Category: Study

The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) is striving to increase the proportion of science, technology and innovation’s contributions to the sector’s growth by over 50% by 2030 through research, transfer and application activities.

 

The number of businesses engaged in innovation will account for 60% of the total working in the sector by 2025, and 85% by 2030.

 

The sector will support the construction and development of at least 200 hi-tech agricultural enterprises nationwide, and 50-100 high-tech agricultural zones in the agro-ecological ones.

 

More efforts will be made to turn science, technology and innovation into a breakthrough to strongly develop Vietnam’s agricultural economy; transform to a green and environmentally sustainable growth model; and improve productivity, quality, efficiency and competitiveness of the industry.

 

The MARD will also strengthen public-private partnership in scientific research technology development and innovation; and mobilise resources from state budget, businesses and the community for these works.

 

At the same time, it will create conditions for enterprises and economic sectors to participate in research, complete technology and transfer or purchase technology inside and outside the country./.

 

Source: Vietnam News Agency

 

People’s Teacher and People’s Artist Thai Thi Lien, mother of People’s Artist Dang Thai Son, passed away at her home on January 31 at the age of 106.

 

Lien was born in 1918 in Ho Chi Minh City into an intellectual family. Her father was Thai Van Lan, one of the first Vietnamese electrical engineer graduating in France.

 

She started playing the piano when she was four. At the age of 100, she still played music every day.

 

In 1946, Lien studied in France. She got married to Tran Ngoc Danh, who was then head of the permanent delegation of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam. After that she and her husband returned to Vietnam and joined the resistance against the French colonialists. She and Danh had two children – Tran Thu Ha and Tran Thanh Binh. After Danh passed away, Lien got married to her second husband Dang Dinh Hung with whom she had a son – Dang Thai Son.

 

Lien was among the founders of the Vietnam Music School (now the Vietnam National Academy of Music) and headed the Piano Department until she retired in 1977.

 

Lien was also one of the first Vietnamese female pianists and compiled the first piano curricula in Vietnam.

 

Two of her children also became great artists. People’s Artists Tran Thu Ha was head of the Vietnam National Academy of Music and People’s Artist Dang Thai Son was the first Asian pianist to win the first prize at the 10th International Chopin Piano Competition in Warsaw in 1980./.

 

Source: Vietnam News Agency

L’Historique de Verrières (Historical Association) in Verrières-le-Buisson city on the outskirts of Paris has opened an exhibition of photos, documents and newspapers on the wartime in Vietnam, as part of activities marking the 50th anniversary of the signing of the Paris Agreement on Ending the War and Restoring Peace in Vietnam (Paris Peace Accords) 50 years ago (January 27, 1973).

The delegation of the Provisional Revolutionary Government of the Republic of South Vietnam to the Paris Conference stayed at No 49 (now No 17) Cambacérès Street in Verrières-le-Buisson for the negotiation process from 1968 to 1973.

Some 20 large-sized panels about the war and the accords are displayed at the city hall.

Visitors can also have a look at precious documents extracted from a collection of hundreds of articles by French and international press, which are collected into a book titled “1968-1973 Verrières-le-Buisson: Havre De Paix” (1968-1973 Verrières-le-Buisson: Haven of Peace).

Christian Gautier, one of the book’s authors, said that when he was a child, his family lived opposite the house where the delegation stayed, and every May 1, he used to pick flowers – a symbol of good luck – to give to Nguyen Thi Binh who was then Foreign Minister, and Head of the Delegation of the Provisional Revolutionary Government of the Republic of South Vietnam to the Paris Conference.

Gautier has the hobby of collecting newspaper articles, including many about Vietnam. Fifteen years ago, he thought he should gather together articles, pictures, and documents related to the Vietnam War, particularly those about the city of Verrières-le-Buisson and Vietnamese friends during that period.

According to him, he collected articles from both French and international newspapers and magazines, with all political trends, leftists or rightists, opposers or supporters, but almost all support peace for Vietnam.

On the 40th anniversary of the signing of the Paris Peace Accords, Christian Gautier and some of his friends published the book “1968-1973 Verrières-le-Buisson: Havre De Paix”.

