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10,000 students and parents join MILO Erun Walking Day 2022 in Khanh Hoa Themed Fueling the Will for A Dynamic Journey, this year's MILO Erun Walking Day aimed to spread the love for sports and inspire children to form a habit of doing exercise every day. For the first time, the MILO Erun Walking Day was organised in Khanh Hoa by Nestlé MILO in collaboration with the provincial Department of Culture and Sports, the provincial Department of Education and Training, and other local departments. The MILO Erun Walking Day is one of the activities under the Dynamic Vietnam framework led by Nestlé MILO. Since its inception in 2014, the walking day has been organised across several localities in Vietnam including Bac Giang, Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City, and Can Tho. Over the past seven years, it has inspired over 80,000 children nationwide. This year’s event has received support from both local students and parents in Khanh Hoa province. Nguyen Tuan Thanh, deputy director of the … [Read more...] about 10,000 students and parents join MILO Erun Walking Day 2022 in Khanh Hoa

What were the key challenges in cash transactions during the past couple of years, and how important were cashless solutions for your customers at that time? Phillip Alexander Wray, general manager of DKSH Pharma Vietnam As we enter the digital era, cash transactions are no longer the only payment option in most parts of the world. Yet, it has remained a preferred choice in many Asian countries, including Vietnam. However, with the rise of the pandemic, contactless transactions have been strongly recommended by the government to minimise the risk of virus transmission. As the leading market expansion services provider in various industries, DKSH has been working with a vast network of customers who are not only big supermarket chains and convenience stores, but also many traditional and mom-and-pop stores across dozens of countries. During the pandemic, we have witnessed a drastic switch from cash-in-hand to non-cash transactions in a very short time, which … [Read more...] about DKSH supporting health innovation

“The NA will consider and decide many important issues with significant impacts on the national socioeconomic development,” stated NA Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue at the opening ceremony. The National Assembly will discuss and adopt many laws and issues during its third session The session will debate and adopt five draft laws and three draft resolutions, and look into six other laws. The draft laws to be passed include the Law on Mobile Police, the revised Law on Cinematography, the Law on Insurance Business (amended), the Law on Emulation and Reward (amended), and the law amending articles of the Law on Intellectual Property. The draft laws to be advanced for discussions include the Oil and Gas Law (amended), the Law on Domestic Prevention and Control (amended), the Law on Inspection (amended), the Law on the Implementation of Democracy at Grassroots Levels, the law amending and supplementing articles of the Law on Radio Frequencies, and the Law on Medical Examination … [Read more...] about National Assembly to debate issues crucial to socioeconomic development

Shrimp-rice fields grown to organic standards in Bac Lieu Province. — VNA/VNS Bac Lieu (VNS/VNA) - The Mekong Delta province of Bac Lieu is expanding the use of organic fertilisers in rice cultivation to improve farmer’s incomes and protect the environment. In the last winter-spring rice crop, Phuoc Long district’s Bureau of Agriculture and Rural Development launched a pilot programme for increasing the use of organic fertilisers and reducing the use of chemicals on a total area of 110ha, with 60 farmers involved. Pham Van Cau, one of the farmers, said: “The prices of inputs, especially fertilisers, have shot up, and so the use of organic fertilisers helps farmers reduce costs while rice plants still have high yields and quality.” He grew 2ha of Dai Thom 8, a speciality rice variety, and got nearly 10 tonnes per hectare, and earned more than 300 million VND (13,000 USD), he said. Organic fertilisers cost less than chemical fertilisers, and farmers in fact can … [Read more...] about Bac Lieu expands growing rice to organic standards