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The working groups visited Quang Ninh, Lao Cai, Thua Thien-Hue, Da Nang, Quang Nam, Khanh Hoa, Ho Chi Minh city, Can Tho city, and Kien Giang province.   Minister of Culture, Sports, and Tourism Nguyen Ngoc Thien said there is an urgent need to build a set of tourism criteria to ensure the safety of tourists from COVID-19. … [Read more...] about Vietnam builds tourist criteria to ensure safety for visitors

Ninh Thuan (VNA) – The south central coastal province of Ninh Thuan has adopted a number of policies to help the Cham ethnic group. Ninh Thuan is home to 84,800 Cham people, making up 12 percent of the local population. They mainly reside in Ninh Phuoc, Thuan Nam, Ninh Hai, Ninh Son and Thuan Bac districts. In 2019, the province invested in building and upgrading 56 construction works in the fields of transport, irrigation, education, and health in rural areas where the Cham reside at a cost of 238 billion VND (10.2 million USD). It has coordinated with the Vietnam Bank for Social Policies to offer loans worth 32.2 billion VND for 813 poor households. Local authorities have also opened vocational training courses and created jobs for over 4,000 Cham ethnic workers. Regular training courses to transfer science-technology in animal husbandry and cultivation have helped Cham ethnic people improve production efficiency. To date, 11 out of the 13 communes in the Cham ethnic … [Read more...] about Ninh Thuan boosts socio-economic development in ethnic group

Da Nang (VNA) - The central city of Da Nang is set to build the first solar farm in the country that could connect to the national grid as early as the first quarter of 2018, project officials said. They said that the project is part of the city’s efforts to develop renewable energy and promote ‘green growth’ in the 2017-18 period. The farm will be built on 6.7ha of the closed Khanh Son Landfill in Lien Chieu district at a cost of 112 billion VND (nearly 5 million USD). It will have a capacity of 4.4MWp (megawatts photovoltaic), helping reduce nearly 5,000 tonnes of carbon emissions each year. According to the Bach Khoa Solar Power Investment and Development JSC, the project owner, the solar farm will supply 7.7 million kWh (kilowatt per hour) per year to the city’s power grid. In April this year, Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc issued a decision on pricing that aims to encourage the development of solar power projects. The Decision 11/2017/QD-TTg, which … [Read more...] about Da Nang to develop nation’s first solar farm

Mathew Moore from the USCDC speaks at the event For his part, Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam said Vietnam has worked out measures and learned from experience to make appropriate adjustments during the process of fighting the COVID-19 epidemic. … [Read more...] about International organisations hail Vietnam’s fight against COVID-19

Participants reported on the results of their findings on damage and demand, and measures of local governments to cope with the situation. Then, they gave recommendations to call for assistances from international organisations for the localities. They also shared ways to effectively use aid. … [Read more...] about International organisations to assist drought-affected localities