Vietnamese human resource market

UNDP Resident Representative in Vietnam Ramla Khalidi speaks at the ceremony. (Photo: VNA) Hoa Binh (VNA) – The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (MoNRE), in collaboration with the People’s Committee of Hoa Binh province, held a national-level ceremony in a hybrid format on March 23 in response to the World Water Day (March 22), the World Meteorological Day (March 23), and the Earth Hour 2023. Speaking at the event, MoNRE Deputy Minister Vo Tuan Nhan said that climate change is considered a serious challenge for humanity in the 21st century with negative impacts and threats to sustainable development activities. Climate change is causing more extreme weather and climate phenomena, prolonged heat waves with greater intensity, greater rainfall and more severe droughts, he stressed. This year, the theme “Accelerating change” of the World Water Day, “The future of weather, climate, and water across generations” of the World Meteorological Day, and “The biggest … [Read more...] about Vietnam strives to ensure global goals on weather, climate, water resources

Rafael Frankel, director of Public Policy for Southeast Asia and South Asia at Meta Group, the owner of Facebook, in an interview with Tuoi Tre (Youth) newspaper on Wednesday, highly evaluated the Vietnamese market and stressed the group’s long-term presence in Vietnam. “Meta’s commitment to the Vietnamese market is long-term. Over the past five years, our investment in Vietnam has increased gradually,” Frankel said. Meta wants to not only expand but also deepen the relations with partners, including governmental agencies, small, medium and micro enterprises, as well as Vietnamese consumers. The group also wanted to learn more about the environment and policies in Vietnam for the digital economy development and digital transformation. For Meta, Vietnam is not just a market with a population of 100 million people but also a market with a strong connectivity and young and creative residents. Meta has taken the initiative in cooperating with the Vietnamese Ministry of … [Read more...] about Meta wants long-term operation in Vietnam: executive

Increasing labour cooperation between Vietnam and Thailand was discussed at a meeting between Vietnamese Ambassador to Thailand Phan Chi Thanh and Thai Deputy Minister of Labour Surachai Chaitrakulthong in Bangkok on March 24. Vietnamese Ambassador to Thailand Phan Chi Thanh (L) and Thai Deputy Minister of Labour Surachai Chaitrakulthong during their meeting in Bangkok on March 24. (Photo: VNA) Ambassador Thanh suggested that the two sides speed up negotiations towards renewing the signed MoU and agreement on labour, including expanding the fields of cooperation to other occupations. To this end, he suggested the two sides soon exchange working-level delegations to review and supplement the contents of the signed documents. The Vietnamese Embassy is ready to support and promote cooperation between the relevant agencies of the two countries’ Labour Ministries, he assured. Deputy Minister Surachai Chaitrakulthong for his part welcomed Ambassador Thanh’s … [Read more...] about Vietnam and Thailand promote labour cooperation

Colonel Bui Quang Tuyen, Director of Viettel Academy, chaired the event. The event saw the attendance of Dr. Can Van Luc, Chief Economist of the Bank for Investment and Development of Vietnam (BIDV) cum President of BIDV Training and Research Institute. He is also a Member of the National Financial and Monetary Policy Advisory Council. In 2023, Viettel’s leaders have set targets to strengthen business activities and investment in foreign markets. Therefore, Viettel has promoted updating knowledge about international business for Viettel’s management staff to ensure qualified human resources, meeting the requirements of business development strategies in foreign markets. During the event, Dr. Can Van Luc talked about international economic trends in the new context amid the influences of the COVID-19 pandemic and the war in Ukraine. He also noted eight crucial issues, including uneven and uncertain recovery; changes in fiscal and monetary policy and financial risks; changes in … [Read more...] about Viettel Academy holds “International business trends” workshop

Vietnam was deemed to be at the right time to start facilitating offshore wind energy generation in order to fulfill its sustainability goals in power development, said experts in the field at a seminar held last week in Hanoi. The seminar, entitled “Promoting Vietnam’s offshore wind power development: International practices and policy recommendations”, was co-held by the Vietnamese Party Central Committee’s Economic Commission and the Embassy of Denmark in Vietnam. Offshore wind power seen double opportunity for Vietnam Around 8 percent of Vietnam’s territory is greatly potential for wind power development, said Nguyen Duc Hien, deputy head of the Central Party Committee’s Economic Commission. The country in its draft 8th power master plan is set to generate roughly 16GW of onshore and nearshore wind energy plus around 7GW of offshore wind power by 2030. Wind power would account for some 15.8 percent of the country’s total power capacity, including 4.8 percent of … [Read more...] about Vietnam at right time to bolster offshore wind power growth: experts