The Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) has been told to finalise the National Power Development Plan VIII (PDP VIII) for 2021-2030 with a vision to 2045, focusing on reducing coal power plants. According to the Government Office Notice No 277/TB-VPCP on the conclusion of the Government relating to PDP VIII, the MoIT was asked […]
Continue ReadingThe Ministry of Construction (MoC) has submitted a plan to build over 1.8 million apartments under a social housing scheme for low-income earners and workers in industrial zones (IZs) by 2030. The plan was made based on social housing demand of low-income people and workers in IZs from over 40 provinces and cities, the ministry […]
Continue ReadingThough inflation was under control in the past eight months, the economy still poses risk to the consumer price index (CPI) in the remaining months of this year and next year, said Director General of the General Statistics Office of Vietnam (GSO) Nguyen Thi Huong. In an interview recently granted to Vietnam News Agency, Huong […]
Continue ReadingThe Vietnam Socio-Economic Forum 2022, themed “Reinforcing macro-economic foundation, promoting sustainable recovery and development”, opened in Hanoi on September 18. About 400 delegates, including scientists, experts, ambassadors, representatives of diplomatic agencies and international organisations, lawmakers and businesspeople at home and abroad attended the event offline. Several foreign experts and scientists were present at the event […]
Continue ReadingThe northern moutainous province of Son La on September 17 held a ceremony to honour the art of Xoe dance of the Thai ethnic people which has been listed as an Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO). Xoe Thai is a unique type of traditional dance […]
Continue ReadingA thematic session on accelerating institutional reform – perfecting land policy for socio-economic recovery and development, as part of the 2022 Vietnam Socio-Economic Forum, opened in Hanoi on September 18. The event was co-hosted by the National Assembly Committee for Economic Affairs, the Party Central Committee’s Economic Commission, the Ho Chi Minh National Academy of […]
Continue ReadingA delegation from the southern province of Binh Duong, led by Nguyen Hoang Thao, permanent deputy secretary of the provincial Party Committee, paid a working visit to Cuba from September 12 to 17. The delegation visited the province of Artemisa where it met local authorities and learned about the potential of this locality. On this […]
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