The Small and Medium Enterprises Support Programme for Digital Transformation (SMEdx) of the Ministry of Information and Communications has reached about 490,000 SMEs by the end of last month, accounting for 61% of the total number of enterprises nationwide, achieving an average growth rate of 20% per month. More than 62,000 SMEs choose to use the platform in the...

The planning of fishing ports will be a fulcrum for the sustainable development of the fisheries sector, Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Phung Duc Tien has said. Fishing vessels (Photo: VNA) Addressing a recent meeting on the perfection of ideas and recommendations for the planning of the fishing port and storm shelter system in the 2021-2030 period,...

The Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology (VAST) and the International Committee for Missing Persons (ICMP) on October 31 signed a cooperation plan on improving the capacity of identifying human remains from the war. Illustrative image. (Photo: VNA) The plan, which will be implemented until the end of 2024, was inked by Dr Phi Quyet Tien, deputy director of...

A respect-paying service was held at Bucheon Hospital mortuary on October 31 for a Vietnamese citizen who died in a Halloween celebration stampede in Seoul two days ago. Commemorating victims of Itaewon stampede (Photo: VNA) Minister Counsellor at the Vietnamese Embassy Nguyen Viet Anh attended the service, while RoK Minister of Foreign Affairs Park Jin sent a wreath to...

Vietnam still has a lot of things to do to have the European Commission (EC)’s ‘yellow card’ warning on Vietnamese seafood removed, according to Standing Vice President of the Vietnam Fisheries Society (VINAFIS) Nguyen Chu Hoi. Illustrative image (Photo: VNA) Hoi said that right after the EC’s issuance of its warning in late 2017, the Vietnamese Government identified...

Sen Lieut. Gen. Nguyen Van Rinh, president of the Vietnam Association of Agent Orange/dioxin Victims (VAVA) has suggested the US form a long-term support programme inclusively for Agency Orange (AO) victims in Vietnam to enhance the effectiveness of US’s assistance relating to the settlement of war consequences. At the event.(Photo: qdnd.vn) He made the suggestion at a reception for...

Role models in studying and following President Ho Chi Minh’s ideology, morality and lifestyle were honoured at an art programme in Hanoi on October 30, with President Nguyen Xuan Phuc attending. An art performance at the programme. (Photo: VNA) The event was organised by the Party Central Committee’s Commission for Information and Education with the coordination of the...

A legal framework, support policies and a concerted infrastructure system are needed to encourage people to switch to using electric vehicles, according to Director of VinFast’s charging station development centre Vu Thang. VinFast has opened about 3,000 charging stations in the 63 localities nationwide (Photo: VNA) He held that policies to encourage the development of e-vehicles in Vietnam have...

A Vietnamese citizen was confirmed to be among the people killed in a Halloween celebration stampede in Seoul on October 29 night, according to the Vietnamese Embassy in the Republic of Korea (RoK). At the narrow alley where the tragedy occured (Photo: VNA) RoK Foreign Minister Park Jin sent a letter to Vietnamese Ambassador to the RoK Nguyen Vu...

The Ministry of Health (MoH) will propose to the Government to issue policies aimed at encouraging domestic pharmaceutical enterprises to produce rare medicines in order to ensure domestic supply, said Deputy Minister of Health Nguyen Thi Lien Huong at the Government’s regular press conference on October 29. Illustrative image (Photo: VNA) Huong said a specific mechanism for the storage...