FrieslandCampina well on its way to achieving ‘For Vietnam to Leap Forward and Reach Higher’ A recent survey by the UN found that only 100,000 out of 800,000 enterprises in Viet Nam are aware of sustainable development, and only 2,000 are members of a sustainable development business community.

Health sector proves its mettle in COVID-19 fight

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc has asked the health sector to continue using drastic measures to tackle COVID-19 this year, particularly ahead of the Tet (Lunar New Year) celebrations and other important events.

VPBank praised for sustainability VPBank was named among the top 20 listed companies with the highest Việt Nam Sustainability Index (VNSI) in the market in the evaluation period in July 2020.

Chemicals industry urged ‘Go Green’

The chemicals industry in Việt Nam has been facing quite a few environmental and social challenges, which require it to find new pathways in development, production, and consumption to ensure sustainable development.

COVID-19-affected poor ethnic groups get supports

The northwest mountainous Hà Giang provincial People’s Committee and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), have helped construct 26.5km of new rural roads connecting 17 hamlets of Yên Minh district and four other hamlets of Đồng Văn district.

State and enterprises need more cooperation in building policies for corporates

The Government has issued supportive policies for domestic enterprises to cope with difficulties due to the COVID-19 pandemic. However, the policies have not reached expected efficiency while the difficulties are predicted to continue next year.  Việt Nam Chamber of Commerce and Industry Chairman Vũ Tiến Lộc spoke to Việt Nam News about this issue.

Việt Nam to accelerate socio-economic development among ethnic minorities The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the Committee for Ethnic Minorities Affairs  (CEMA) on Monday launched a project to help partners from central to local level promote their roles and strengths in designing and experimenting innovative solutions to accelerate poverty reduction among ethnic minorities.

Rebuilding homes is also rebuilding lives

Four storms, including typhoons Molave and Goni, triggered floods and landslides that devastated central provinces in Việt Nam from October to December, with 249 people either killed or missing and 11,700 houses damaged or destroyed. People in hard-hit mountainous areas have been recovering from the historic floods and landslides to ready themselves for a new year of hope, with plentiful support coming from local and central governments.

More houses designed to resist floods to be built for coastal communities

Việt Nam enters high human development category, puts higher pressure on Earth Việt Nam has joined the ranks of countries with high human development, but this remarkable progress has been accompanied with relatively high pressure on the planet.