For the celebration of the 50th anniversary, Historical Association in Verrières-le-Buisson city republished the book with added documents.

Source: Vietnam News Agency

Chairman of the Vietnamese National Assembly Vuong Dinh Hue and Speaker of the National Assembly of the Republic of Korea (RoK) Kim Jin-pyo on January 17 cut the ribbon to inaugurate the headquarters of the Vietnam-Korea Institute of Science and Technology (VKIST) at the Hoa Lac Hi-tech Park in Hanoi.

Speaking at the inauguration ceremony, Hue said that the VKIST project is the fruit of the two countries’ cooperation in science, technology, and innovation, which is considered an inevitable trend of the times.

He said in the past time, the governments of the two countries have always paid special attention to VKIST and expected that the success of the institute model would create a driving force to promote the transformation of the national innovation system, contributing to a breakthrough for Vietnam’s science and technology.

For his part, Kim said that the VKIST project is of great significance in the two countries’ cooperation in science, technology, and innovation.

This is also the largest project financed by the RoK’s non-refundable aid in the world and is also the project to support the establishment of the first public research unit of the RoK, he said.

Emphasising that the success of VKIST completely depends on the researchers of the institute, he expects researchers to devote themselves to VKIST to contribute to the industrialisation and modernisation process of Vietnam.

The VKIST project is a development cooperation project between the two governments of Vietnam and the RoK. It is co-managed by the Vietnamese Ministry of Science and Technology and the Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA)

Source: Vietnam News Agency

The Mekong Delta province of Kien Giang aims to secure investment in six projects covering a total of 69ha, with a registered investment capital of approximately 4.3 trillion VND (182.2 million USD) in 2023.

 

The province also strives to disburse capital out of budget to implement projects at about 24 trillion VND.

 

Chairman of the provincial People’s Committee Lam Minh Thanh emphasised that the province is focused on completing the planning of Kien Giang province in the 2021–30 period, submitting it to the Government for approval and announcing the plan according to regulations.

 

The province will review, update and supplement the list of projects calling for investment of non-budget capital in the 2021–25 period to serve as a basis for promoting investment attraction and granting a new decision to approve the policy for project investment.

 

The province will implement preferential policies to attract investment.

 

In addition, functional sectors will strengthen inspection and supervision of off-budget investment projects in association with urging investors to start the implementation of projects which have completed investment procedures, land allocation and construction permits and speeding up the construction progress of ongoing projects.

 

The province will also promptly remove difficulties and obstacles for projects due to land acquisition by the State, speed up the progress of compensation and site clearance, and allocate land to investors to implement projects that are still behind schedule, especially projects in Phu Quoc city.

 

In addition, if investors prolong the implementation time, the province resolutely withdraws the project’s policy, per regulations.

 

By the end of last year, the province had withdrawn 294 projects, with a total area of more than 11,866ha.

 

The province issued nine new decisions approving investment policies and registration certificates, with a total area of more than 131ha and a total registered investment capital of over 8.38 trillion VND last year.

 

Compared to 2021, the number of decisions was reduced by eight and total registered investment capital increased by more than 5.3 trillion VND.

 

The province has attracted 775 projects, covering about 32,510ha, with a total registered capital investment of more than 606.9 billion VND.

 

According to the Vietnam Federation of Trade and Industry (VCCI), in the field of investment attraction, Kien Giang province is third in the Mekong Delta, only after Long An province and Can Tho city.

 

However, attracting investment and implementing projects in the province has not met the investment needs and exploited the full potential and advantages of the province.

 

A provincial leader pointed out that solving administrative procedures and coordinating between departments, branches and localities in supporting and removing difficulties for investors are still slow and time-consuming, affecting the project implementation progress and the number of new construction projects.

 

In addition, the implementation of compensation and site clearance faces many difficulties. Therefore, the handover of the site to investors is prolonged. Some projects have had to adjust their completion schedule many times./.

 

Source: Vietnam News Agency

A web portal collecting data of natural resources and wildlife conservation in Da Nang City has been introduced.

 

It will provide information, documents, photographs and statistics from nature reserves in Son Tra and Ba Na-Nui Chua, as well as a special-use forest of South Hai Van in the central city.

