How xenophobia affects the economy

Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, the effort to preserve the industry’s OTP rate at 90.9 per cent, up 4.5 per cent compared to the same period in 2019, is a bright signal of service improvement by domestic firms. In addition, thanks to Viet Nam's effective control over the pandemic, the domestic aviation industry has shown its ability to recover quickly. As in December 2020, the total number of flights across the industry has reached nearly 20,000, only 34 per cent less than the same period a year earlier. … [Read more...] about VIETNAM BUSINESS NEWS JANUARY 17

National Assembly Standing Committee in yesterday meeting decided to postpone voting on the proposed environment protection tax hike. — VNA/VNS Photo Viet Nam News HÀ NỘI — The National Assembly (NA) Standing Committee postponed a vote on a proposal made by the Finance Ministry to hike the environmental protection tax yesterday, urging serious consideration of its economic impacts. … [Read more...] about NA Standing Committee delayed voting on environmental tax hike proposal

It is forecast that there will be more cold spells in January. Thua Thien-Hue Steering Committee for Natural Disasters Prevention and Search and Rescue will set up an inspection team to find the cause and propose solutions to the problem. The local authorities must allocate funding to deal with the damage and support the farmers, especially those with disadvantaged backgrounds. … [Read more...] about VIETNAM NEWS JANUARY 17

URC Vietnam as part of PRO Vietnam has the ultimate goal of building a circular economy in Vietnam in which all of our packaging is recycled. We are working to put guidelines on our C2 bottles to help consumers understand and segregate waste properly. Besides, recognising the importance of educating the youth, URC has organised the “Save the environment together with URC Knights” campaign at hundreds of elementary schools in Vietnam to teach children about waste segregation. … [Read more...] about URC Vietnam accelerates green turn

Recognizing and appreciating Vietnam's commitments and efforts to promote and protect human rights, including the implementation of recommendations under the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) Cycle III, Ms. Caitlin Wiesen recommended that in the coming time, Vietnam should continue to consider human rights and dignity as the center of all actions; continue to focus on implementing the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), international conventions on human rights processes (such as UPR, ICCPR, CRPD, CAT…); Apply lessons learned from the COVID-19 pandemic response to implementation of UPR recommendations to build a better future. … [Read more...] about Vietnam promotes and protects human rights in Covid-19 epidemic