Social Affairs

Speaking at the launching ceremony of an action month for gender equality in Hanoi on November 13, Deputy Minister of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs Nguyen Trong Dam called on people to join efforts to build a healthy and equal society with no one left behind.

A celebration of the great national unity bloc and the 86th founding anniversary of the Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF) was held in Phat Tich commune of Tien Du district, northern Bac Ninh province, on November 13.

UN Development Programme (UNDP) Country Director in Vietnam Louise Chamberlain has shared that through the effective move to mobilise contributions of relevant parties to building the draft national action plan for the implementation of the UN agenda, Vietnam can achieve the success for sustainable development goals by 2030.

Chinese students attending the third Vietnam-China Youth Festival in Vietnam have showed their impressions at the three-day event, which concluded successfully on November 10.

Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam said the third Vietnam Corporate Sustainability Forum (VCSF 2016), which was organised in Hanoi on November 8, helps promote connectivity among public and private sectors, social organisations and the community.

In the framework of the ongoing third Vietnam-China Youth Festival, a forum on youths’ role in environmental protection and sustainable development was held in Ha Long city in the northern province of Quang Ninh on November 8.

The Prime Minister has issued a plan to implement the Paris Agreement on climate change with five key objectives.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has urged ministries, sectors and localities to implement more drastic measures to strengthen the management in the remaining months of this year to realise socio-economic development targets in 2016.

The Government along with the Prime Minister, ministries and localities have proactively got engaged in the settlement of Formosa-caused maritime environmental incident in the four central provinces.

A bilingual book titled “Evidence of China-Vietnam friendship” made its first debut at a ceremony in Hanoi on October 29.

The Netherlands would give priority to promoting sustainability and inclusiveness in expanding trade and investment ties with Vietnam, Marten van den Berg, Vice Minister for Foreign Trade, Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs said at the “Building Sustainable Business Models in Vietnam" seminar held in HCM City on October 25.

During a workshop for Vietnam’s global integration in Hanoi on October 24, the International Labour Organisation suggested the nation take comprehensive and continuous measures to improve labour productivity, social dialogue and working conditions.

Deputy Prime Minister Trinh Dinh Dung said that the high-level dialogue between the National Steering Committee on Climate Change and development partners organised in Hanoi on October 25, is a good chance for policy-makers and domestic and foreign scientists to discuss urgent matters and seek measures to help Vietnam deal with climate change.

Vietnam wants the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) share climate change response solutions and provide technical and equipment support to assess more precisely climate change impacts, Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc said at the meeting with IPCC Chairman Hoesung Lee in Hanoi on October 24.

The National Statistical Survey Programme approved by Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc includes three national survey censuses and 11 statistical surveys.

As of October 20, the Standing Board of the Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF) Central Committee received nearly 2 billion VND after three days of launching campaign supporting residents in the central region in overcoming the consequences of recent floods.

Vietnam’s development partners gathered at a meeting in Hanoi on October 20 to discuss measures to address the consequences of bombs and mines left over from war in the country.

The country’s macro economy was stabilised and major balances as well as social order and security were ensured in the past three quarters, Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc said at the opening of the second session of the 14th National Assembly on October 20.

The 2016 Long Bien Marathon is scheduled to take place in Hanoi on October 23 to raise funds for needy people in the capital’s Long Bien district.

Deputy Prime Minister Vuong Dinh Hue, head of the National Steering Committee on Price Management, asked ministries and relevant agencies to keep the growth of consumer price index under five percent in the year-end months of this year.