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Over 350 leaders, policymakers, experts and educators from more than 100 countries attended the UNESCO Forum on Education for Sustainable Development and Global Citizenship Education which opened in Hanoi on July 2. MoET Minister Phung Xuan Nha speaks at the forum. Themed “Learning and Teaching for Peaceful and Sustainable Societies: From early childhood to primary and secondary education”, the two-day forum was organised by UNESCO, the Vietnamese Ministry of Education and Training (MoET), and the Vietnam National Commission for UNESCO. The forum will focus on Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) and Global Citizenship Education (GCED), two key programmes necessary to achieve Target 4.7 of Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 4 on Education. Speaking at the opening session, MoET Minister Phung Xuan Nha said after a decade of ESD of the UN from 2005 to 2014, ESD has become a central point of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development with 17 SDGs. … [Read more...] about UNESCO forum on education for sustainable development opens in Hanoi

  The International Cooperative Alliance - Asia and Pacific (ICA-AP), in collaboration with the Vietnam Co-operative Alliance (VCA), will organise the 2nd Co-operative Registrars’ Forum on “Creating enabling legal frameworks and policies to promote sustainable development of co-operatives in the 21st century”, from April 17-19 in HCM City. VNS Photo Văn Châu HCM CITY — The International Cooperative Alliance - Asia and Pacific (ICA-AP), in collaboration with the Việt Nam Co-operative Alliance (VCA), will organise the 2nd Co-operative Registrars’ Forum on “Creating enabling legal frameworks and policies to promote sustainable development of co-operatives in the 21st century”, from April 17-19 in HCM City. The forum will discuss trends in the 21st century and their impact on co-operatives; identify legislation and policies that affect co-operatives in relation to new and emerging areas; and exchange knowledge and best … [Read more...] about 2nd Co-operative Registrars’ Forum to be held in HCM City

  Wokers of the Nhân Lý Co-operative in the northern province of Vĩnh Phúc water corn plants. — VNA/VNS Photo Quang Quyết HCM CITY — The 2nd Co-operative Registrars’ Forum on “Creating enabling legal frameworks and policies to promote sustainable development of co-operatives in the 21st century”, which opened on Wednesday in HCM City, discussed trends in the 21st century and their impact on co-operatives, and legislation and policies that affect co-operatives in relation to new and emerging areas. At the three-day forum, experts are exchanging knowledge and best cases in creation of an enabling environment, and discussing collaboration between government and the cooperative movement in addressing current socio-economic issues and working towards implementation of Sustainable Development Goals, Li Chunseng, president of The International Cooperative Alliance - Asia and Pacific (ICA-AP), said … [Read more...] about 2nd Co-operative Registrars’ Forum opens in HCM City

Rice export revenue suffers from price drop Vietnam exported 5.56 million tonnes of rice and brought home 2.43 billion USD in the first 10 months of 2019, up 6.1 percent in volume but down 9.1 percent in value over the same period last year, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD). The Philippines was the largest market of Vietnamese rice with 35 percent of the market share. The country spent 733.8 million USD to purchase 1.89 million tonnes of rice from Vietnam in the first nine months of this year, 2.9 times higher in volume and 2.6 times in value over the same period last year. According to the ministry, downward rice prices, which sometimes hit the bottom in 12 years, were the major reason behind the fall in rice export revenue in the period. On the average, rice price in the first nine months of this year was 435.6 USD per tonne, a drop of 13.4 percent year on year. According to Tran Cong Thang, head of the Institute of Policy and Strategy for … [Read more...] about VIETNAM BUSINESS NEWS HEADLINES NOVEMBER 21