanoi (VNA) - The first round of the Innovation Partnership Grants, part of the Aus4Innovation programme which aims to help strengthen the Vietnamese innovation system and prepare for Vietnam’s economic and digital future, has been launched. These grants will provide targeted financial support to help scale already tested activities that address emerging challenges or opportunities in any sector of Vietnam’s innovation system, according to the Australian Embassy in Vietnam. Grants of between 100,000 AUD and 1,000,000 AUD will be awarded on a competitive basis to existing partnerships between Australian and Vietnamese institutions for activities that can demonstrate a clear pathway for scale or sustainability in Vietnam. Grantees will have up to 12 months to implement their proposed activities. The launch of this Grant programme is another step to bolster the dynamic and substantial innovation partnership between Australia and Vietnam, which was established to … [Read more...] about Australia helps Vietnam develop innovation system
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Vietnam developing longest spiritual tourism route
UNESCO recognition The Trang An Landscape Complex covers 6,172ha in the districts of Hoa Lu, Gia Vien, Nho Quan, Tam Diep Town and Ninh Binh City. The complex is surrounded by a buffer zone of 6,079ha, mostly comprising paddy fields and villages. As a mixed cultural and natural property, the Trang An Landscape Complex contains three protected areas, including Hoa Lu Ancient Capital; Trang An-Tam Coc-Bich Dong Scenic Landscape; and Hoa Lu Special-Use Forest. In 2014, the World Heritage Committee of United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) recognized the Trang An Landscape Complex as the World Cultural and Natural Heritage site based on three criteria: Culture, aestheticism, and geology-geomorphology. Trang An is one of the few places that has not been affected by human activities. The blend of towering mountains draped in natural rain forest, with large internal basins and narrow cave passages containing quietly flowing waters, creates an extraordinarily … [Read more...] about Vietnam developing longest spiritual tourism route
Will Vietnam develop 5G with Huawei’s equipment?
VietNamNet Bridge - Analysts say that Huawei’s equipment will be the least expensive, but believe that in the long term Vietnam needs to produce its own equipment. While the world is looking at Huawei skeptically, the Chinese technology group is still confident that it will be able to expand in Vietnam and win the bid to provide 5G equipment to the country. Huawei has been facing obstacles implementing its expansion plan as western countries have prohibited or reconsidered the possibility of allowing Huawei to provide equipment to 5G projects in their countries. Huawei has been facing obstacles implementing its expansion plan as western countries have prohibited or reconsidered the possibility of allowing Huawei to provide equipment to 5G projects in their countries. RELATED NEWS Technology firms proceed to prepare for 5G Vietnam advised to experiment with 5G by 2020 Mai Chi … [Read more...] about Will Vietnam develop 5G with Huawei’s equipment?
Vietnam develops taste for supermarkets
(VEN) - In recent years, Vietnam has welcomed many foreign food retailers, reflecting the country’s rapid economic growth, improved living standards and a growing interest in food safety shifting consumers from traditional wet markets to modern supermarkets. The newest comer to this thriving field is the FujiMart supermarket that opened in Hanoi in December 2018, a joint venture between Japanese trading house Sumitomo and local retail and real estate conglomerate BRG Group. Other retail giants have expanded their distribution systems in the country. In mid-November, the Central Group from Thailand opened the GO! My Tho trade center in the city of My Tho in the southwestern province of Tien Giang. The group said it would pour an additional US$500 million into Vietnam to open 500 additional retail outlets in the country in the next five years. A Vietnamese retail giant - the Saigon Co.op- recently opened a new supermarket in An Giang Province, taking the total number of its … [Read more...] about Vietnam develops taste for supermarkets
Vietnam develops smoke-free tourism cities
The sixth Regional Meeting of Smoke-free Cities in the Asia Pacific Region “Reshaping Tourism through Smoke-free Environment” has discussed how to promote smoke-free tourist environment, enhancing cooperation network and sharing experiences in carrying out the campaign. Standing Deputy Health Minister Professor Nguyen Viet Tien said that Vietnamese Ministry of Health and the Vietnam Fund for the Prevention of Tobacco Harms have built smoke-free tourist city in Hoi An city since 2009, and expanded to some other cities like Ha Long, Hue, Hai Phong, and Nha Trang. He added that in these cities, people at restaurants, hotels, tourist sites, offices, schools and hospitals are not allowed to smoke. Building a smoke-free tourism environment helps not only to create green and beautiful tourism images in foreign visitors’ eyes but also protect people’s health. According to Professor Tien, smoke harm prevention task is the top priority of the health sector in Vietnam and … [Read more...] about Vietnam develops smoke-free tourism cities