An international conference entitled World Heritage and Sustainable Development in the Contemporary Context was held yesterday at Mường Thanh Luxury Hotel, Bãi Cháy Ward, Hạ Long City in the northern province of Quảng Ninh.

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc asked the World Bank (WB) to continue its financial and technical support for Việt Nam during his meeting with the WB’s Vice President for East Asia and Pacific Victoria Kwakwa on the sidelines of the sixth Assembly of the Global Environment Facility (GEF) in central Đà Nẵng yesterday.

ASEM’s pioneering role as a key driver of economic growth and innovation in the 21^st century and its contributions to international efforts to address global challenges were highlighted at a Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) conference that ended in Cần Thơ City on June 20.

Vietnamese companies are compiling their sustainable development reports in a way that is not regulated and they do not follow any standards, so their reports have failed to meet investors’ demand, GRI said.

An international conference with the theme “Science for Development” is taking place in Quy Nhon City, central province of Binh Dinh on May 9-10.

President of the Việt Nam Medical Association (VMA) Nguyễn Thị Xuyên has received the rotational chairmanship of the Medical Association of Southeast Asian Nations (MASEAN) for the 2018-2020 tenure.

A campaign that promotes maintaining a sustainable lifestyle in urban environments was launched in Hà Nội on Tuesday.

All United Nations member countries have committed themselves to eradicate hunger and malnutrition in all its forms by 2030. Here in the Asia-Pacific region we saw some of the most impressive declines. Yet, today, there are still nearly half-a-billion undernourished people in this region, far more than any other part of the world. 

Việt Nam and Cuba have issued a joint statement on the occasion of the State visit to Cuba by General Secretary of the Communist Party of Việt Nam (CPV) Central Committee Nguyễn Phú Trọng from March 28-31.

Chairwoman of the National Assembly Nguyễn Thị Kim Ngân will attend the 138th Inter-Parliamentary Union Assembly (IPU-138) and related meetings in Geneva, Switzerland, from March 24-25 and pay an official visit to the Netherlands from March 26-28.