The HCM City People’s Committee has approved aid from Dutch NGO Oxfam Novib Foundation for an ongoing project to safeguard and strengthen the rights of private garbage collectors, Sài Gòn Giải Phóng (Liberated Sài Gòn) newspaper has reported.

The United Nations mobilised on Monday to avert a "fierce, bloody battle" for a key port in Yemen that provides a lifeline for food, medicine and other vital supplies.

Clam farmers in the Cửu Long (Mekong) Delta province of Tiền Giang are finding innovative solutions to produce sustainable value chains in an aim to meet international standards.

The collection of indirect taxes in Việt Nam is forecasted to increase in the coming time while direct taxes is predicted to account for a smaller proportion, according to a Fair Tax Monitor Index report released by Vietnam Institute for Economic and Policy Research (VEPR) yesterday.

A Government decision with detailed mechanisms is needed for people to better practise their rights on monitoring land use and management, experts have recommended.

Though Việt Nam’s economy has grown rapidly over the last decade, social mobility is lagging as the country’s poor still lack access to learn new skills and gain better jobs.

The results of a pilot survey have shown the average patient satisfaction index (PSI) in the country reached 3.98/5, that is some 79.6 per cent of their expectation.

As the world faces a crisis in wealth distribution, some experts doubt if the accumulation of capital will encourage innovation and investment, but instead, lead to multiple tax burdens and increase the gap between rich and poor.

Some 72 per cent of Vietnamese women have joined the labour force, higher than the average world percentage (42 per cent), and ranking behind Cambodia (81 per cent).

India and Canada rallied their pro-globalisation allies at the Davos business summit Tuesday as delegates braced for a potentially combative appearance by US President Donald Trump later in the week.