A United Nations staff officer training course kicked off at the Hanoi-based Vietnam Department of Peacekeeping Operations on March 11 within the framework of Canada's Military Training and Cooperation Programme (MTCP).

VOV.VN - Vietnam focuses on developing education – training and science-technology, considering this a top national policy, along with developing human resources as one of the three strategic breakthroughs, said Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh during his policy speech at Victory University of Wellington on March 11.

The 140-year-old railway, considered outdated in Vietnam, will undergo the most significant infrastructure transformation in decades, as the North-South high-speed railway project will be submitted to the Politburo in March, and the National Assembly within this year.

An ongoing training course on the emission trading system (ETS) and carbon market has gathered 145 participants from relevant state agencies, organisations, and enterprises, making the first capacity-building activity in Vietnam with participation from both public and private sectors.

As an emission trading system (ETS) will be piloted next year and officially operated in 2028, a training course has been held starting on February 26 in Hanoi to promote understanding of the carbon market and ETS for Vietnamese public and private stakeholders.

The Vietnam Railways Corporation (VNR) on February 21 started the first international freight transport train in the Year of the Dragon from Song Than station in Di An city of southern Binh Duong province to Zhengzhou in China's Henan province.

VOV.VN - The standing members of the Government have requested the Ministry of Transport (MoT) and relevant agencies to complete the North-South express railway line project to submit to competent authorities for consideration in a coulle of months.

All the 17 trains of Metro Route No 1, Ben Thanh - Suoi Tien, in Ho Chi Minh City will continuously run on a trial basis during the Lunar New Year (Tet) holiday, said the city’s Management Authority for Urban Railways (MAUR).

VOV.VN - Hanoi has attracted more than US$41.1 billion in foreign direct investment (FDI) to rank second in the country behind only Ho Chi Minh City in terms of FDI, according to the Foreign Investment Department under the Ministry of Planning and Investment.

The Vietnam Department of Peacekeeping Operations, in collaboration with relevant agencies and units, on January 22 launched a training course on exercise planning process in 2024 between Vietnam and Canada.