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The multidimensional poverty rate in Vietnam reduced from 9.9 percent in 2016 to 4.5 percent last year, Hanoi (VNA) – The multidimensional poverty rate in Vietnam reduced from 9.9 percent in 2016 to 4.5 percent last year, according to the General Statistics Office (GSO) under the Ministry of Planning and Investment. The rate in rural areas is higher than that in urban areas, but the gap is reducing gradually. Multidimensional poverty during 2016-2020 in Vietnam was calculated using data from the Vietnam Household Living Standard Surveys in 2020 conducted by the GSO within cooperation with the UNDP. During 2016-2019, the proportion of households deprived of basic social services showed declines year after year in almost all indicators, reflecting Vietnamese households’ better access to the services. In 2020, due to the impact of COVID-19, the downward trend was disrupted in some indicators. Health insurance, which was the indicator with the highest … [Read more...] about Vietnam’s multidimensional poverty rate dropping

Poster of the programme. Hanoi (VNA) - Two young Vietnamese, Vu Son Tung and Le Minh Anh, have surpassed over 100 candidates in the Asia-Pacific region to be selected for the United Nations programme “ Youth Innovation for Human Mobility ”. The UNDP Human Mobility Team and Youth Co:Lab, an initiative co-led by the UNDP and Citi Foundation, are partnering with the International Organisation for Migration (IOM), the UN Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat), the Asia Pacific Refugee Rights Network (APRRN), and Migrant Forum Asia (MFA) for the first Youth Innovation for Human Mobility initiative in the Asia-Pacific region. The initiative called for exciting business proposals or innovative ideas to improve the lives of migrants, displaced people and their host communities among the urban poor. It prioritised proposals and ideas that target to address a range of challenges experienced by the groups. These are generating jobs and incomes in ways that protect natural resources … [Read more...] about Young Vietnamese intellectuals selected for UN innovation programme

Vietnamese young representatives address bottlenecks that are incorporated into a roadmap for COP26. Representatives at the launching ceremony of the report on May 29. Photos: UNDP Vietnam The dialogue, which spotlighted UNDP Resident Representative in Vietnam Caitlin Wiesen, COP26 President-Designate Alok Sharma, representatives of the British Embassy in Hanoi, the Italian Embassy in Hanoi, and more than youth representatives in Vietnam. It offered the unique opportunity for youth representatives to share their views on climate change and discuss actions to advance the youth agenda in the lead up to the upcoming Global Youth Summit in Milan, Italy in September 2021 and the COP26 in Glasgow, UK in November 2021. Co-written by 20 young authors from diverse backgrounds, representing approximately 900 youth across Vietnam, the report, which is as part of the UNDP Global Programme ‘Climate Promise’, addresses four major bottlenecks in undertaking climate action namely (1) … [Read more...] about Vietnam youth submits climate action for COP26

Norway provides US$1.3 million for waste management project in Vietnam The Saigon Times A sanitation employee works at a garbage dump. Norway and UNDP have launched a new project to scale up integrated and inclusive waste management models in Vietnam - PHOTO: VNA HCMC - The Government of Norway will provide US$1.3 million for a project to scale up integrated and inclusive waste management models by empowering the informal sector and fostering the circular economy in Vietnam. The Norwegian Embassy in Vietnam and the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) signed an agreement for the project on June 17. This three-year project is aimed at deploying and testing interventions, including direct support for informal waste workers and a management model in the fishery sector. It will also foster an ecosystem-level approach of value chains through the establishment of the Material Recovery Facility, which will be piloted in Quy Nhon City, Binh Dinh Province. The … [Read more...] about Norway provides US$1.3 million for waste management project in Vietnam

HCM City to kick off COVID-19 vaccination campaign on June 19 Ho Chi Minh City is set to begin its COVID-19 vaccination campaign on June 19, with priority groups to get injected with about 800,000 AstraZeneca vaccine doses donated by the Japanese Government. Checking the vaccine preservation at a cold storage warehouse in the Cat Lai Industrial Park on June 17, Deputy Minister of Health Nguyen Truong Son said among the 966,300 vaccine doses donated by the Japanese Government to Vietnam, 836,000 doses were allocated to HCM City. He noted according to regulations, a batch of vaccine delivered to Vietnam will undergo examination, which will take 48 hours, at the Hanoi-based National Institute for Control of Vaccines and Biologicals, and only when the vaccine gets the quality certificate can it be put into use. The largest-ever vaccination campaign in HCM City is scheduled to last for about five to seven days, targeting the priority groups identified in the … [Read more...] about VIETNAM NEWS HEADLINES JUNE 18

Vietnamese Minister of Foreign Affairs Bùi Thanh Sơn delivered the keynote speech at Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) High-level Policy Dialogue held on Tuesday. — VNA/VNS Photo Nguyễn Điệp HÀ NỘI — Vietnamese Minister of Foreign Affairs Bùi Thanh Sơn on Tuesday chaired the Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) High-level Policy Dialogue, themed “ASEM at 25: Strengthening Asia-Europe Partnership in a Transforming World” held both in-person and virtually in Hà Nội. The dialogue is an initiative of Việt Nam to mark the 25th anniversary of ASEM foundation (1996-2021) and is one of the most important activities of the forum in 2021, serving as an important opportunity for members to discuss the development orientation and vision of the Asia-Europe Partnership in the new period. The outcome will be an important contribution to the 13th ASEM Summit scheduled to be held on November 25-26 in Cambodia. In his remarks, Vietnamese foreign minister Sơn lauded the remarkable achievements and … [Read more...] about Asia-Europe partnership indispensable for world’s stability and prosperity: Foreign minister