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Former U.S. First Lady Michelle Obama and actress Julia Roberts are in Vietnam on behalf of the Obama Foundation’s Girls Opportunity Alliance on a trip to spotlight girls’ education. The Obama Foundation is doing its first ‘Leaders: Asia-Pacific’ program in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia from December 10 to 14, bringing together 200 leaders from 33 countries and territories in the Asia-Pacific region. Participants, who come from the public, private, and non-profit sectors, will join plenary sessions, skill-building workshops, and leadership training in the inaugural program. Prior to the gathering in Malaysia, Michelle Obama, Julia Roberts, and Lana Condor - a Vietnamese-American actress best known for her role as Lara Jean Covey in Netflix’s film series ‘To All the Boys I've Loved Before,’ are in Vietnam on Monday for activities ahead of their Malaysia program. The three women, together with Vietnamese actress Ngo Thanh Van, have met with local … [Read more...] about Michelle Obama, Julia Roberts in Vietnam for girls’ education program

“We think that in 2020-2022, Vietnam may face negative impact from the trade war instead of short-term positive impact, ” said Tran Toan Thang from the Centre for Socio-Economic Information and Forecast (NCIF). Vietnam's 2016-2020 socio-economic development plan has gained impressive achievements despite difficulties. The economic structure has shifted too quickly into the service sector while the industrial base remains weak, supporting industries have developed slowly and enterprises mostly still do outsourcing. The economic structure has shifted too quickly into the service sector while the industrial base remains weak, supporting industries have developed slowly and enterprises mostly still do outsourcing. Thanh Mai  Vietnam’s economy stays positive amid global growth slowdown: PM Vietnam’s economy remains positive despite the slowdown in global economic growth, especially in Asia, over the last 11 months, Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc … [Read more...] about Vietnam may see negative impact from trade war in 2020: economists

Vietnam's Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has issued a national action plan on ocean plastic waste management by 2030. The Vietnamese government plans to reduce 75% of ocean plastic waste and no plastic waste will be generated at tourist sites along the coast line by 2030. Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has issued a national action plan on ocean plastic waste management by 2030 to fulfill Vietnam's international commitment to combat ocean plastic pollution.  Waste on a Vietnam’s beach. Photo: G.C Under the plan, 100% of lost or discarded fishing gear will be collected, 100% of coastal tourist service providers will not use disposable plastic products and plastic bags that are difficult to decompose, 100% of marine protected areas will be free of plastic waste. Besides, the government requests the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment to expand its annual observation and assess the status of ocean plastic pollution in some estuaries and 12 island districts … [Read more...] about Tourist sites in Vietnam will be plastic waste free

In addition, the capacity of 2,200 teachers and caregivers have been enhanced to support children in building early foundational skills to better equip them to enter the first grade. These are some of the achievements of the ELM toolkit announced at a conference in Hanoi on June 14. Photo: baochinhphu.vn Hoang Duc Minh, Director of the Agency of Teacher and Education Administrators, said the ELM toolkit has proven effective throughout its three-year pilot program. This is a useful toolkit to support teachers in their execution of the early childhood education program, he added. An assessment of the toolkit’s three-year pilot using the method of International Development and Early Learning Assessment (IDELA) has shown a considerable improvement in the IDELA scores in all domains of the benefited children. Motion skills increased from 44 to 56 percent, early literacy skills from 21 to 37 percent, early math skills from 38 to 50 percent and socio-emotional … [Read more...] about Literacy toolkit benefits 4,000 ethnic minority children

The fair will be held from Friday to Sunday of the last week of each month at the Ha Long Big C commercial centre in Ha Long City. The event will feature 35 booths run by local firms, cooperatives and units involved in the OCOP program, highlighting products already recognized by the program. Monthly fairs for agricultural products under the One Commune, One Product (OCOP) program will be organised in Quang Ninh this year. Photo: halongtourism.com.vn The provincial People’s Committee said the move aims at increasing recognition of local products among residents in the province and visitors, thus assisting with the development of the program. The OCOP program was initiated by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development in 2008. Quang Ninh was the first locality nationwide to implement the project from 2013. Concluding the first stage from 2013-2016, Quang Ninh developed 210 OCOP products, including 99 meeting 3-5 star standards. More than 180 economic … [Read more...] about Quang Ninh plans One Commune, One Product fairs