social-economic development

Ho Chi Minh City announces data governance strategy

Ho Chi Minh City announces data governance strategy

Ho Chi Minh City has just approved the Data Governance Strategy until 2025, with a vision to 2030 in order to unlock the potential of data to better serve the operations of city government agencies.
HCMC provides support for enterprises' recovery

HCMC provides support for enterprises' recovery

Ho Chi Minh City is entering a period of strong recovery. Despite a deeply negative growth rate in the last two quarters of 2021 with -24.97 percent and -11.64 percent, the southern metropolis has seen 1.88 percent growth, higher than previous expectations and forecasts in the first quarter of 2022. SGGP Newspaper reporter discussed with Deputy Director of Ho Chi Minh City Department of Planning and Investment Dao Minh Chanh about support solutions to further promote the contribution of the business community to the social-economic development of the city.
More solutions needed for HCMC's growth

More solutions needed for HCMC's growth

Although civil servants, enterprises and people from all walks of life have demonstrated a determination of social-economic development, the city is facing big challenges including existing and newly rising problems that require drastic solutions to accelerate development.

 

Kindergarten, sixth graders in HCMC to return to school after Lunar New Year

Kindergarten, sixth graders in HCMC to return to school after Lunar New Year

Speaking at the conference on the 2022 social-economic development task and implementation of the year's theme in District 3 yesterday, Vice Chairman of Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee Duong Anh Duc said that kindergarten, primary and sixth graders in HCMC will return to school after Tet holidays ( the Lunar New Year).
Positive resilience of Vietnam’s state economy in 2022

Positive resilience of Vietnam’s state economy in 2022

The Government is focusing on fighting the epidemic while still implementing synchronously other tasks, especially long-term strategic tasks of perfecting institutions and building strategic infrastructure.  Resilience of Vietnam’s state economy in 2022 is positive.
PM requests to monitor people in high-risk groups

PM requests to monitor people in high-risk groups

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh requested heads of steering committees for Covid-19 epidemic prevention and control, chairpersons of people's committees in provinces and cities to strictly make statistics of all people in high-risk groups and households with people having underlying medical conditions to monitor them.
Dong Nai province plans urban riverside development

Dong Nai province plans urban riverside development

The Dong Nai River is the longest inland river in Vietnam, covering a length of 586 kms and crossing through the Southeast and Central Highlands provinces. The river section flowing through Dong Nai province is also a part of history in the formation and development of Tran Bien land or what is called Dong Nai province today. 
Traffic monitoring via traffic information portals at the Management Center for Saigon Tunnel. (Photo: SGGP)

HCMC to further IT application in traffic administration

The Office of Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC) People’s Committee yesterday announced that Vice Chairman of HCMC People’s Committee Vo Van Hoan assigned HCMC Department of Transport to finish the draft of the project ‘Developing Traffic Infrastructure in the Period from 2020-2030’ in this June.

Vietnamese universities are gradually satisfying international training and researching standards

Benefits outweigh drawbacks in university ranking participation

Many Vietnamese universities lately have entered international and regional ranking lists, a positive signal that domestic universities are gradually meeting strict global demands in higher education and contributing to the community. The participation in these ranking lists also show more advantages to the universities themselves since they are better aware of their strengths and weaknesses.

Startup people should take care of IP right on the first days of their operation. Photo by T.Ba

Startup people advised to be more attentive to intellectual property right

Intellectual property (IP) is now considered one of the key factors in national commercial, educational, cultural exchange and cooperation. This is even classified as the most important possession of any startup business around the world. Yet, there is a fact in Vietnam that most startup people do not pay sufficient attention to IP registration.

Research on new products in USM Healthcare Company, specializing in exporting medical equipment, with 100 percent domestic investment capital. Photo by Tan Ba

Science-technology businesses to receive new incentives

The Decree No. 13/2019/ND-CP on preferential policies for science and technology businesses takes effect from this March 20, bringing about various new opportunities for these firms thanks to exemptions from land and water surface rental, income tax incentives, and preferential credit conditions.

Invention Competition 2018 extends deadline

Invention Competition 2018 extends deadline

The Ministry of Science and Technology has just announced the extension to the submission for the Invention Competition 2018 until the end of January 31, 2019.