Viet Nam News

Low-carbon economy in VN’s updated NDC

Việt Nam plans to develop a low-carbon economy and include climate-change resistance work in its updated Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) for the Paris climate accords.Keep reading ...

Funds needed for hi-tech agriculture

Agricultural productivity and quality should be increased by investing more in innovation and strengthening links between all stakeholders, including farmers, enterprises and research institutes, experts say. At a seminar held in Hà Nội on Tuesday, they also said that access to land, capital and markets were ...

Việt Nam, Laos boost justice co-operation

The Justice Committees of Việt Nam and Laos should continue boosting co-operating to share information and experience, said National Assembly (NA) Vice Chairman Phùng Quốc Hiển yesterday while receiving Chairman of Lao Justice Committee Bouakham Thipphavong in Hà Nội.Hiển briefed his guest on the duties ...

US initiates anti-dumping investigation on VN’s polyester

he US Department of Commerce (DOC) last week announced the initiation of anti-dumping and countervailing duty investigations on the import of fine denier polyester staple fibre from China, India, Republic of Korea, Taiwan and Việt Nam.These investigations are based on petitions filed by DAK Americas ...

Thuận Hòa Hydropower Plant starts commercial operation

Thuận Hòa Hydropower Joint Stock Company and Hà Giang Province’s People’s Committee has jointly inaugurated a power plant on the Miện River.Keep reading ...

New project promotes biodiversity conservation

A Switzerland-funded project to conserve biodiversity through sustainable trade of natural ingredients following the BioTrade principles in Việt Nam, Laos and Myanmar was launched in Hà Nội on Tuesday.Keep reading ...

Núi Cốc Lake dam leaks a danger

With some 175 million cubic metres of water stored in an elevated position, Núi Cốc Lake’s major dam in the northern province of Thái Nguyên could devastate downstream areas if it broke, experts have said.Thái Nguyên City, Sông Công City, Phổ Yên Township, Phú Bình ...

Quang Ninh’s APEC dialogue focuses on sustainable tourism

Việt Nam looks forward to discussions with ministers, heads of delegations and delegates from Asia Pacific Economic Co-operation (APEC) on the challenges to sustainable tourism development to share information and experience with economies and set forth co-operation orientations for APEC’s sustainable tourism development in the ...

VN eyes export boost through Chinese border

Việt Nam should implement polices to increase its export volume through its border gates with China by taking advantage of the Việt Nam-China Border Trade Agreement, experts said.The agreement has created favourable conditions for Việt Nam’s border provinces to change reasonably their economic structure, experts ...

City boat tours a washout with visitors

Boat tours along HCM City’s Nhiêu Lộc-Thị Nghè Canal, which were expected to make use of the urban waterway to boost water tourism in the city, have failed to attract tourists after two years of operation. In 2015, the first boat tour service was launched ...

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