The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development aims to reduce CO2 emissions by 5.7 million tonnes by 2020, approximately 10% of total greenhouse gas emissions.
A delegation from the Vietnam Trade Promotion Agency (VIETTRADE) under the Ministry of Industry and Trade will pay a working visit to the Republic of Korea (RoK) on November 8-11 in a bid to seek business opportunities there.
Vietnamese businesses poured US$849 million into 68 investment projects in 21 countries during the first seven months of this year, the Ministry of Planning and Investment’s Foreign Investment Agency reported.
The international initiative Alive & Thrive (A&T) handed over its “Little Sun” childcare trademark to Vietnam’s National Institute of Nutrition on September 17.
The US Trade and Development Agency (USTDA) has provided US$700,000 in non-refundable aid to the pilot application of Vietnam’s Smart Grid project, that will help Vietnamese energy companies efficiently manage the use of electricity during peak hours, and optimise power distribution.
The Asia News Network (ANN) will hold its annual meeting in Hanoi on September 18-19, with a view to enhancing cooperation between its 22 members.
The Ho Chi Minh City People’s Committee has decided to invest VND492 billion (US$23 million) in upgrading the city’s embankment and drainage systems in 2014 and 2015.
National Assembly Vice Chairwoman Tong Thi Phong met with the heads of several delegations attending the ongoing 35th General Assembly of the ASEAN Inter-parliamentary Assembly (AIPA-35) in Vientiane, Laos, on September 17.
The External Relations Agency under the Ministry of Public Security made its debut in Hanoi on September 17.
Vietnam needs to reverse the trend of becoming an “aged” population, a process which was first recognised in 2011.