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Vietnam eyes renewable energy

Reducing the use of scarce natural resources through measurement of energy efficiency is critically needed to meet the energy demand of a growing economy like Vietnam, Vu Van Khiem, director general of the Ministry of Science and Technology’s National Office of the Southern Region, has ...

Vietnam, Laos discuss future co-operation

Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc and his Lao counterpart Somsavat Lengsavad sought measures to reach co-operation contents agreed for 2016-2020 during talks in Hanoi on 6 December. They reviewed achievements made from 2011-2015, agreeing that the two countries’ traditional friendship, special solidarity and comprehensive co-operation ...

Ho Chi Minh City passengers, drivers are getting off the buses

Buses, essentially the only public transport available in Ho Chi Minh City, are turning both passengers and drivers away due to a lack of investment, officials said at a conference on 4 December.   The city’s transport department estimated that the system will have seen nearly 324 million ...

Vietnam's biggest airport to stop receiving new flights during rush hours

As overcrowding is getting more serious at Vietnam’s largest airport Tan Son Nhat, local aviation authority is now looking to stop receiving new flights during rush hours, a local official said on 5 December.   Dang Tuan Tu, director of the Ho Chi Minh City-based airport, was ...

Dams slash Mekong fish stocks

More than 70 Vietnamese and international scientists and other experts and officials from ministries and international organisations discussed ongoing research into the impact of dams on the mainstream of the Mekong River at a conference in Ho Chi Minh City on 4 December. At the conference ...

Yuan's effect on Vietnam economy uncertain

With the International Monetary Fund (IMF) including China’s yuan in its elite reserve currency basket, impacts from the step on Vietnam’s economy will depend on its preparation, according to experts. The IMF’s decision will impact global finance and Vietnam is not an exception, especially when the ...

Dairy firms protest customs' demand for $43.84 mln in back taxes

Eight dairy producers and importers in Vietnam have sought the government’s help, claiming that they are unfairly asked by customs to pay around VND1 trillion (US$43.84 million) in back taxes.   In a letter sent to the Prime Minister and the Ministry of Finance this week, the ...

Education ministry says Vietnam has too many teachers, institutes

Vietnamese education is facing the pressure of teacher redundancies while more and more pedagogical students have been unemployed after graduation. The situation, according to experts, is due to an improper calculation between supply and demand. Besides, the massive number of teachers training institutes is also contributing ...

Vietnam coffee industry in trouble as prices plunge

Despite efforts to reduce costs and increase yields, Vietnam’s coffee exports have faced a difficult year, delegates heard at a seminar in Ho Chi Minh City on 2 December. “The international coffee market has seen unexpected trends and seriously impacted Vietnamese exports,” Deputy Minister of Agriculture ...

Vietnamese spend $3 billion a year to study abroad: report

More than 110,000 students are studying in 47 countries around the world, spending an estimated $3 billion a year, local media reported.   The figures were released by an education and training working group of the Vietnam Business Forum at its year-end session in Hanoi on 1 ...

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