Vietnam has attracted a lot of attention at the conference on climate change (COP26) when Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh made a commitment to achieve „zero“ net emissions by 2050, joining the pledge to reduce methane emissions worldwide and the…
Vietnam is currently in the top 3 countries that consume the most dog meat in Asia after China, according to Human Society International. Is it time for Vietnam to stop viewing dog meat as a favorite food? Talking to BBC…
At the COP26 climate conference in Glasgow, Scotland, on November 4, 2021, about 40 countries, including Vietnam, along with many territories and organizations, pledged to gradually stop using coal in thermal power plants. The countries participating in this agreement commit…
The United Nations has called on Vietnam to crack down on human trafficking after it noted the abuse of women and girls recruited from Vietnam to Saudi Arabia as domestic workers. The case attracted attention recently after VOA recorded cases…
Satellite images show that Vietnam is simultaneously carrying out construction works on three islands in the South China Sea (Vietnam calls it the East Sea). Planet Labs images analyzed by Radio Free Asia (RFA) show construction activities underway on Phan…
Vietnam continues to be among the „focus“ countries of the latest US State Department’s wildlife trade report, as it is still considered a major source and transit point for the wildlife trade of the world. The report „2021 END Wildlife…
The retail price of gasoline E5 RON 92 in Vietnam continued to increase by VND550/liter to VND23,660/liter. This has been the fifth consecutive price increase since the beginning of September. The decision to increase gasoline prices was made by Vietnam’s…
Vietnamese Defense Minister Phan Van Giang on November 10 called on countries outside ASEAN to take responsibility for common problems in the region. Vietnam News quoted General Phan Van Giang at the ASEAN Defense Ministers‘ Meeting (ADMM) held online under…
The French Development Agency (AFD) has just lent Vietnam EUR 70 million to help the Southeast Asian nation implement the Hoa Binh Hydropower Plant Expansion Project. This is an important project in Vietnam’s policy of energy conversion and the use…
In a report just sent to Vietnam’s highest legislative body National Assembly, Minister of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs Dao Ngoc Dung said that the unemployment rate in the working-age increased to the highest level in the past 10 years.…
