Department of administrative reforms and public grievances

At the event (Source: VNA)    HCM City (VNA) – The White Ribbon Breakfast 2018 and safe orange bus journey were launched in Ho Chi Minh City on November 28 in response to the Action Month for Gender Equality and prevention of gender-based violence and the 16-day global campaign on ending violence against women and girls. According to the municipal Department of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs, the report “Safe cities for women and girls” showed that 18.5 percent of women have been sexually abused while 11.7 percent of men admitted sexual harassment against women and girls in public places in the past 12 months. Tran Ngoc Son, Deputy Director of the municipal Department of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs and deputy head of the municipal Committee for the Advancement of Women and Gender Equality, said the White Ribbon Breakfast ot only looks toward raising public awareness of promoting women empowerment but also highlights the importance of … [Read more...] about Solutions to end sexual harassment against women, girls in public

Head of the Party Central Committee’s Commission for Mass Mobilisation Truong Thi Mai speaks at the reception (Photo: VNA)      Hanoi (VNA) – Politburo member and head of the Party Central Committee’s Commission for Mass Mobilisation Truong Thi Mai hosted a reception in Hanoi on December 10 for Vice President of the Central Committee of the Lao Front for National Construction Chanthavong Xenamatmonti. Mai said Vietnam and Laos’ mass mobilisation work share similarities, including having the same goal of ensuring legitimate rights and interests of citizens, improving their lives, and creating public consensus on the Party and State policies for sustainable socio-economic development. She added that Vietnam focuses on upholding the role of the people and the entire political system, with the Vietnam Fatherland Front, socio-political organisations from the central to local levels as a core, in mass mobilisation work. Over the past years, the … [Read more...] about Mass mobilisation official hosts Lao guest

  Vĩnh Phúc has planned to develop a total of 50 industrial parks and clusters, covering a total area of ​​more than 5,890ha. Photo banqlkcn.vinhphuc.gov.vn HÀ NỘI — The northern province of Vĩnh Phúc has become popular among domestic and foreign investors thanks to its breakthrough on socio-economic development, favourable location, young population and abundant labour force and a high proportion of trained workers. Located close to Hà Nội, Vĩnh Phúc has to date attracted 752 domestically-invested projects with a total registered capital of more than VNĐ78 trillion (US$3.34 billion). It has also lured 378 foreign-financed projects worth more than $5 billion. These impressive results are attributable to the province’s endless efforts to improve its investment climate and to facilitate investors to solve challenges to implement their projects in a timely manner. In the past, … [Read more...] about Vĩnh Phúc emerges as an attractive investment destination

Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City are among Vietnamese localities ranked worst in terms of control of corruption, according the 2018 Vietnam Provincial Governance and Public Administration Performance Index (PAPI) report released on Tuesday. Although the report shows that fewer citizens had to pay bribes for state employment, public healthcare, primary education, or construction permits in 2018 as compared to previous years, less than 50 percent of those interviewed agreed that corruption at the national level had decreased in the past three years. Corruption was one of the top three issues of greatest concern in 2018, with nearly 7.4 percent of respondents citing it as their top concern, the report shows. Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City were among the worst ranked localities in terms of corruption control alongside Dak Lak, Hai Phong, Ha Nam and Hoa Binh. PAPI, published by the United Nations Development Program (UNDP), assesses citizen experiences with national and local government performance … [Read more...] about Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City among Vietnam’s worst on corruption control: PAPI report

Other News PM discusses solutions to bottlenecks facing farmers By Huynh Kim Tuesday,  Dec 10, 2019,19:41 (GMT+7) PM discusses solutions to bottlenecks facing farmersBy Huynh Kim Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc meets with farmers in the Mekong Delta region to discuss how to remove bottlenecks facing the agriculture sector - PHOTO: VNA CAN THO – The prime minister met with farmers in the Mekong Delta region to discuss how to do away with bottlenecks affecting the agriculture sector at a seminar held in Can Tho City today, December 10. The seminar, held by the Vietnam Farmers Association and the Can Tho government, was aimed at finding ways to address these bottlenecks. Five issues tabled at the seminar included poor connectivity between farmers, the State, scientists, banks, firms and distributors; difficulty in accumulating farmland for large-scale production; farmers’ limited skills; the rampant use of … [Read more...] about PM discusses solutions to bottlenecks facing farmers