Un decade of action on nutrition

Hanoi (VNA) – Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc recently signed off a national action programme for children for 2021 - 2030, aiming to ensure the realisation of children’s rights and their all-round development and create a safe, healthy, and friendly living environment for them. In the first goal about children’s development and health and nutrition care, the programme looks to raise the rate of children aged eight and younger accessing support services for comprehensive development to 90 percent by 2025 and 95 percent by 2030.  It plans to increase the rate of children less than one year of age getting all the eight vaccines recommended for them to 97 percent by 2025 and 98 percent by 2030, and have this rate at 98 percent among under-five children in the next 10 years. The first goal also targets lower rates of under-five children suffering from malnutrition related to weight, height, and obesity. The second goal about child protection aims to bring the … [Read more...] about Action programme to promote all-round development of children

The program plans to improve awareness of participation rights and capacity for 85 percent and 90 percent of children in the next five and 10 years, and increase the rate of children taking part models and activities that promote children’s participation rights to 30 percent and 35 percent, respectively. … [Read more...] about Action program to promote all-round development of children

Vietnam has been a pioneer in implementing programs to tackle plastic waste pollution problem, mobilizing broad public support. In 2020, Vietnam’s National Assembly passed the Environmental Protection Law, which supplements regulations on minimizing, reusing, recycling and treating plastic waste and creates an important legal basis for Vietnam to strengthen management and reduction of plastic waste and promote international cooperation in this field. … [Read more...] about Vietnam launches national action plan to curb plastic pollution

Other tasks include restructuring, renewing and improving operation efficiency of State-owned enterprises in the field of energy; encouraging the private sector to develop energy; and renewing mechanisms and policies and developing the energy market comprehensively and effectively.  VNS … [Read more...] about VN issues action plan to implement National Energy Development Strategy

Currently Austal Vietnam has 323 staff at its facility in Dong Xuyen Port of Vung Tau, which is slightly up from the figure of 318 employed in October 2019. During its first two years of operation, it has provided intern opportunities for 24 naval architects from the University of Transportation and Communication - Ho Chi Minh City, Da Nang University of Technology, Ba Ria-Vung Tau University, Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology, and Nha Trang University. … [Read more...] about VIETNAM BUSINESS NEWS JANUARY 13