The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) held a meeting in Hanoi on December 5 to discuss ways to sustainably develop raw material areas and improve processing capacity and market access for agro-products of Vietnam.
In spite of strong growth over the last decade, Vietnam’s industrial sector must start investing in R&D, finding ways to improve manufacturing efficiency and transforming into one capable of producing high-value-added products.
The Vietnamese Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT)’s Industry Agency and the UN Industrial Development Organisation (UNIDO) on October 22 released the Vietnam Industry White Paper 2019.
Developing eco-industrial parks would help Vietnam attract foreign direct investment and promote sustainable growth.
The pyrolysis technology applied in coffee production in the Central Highland province of Dak Lak has shown efficiency in reducing greenhouse gas emission and improving product quality, a survey of the United Nations Industrial Development Organisation (UNIDO) said on November 7.
VOV.VN - Vietnam has plenty of opportunity and potential to apply robotic technology, however, to realize the task of application, the country should draw on the enormous potentiality of tens of millions of Vietnamese people and connect talents at home and abroad as they are viewed as hidden gold mines.
Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has proposed the United Nations Industry Development Organisation (UNIDO) launch projects to help Vietnam develop the support industry for automobile and garment sectors and push industry in a low carbon and sustainable direction.
The lack of a master plan has been blamed for Vietnam having to import up to 80% of its processed pharmaceutical materials although the country has an abundant source of pharmaceutical materials and was one of top exporters of raw pharmaceutical materials in the 1980s.
The Ministry of Planning and Investment (MPI) will include basic regulations on eco-industrial parks (EIPs) in some draft decrees to be submitted to the Government for consideration later this year.
VOV.VN - A photography and poster contest on the environment was launched on June 30 by the General Department of Environment, the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), and the Global Environment Facility (GEF).
The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development has honoured the Head of Vietnam Office of the UN Industrial Development Organisation (UNIDO), Patrick J. Gilabert, for his contributions to Vietnam’s agriculture via the successful implementation of many projects.
VOV.VN - The Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) in concert with the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) ceremoniously launched a three-year US$1 million project on June 17 in Hanoi.
How businesses benefit from the 2030 Agenda and their responsibility for sustainable development was highlighted at a forum in Hanoi on April 7.
VOV.VN - Vietnam’s labour market has been in transition away from agriculture toward a free market led manufacturing and services economy with a fast-growing middle class for the past three decades.
The Prime Minister has approved the portfolio of a project funded by the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) to assist the building of development policies and strategy for the industrial sector through capacity building.
A signing ceremony was held in Hanoi on November 17 for a project on promoting the use of efficient boilers in Vietnam with the collaboration of the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO).
An initiative aimed at converting existing industrial parks into eco-friendly production facilities was introduced at a conference held in the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho on August 12.
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The Prime Minister has approved Vietnam’s participation in a regional project funded by the United Nations Industrial Development Organisation (UNIDO) as part of efforts to implement the Stockholm Convention of Persistent Organic Pollutants (POP).
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(VOV) - Italy is to technical support for small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in the southern province of Dong Nai, enabling them to improve their competitiveness.
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Vietnam will completely abolish the use of more than 500 tonnes of HCFC-141b, a chemical that damages the ozone layer, in the production of thermal insulation foam by the end of 2014.
