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Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has demanded subordinate levels strengthen air pollution control as air quality in many localities, particularly Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City has worsened. Particularly, the Government chief tasked ministries and localities to immediately review and evaluate the implementation of regulations on dust and emission control right in the first half of 2021. He asked for promptly enhancing air quality monitoring capacity to ensure that air will be monitored nationwide by 2025. The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment was tasked to review and report to the Prime Minister a roadmap for application of national emission standards for road motor vehicles in the fourth quarter this year. The main causes to air pollution in Vietnam come from exhaust of transport means, construction activities, industrial production, and low rate of trees in urban areas. Fine particulate matter (PM2.5) is the most concerning air pollutant in Vietnam. Another problem is … [Read more...] about PM demands strengthening air pollution control as air quality worsens

At a recent employment session held by the Department and the Ha Nam Employment Service Centre, 47 businesses recruited 6,600 workers. According to Director of the Ha Nam Employment Service Centre Nguyen Quang Tuan, no enterprise in the province went bankrupt due to COVID-19. The province also sees increasing recruitment demand because a large number of new enterprises being established while existing enterprises expand production. The department has advised the provincial People’s Committee to synchronously and effectively implement policies, programmes, and schemes to create jobs and support young people in finding employment and starting a business, especially disadvantaged workers. Attention will also be paid to promoting career guidance as well as improving the quality of human resources training. Ha Nam created 23,300 new jobs last year, while more than 25,670 workers found jobs. Local authorities also issued work permits to 251 foreigners working at local … [Read more...] about Ha Nam targets 17,500 new jobs in 2021

According to the Global Cancer Observatory (Globocan2020), in Việt Nam, breast cancer ranks first among all types of women’s cancer, the number of new cases is 21,555 people, accounting for 25.8 per cent of cancer incidents in both genders, taking third place (after liver and lung cancer). The average age of breast cancer incidence in women is 34.2 per 100,000 people. In both genders, breast cancer mortality rate ranks fourth (with 9,345 cases) after liver cancer, lung cancer and stomach cancer. The age-standardised mortality rate of breast cancer is 13.8 per 100,000 people. — VNS … [Read more...] about Health ministry, VMA sign partnership agreement on breast cancer treatment in VN

The ribbon-cutting ceremony welcomed the Swiss Ambassador in Vietnam, WASI’s representative, and Nestlé Vietnam It is the result of more than 10 years of cooperation (2011-2020) between Nestlé Vietnam and WASI implementing research, development, and transfer activities to farmers planting and caring techniques for sustainable development of coffee trees. … [Read more...] about Opening of NESCAFÉ WASI Coffee Farm Experience Center in Central Highlands

A number of earthquakes and aftermaths hit Majene district and the coastal city of Mamuju in West Sulawesi on January 14-15. The death toll has risen to 81, including 70 in Mamuju. … [Read more...] about Indonesia records nearly 4,000 deaths from disasters, pandemic since 2021