Basic infrastructure for inclusive growth

In 2008-2019, Vietnam witnessed the 17.1 percent growth rate in number of passengers and 13.8 percent in cargo transportation. As such, the transport output in Vietnam increased by 4.86 times in passengers and 3.66 times in cargo. Dinh Viet Phuong, deputy CEO of Vietjet Air, Duong Tri Thanh, CEO of Vietnam Airlines, and Lai Xuan Thanh, president of the Airports Corporation of Vietnam (ACV) all agreed that though the market has developed rapidly, there is still room for other investors. … [Read more...] about With 200 aircraft for 90 million people, Vietnam’s aviation industry remains modest

The UNDP is delighted to have partnered with Thomas Piketty (author of the best-sell­ing book Capital in the Twen­ty-First Century) and his team at the World Inequality Lab to produce this report which focus­es on new ways of measuring and approaching inequalities. The topic of the report in 2019 is a pertinent one as systemic in­equality is deeply damaging our society and harming the human development progress. … [Read more...] about Closing inequality gaps to secure long-lasting progress

Hanoi (VNA) - The Mekong Delta region of Vietnam, an area that helps feed about 200 million people, is predicted to sink underwater by 2100. In the past 25 years, Mekong Delta and the communities, cities and rice fields that depend on it, have faced grave risks of higher tides, alluvium sediment starvation, saline intrusion, fresh water shortage, and serious landslides. According to Dr. Philip Minderhoud from the Utrecht University, the delta, home to almost 18 million people and produces half of Vietnam’s rice output, is only around 1-2 metres above the sea level. And if heavy extraction of ground water and sand mining continue, the land will probably sink into the sea by 2100. Rising tides, loss of naturally replenishing alluvium sediment The scientist, head the “Rise and Fall: strategies for the subsiding and urbanizing Mekong Delta facing increasing salt water intrusion” project, said that the area is currently only 80 centimetres above the local sea level, … [Read more...] about Sinking predicted for Mekong Delta region