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FMs welcome move to marry ASEAN vision with UN agenda
ASEAN Foreign Ministers (FMs) have welcomed the initiative to combine ASEAN Community Vision 2025 with the UN’s 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, saying this should be accorded top priority.Keep reading ...
Illegal waste pollutes Mỹ Khê Beach
A section of Mỹ Khê Beach in the central city of Đà Nẵng, considered one of the most beautiful stretches of coastline in Việt Nam, has been heavily polluted by untreated waste water illegally discharged from a construction project.Keep reading ...
Traded hydropower firms see better results in 2017
High rainfall volume and domestic demand have raised hydropower plant earnings in the first six months of 2017 and promised to lift their performances in the remaining half, according to Việt Dragon Securities Corp (VDSC). Two of the nine hydropower plant operators trading on the ...
MoIT rejects proposal to close mine
The Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) has rejected a proposal to shut down a major iron mine over concerns that it poses risks to the environment. The ministry said in a press statement that the proposal by the Ministry of Investment and Planning (MPI) to ...
VN, neighbours discuss migrant work
Ensuring social security, knowledge and stable incomes for workers is a top priority for Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand and Việt Nam, Deputy Minister of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs, Doãn Mậu Diệp, said yesterday. He spoke at the opening of a Senior Officials Meeting (SOM) ...
Regulations key to electronics growth
Local electronic firms have been urged to enhance compliance with established regulations, especially international labour standards, in order to improve competitiveness and to engage in the global supply chain, heard a conference on Tuesday.Keep reading ...
VN needs policies to boost digital economy: experts
Việt Nam needs to raise policies to boost digital economy, a stimulator to generate added value and breakthroughs for sustainable development, experts have said.Keep reading ...
240 spots contaminated with pesticides remain in VN
Việt Nam still has 240 pesticide-contaminated locations in 15 localities, causing serious and extremely serious pollution, according to the 2016 National Environmental Report.Keep reading ...
Indonesia seeks to boost palm oil, paper trade
Việt Nam’s import of palm oil and paper from Indonesia could experience a year-on-year increase of 38 per cent, Indonesian ambassador to Việt Nam Ibnu Hadi said on Wednesday.Keep reading ...
PM warns Formosa against future environmental violations
Environmental protection must be considered the decisive factor in future operations of the Hưng Nghiệp Formosa Hà Tĩnh Iron and Steel Co (FHS), Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc said yesterday.Keep reading ...