 

The portal (thiennhiendanang.vn), was jointly-built by lecturers of Environment & Biological Resource (DN-EBR) group and Faculty of Biology and Environment from the Science and Education University (University of Da Nang), and the Centre of Biodiversity Conservation, GreenViet.

 

It contains 1,100 documents, with 1,000 photos and 53 video clips, from a number of organisations, photographers, biologists and the local community.

 

Biologist Nguyen Thi Tinh from GreenViet said the portal is the first ever data of nature, forest protection, wildlife conservation and research on biodiversity covering a total 43,722ha of nature reserves.

 

She said the portal will provide a database and information serving for studies and curriculum among 10,000 teachers and 300,000 students in Da Nang.

 

School teachers could use material from the portal to give lively lectures on nature of Da Nang to students, she said.

 

“It’s the first time a knowledge data on biodiversity and endangered species has been built in Da Nang,” Tinh said.

 

“Most of the data and information was voluntarily contributed by the community, organisations, researches and photographers.

 

“The portal introduces seven items on typical ecological system and species in the two nature reserves and forest in showing off rich nature value of Da Nang and improves the awareness among the community on the importance of biodiversity protection and conservation.”

 

Tinh said the portal focuses on the conservation of two endangered primates – red-shanked douc (Pygathrix nemaeus) and grey-shanked douc langurs (Pygathrix cinerea) – and key protected flora and fauna of central Vietnam that are existing in Da Nang.

 

The development of the portal had received support from the UK-based Synchronicity Earth, VisualViet and Comclick, she said.

 

The GreenViet-managed Nature Education and Experience Centre on Son Tra Peninsula has provided nature awareness education activities for more than 25,000 school students and 3,000 local residents exploring the biodiversity of the reserve.

 

The European Union (EU) also funded a biodiversity protection and environmental sustainability project in Da Nang City in 2020-23 with total funding of 650,000 euros (686,000 USD).

 

The Son Tra Nature Reserve, 10km from Da Nang downtown, is home to more than 1,300 red-shanked douc langurs and more than 1,000 plant and 370 animal species.

 

It’s also the easiest site in Vietnam to see red-shanked douc langurs at close range from 30m to 50m in jungle.

 

The city’s People’s Committee approved a master plan on biodiversity conservation in 2030 in line with long-term socio-economic and sustainable development goals./.

 

Source: Vietnam News Agency

 

The national flag carrier Vietnam Airlines and Viet Flight Training have inaugurated a flight school at Rach Gia airport, the first civil pilot training facility in Kien Giang province and the southern region.

 

The two have received a Level-1 Approved Training Organisation (ATO1) certificate from the Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam (CAAV) to provide Private Pilot License (PPL) training courses.

 

On this occasion, Viet Flight Training welcomed the first batch of 12 students attending the first PPL course.

 

ATO1, which allows the theory and basic flight practice training in Vietnam, will help shorten the training time abroad and reduce cost.

 

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At the ceremony to launch the flight school at Rach Gia airport and receive ATO1 certificate (Photo: Vietnam Airlines)

 

The Viet Flight Training was established by the Vietnam Airlines in 2008, aiming to meet 50-60%  demand for pilots meeting international standards for Vietnam Airlines and the whole aviation sector, reducing financial burden to airlines and national budget for civil pilot training activities.

 

Earlier, the Viet Flight Training received Level-3 ATO and Level-2 ATO certificates. In the 2021-2022 period, the facility coordinated with foreign partners to train more than 1,000 trainees from 10 countries, becoming the largest civil pilot supplier for the domestic aviation sector./.

 

Source: Vietnam News Agency

The national COVID-19 caseload rose to 11, 525,408 with 71 new cases recorded on January 3, according to the Ministry of Health.

 

With 13 patients given the all-clear during the day, the number of recoveries rose to 10,611,338.

 

Meanwhile, there are only 9 patients needing breathing support.

 

No death from COVID-19 was recorded in the past 24 hours. The total fatalities stand at 43,186.

 

With 894 doses administered on January 2, the total number of doses of COVID-19 vaccines injected rose to 265,519,661.

 

Source: Vietnam News Agency