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Ensuring positive outcomes from labor exports
Labor exports are viewed as a key component of employment in Vietnam but ensuring positive outcomes from the experience is becoming crucial.
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Hanoi tightens oversight of industrial solid waste and scrap recycling
The move aims to eradicate illicit dumping of industrial solid waste or scrap into the environment, while maximizing sorting and recycling potential to feed recovered waste and scrap back into manufacturing supply chains as raw materials.
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Bac Ninh breaks ground on $30 mln social housing project
The total gross floor area (GFA) spans roughly 59,492 sq.m, designed to accommodate around 490 apartments ranging from 25 to 77sq.m.
Making cultural industries a national growth engine
Enacting a Law on the Development of Cultural Industries is therefore critical to finalizing the legal framework, unblocking resources, spurring creativity, expanding markets, and positioning cultural industries as a national growth engine.
Pre-waste worth
A number of climate tech startups are looking to extract the economic value from waste under new treatment measures.
Over 2,400 emitting facilities required to conduct greenhouse gas inventories
Among the 1,916 facilities within the industry and trade sector, manufacturing and processing represents the lion's share (93.5%) with 1,792 establishments.
Vietnam proposes 7.8% increase in regional minimum wages from 2027
The proposed adjustment seeks to improve workers’ living standards while taking into account employers’ ability to maintain and expand production and business activities.
New growth avenues open for Vietnamese honey
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has selected Vietnamese honey to participate in its global “One Country One Priority Product” (OCOPP) initiative, creating unprecedented opportunities to enhance product value, build brand equity, and expand international markets.
Vietnam reaches 27.2 million 5G subscribers
In just one year, fixed broadband speed grew by about 20.4%, while mobile speed jumped by 45%, resulting in a significant boost in international rankings.