Sustainable tourism examples

It is forecasted that the demand for housing in the period from 2021 to 2030 will continue to increase, especially in urban areas, due to the population growth rate and urbanization trend. Increasing people's income raises affordability in general and willingness to pay for housing demand in particular, the need to renovate and replace houses due to a lack of housing quality. … [Read more...] about VIETNAM BUSINESS NEWS HEADLINES DECEMBER 4

Along with taking advantage of the available information system, the province has mobilised on-the-spot resources to ensure its readiness for implementing all administrative procedures online at level 3 and level 4. To that goal, it will build a roadmap for upgrading information systems to handle all dossiers online. It will connect the public service portals and one-door information systems at provincial and ministerial levels with other information systems like online payment and electronic identification and authentication. … [Read more...] about VIETNAM NEWS DECEMBER 3

Casinos have long been a delicate topic in Vietnam, with most of them restricting access for locals or requiring salary checks before entering. Photo: Le Toan The Ministry of Finance (MoF) has sent a document to the prime minister to propose amendments to the government’s decree on casino businesses, in which the ministry proposed to cut a number of investment conditions as well as rules on minimum capital an interested party must allocate before being granted a certificate for such development projects. … [Read more...] about Betting the pot on improved casino investment conditions

The DHL Global Connectedness Index employs more than 3.5 million data points to track the globalization of 169 countries over the period from 2001 to 2019. It measures each country's global connectedness based both on the size of its international flows relative to the size of its domestic economy ('depth') and the extent to which its international flows are distributed globally or more nar­rowly focused ('breadth'). This year's GCI report also marks the start of the new DHL Initia­tive on Globalization at New York University's Stern School of Business. The new research initiative aims to create a leading center of excellence for data-driven glo­balization research. To learn more about its work, visit the website at www.stern.nyu.edu/globalization. … [Read more...] about DHL Global Connectedness Index 2020 signals recovery of globalization from COVID-19 setback

Furthermore, December 5th is also the World Soil Day (WSD) to focus attention on the importance of healthy soil, and to advocate for the sustainable management of soil resources and as recognition to His Majesty the late King as one of the main proponents of sustainable soil management. Consequently, in 2018, the 6th Global Soil Partnership (GSP) of the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO) endorsed the establishment of the annual “King Bhumibol World Soil Day Award (WSDA)” in recognition of the His Majesty the late King’s lifetime work on soil utilisation and  research. The Award will be granted to individuals and/or institutions that have made significant efforts and contribution by organising successful World Soil Day activities. … [Read more...] about Thriving forward together: Sharing of His Majesty King Bhumibol Adulyadej the Great’s Light for resilient nations