VOV.VN - As an active and responsible member of the Partnerships in Environmental Management for the Seas of East Asia (PEMSEA), at a regional level the nation strongly supports negotiations on a global treaty on plastic pollution, an official said on July 26.

The Embassy of the Netherlands and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) have signed to launch their Accelerate Circular Economy for Business (ACE-Biz) project serving a shared commitment to pushing the acceleration of the circular economy in Vietnam’s private sector.

Vietnam is one of 25 countries that have reduced their MPI (Multidimensional Poverty Index) by 50%, according to a recent report published by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative (OPHI).

VOV.VN - Vietnam is relying too much on monetary policies in order to stimulate demand. However, loosening lending standards and lowering interest rates serve to reduce asset quality, thereby creating asset bubbles, according to economic experts.

VOV.VN - With great potential for co-operation, Ho Chi Minh City is keen to continue carrying out specific joint projects, thereby contributing to the realisation of the co-operation framework between the UN Development Program (UNDP) and the Vietnamese Government.

As Vietnam is determined to take drastic measures to not just recover the economy but also work hard toward development priorities, Vietnam News Agency (VNA) asks Jonathan Pincus, UNDP Senior International Economist, for recommendations to speed up the nation’s efforts and achieve its set targets.

VOV.VN - Ambassador Dang Hoang Giang, head of the Vietnamese Mission to the United Nations, shared Vietnam’s experience in weathering crisis and stimulating post-pandemic development at a dialogue held in New York on June 6 by the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) Executive Board.

The 45th anniversary of the Vietnam-United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) partnership for sustainable development was held on June 2 evening in Hanoi.

The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the Embassy of Japan in Vietnam have handed over six electric trucks to the People's Committee of Hue city to use for waste collection, helping the green transformation and carbon and methane reduction of the transport sector.

Vietnam is seeing a great opportunity to access the mRNA technology for vaccine production, said Patrick Haverman, UNDP Deputy Resident Representative in Vietnam, at a workshop held by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the Health Strategy and Policy Institute (HSPI) under the Ministry of Health in Hanoi on May 22.