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Community HEINEKEN supports clean water project in Quang Nam By Tam An Monday,  Oct 21, 2019,12:05 (GMT+7) HEINEKEN supports clean water project in Quang NamBy Tam An Representatives of HEINEKEN Vietnam and Quang Nam Province break ground on a clean water project in Tra Linh Tay Village - PHOTO: COURTESY OF HEINEKEN VIETNAM HCMC - HEINEKEN Vietnam in collaboration with local authorities held an official groundbreaking ceremony for a water station in Tra Linh Tay Village, Hiep Duc District, Quang Nam Province last week. This is the 25th water supply project that the company has sponsored across the country to support communities without access to clean water. Tra Linh Tay Village in Hiep Hoa Commune is a mountainous, remote area where most of the residents live in poverty. This area often faces water shortage due to heavy droughts. Local people have to travel very far to get water and hand-carry the water back to their … [Read more...] about HEINEKEN supports clean water project in Quang Nam

Sacks of rice are loaded for export. — Photo vneconomy.vn Experts believe Viet Nam needs a long-term strategy to increase the quality of its rice exports to create sustainable growth in the future. To meet the changing demands of export markets, Bui Thi Thanh Tam, general director of VinaFoods 1 Corporation, said firms should invest in domestic production to increase the quality of rice. To do that, the agriculture sector needed support from relevant ministries. The Ministry of Industry and Trade focuses on developing markets and negotiating free trade agreements (FTAs) to create favourable conditions for rice exports. Meanwhile, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) is in charge of production, including improving rice quality. Local authorities needed to guide and encourage farmers to produce organic rice so that Viet Nam could offer clean materials to meet market demands. Businesses also needed to ensure the quality of the rice they were exporting. If those … [Read more...] about Viet Nam should improve rice quality in long-term strategy

Vietnam Economy Striving for a made-in-Vietnam digital economy By Thuan Nguyen – Dinh Phuong – Van Thinh Sunday,  Oct 20, 2019,14:59 (GMT+7) Striving for a made-in-Vietnam digital economyBy Thuan Nguyen – Dinh Phuong – Van Thinh Vietnam's top-six investors governing Vietnam's key e-commerce platforms - Source: E-commerce Rewind 2018, iPrice, 2018 Phrases such as online purchase, online taxi booking or online food orders have become familiar. The benefits for consumer welfare are clear, but do Vietnamese firms stand to gain too? Five or seven years ago, it seemed unlikely that people would be able to purchase practically everything, from groceries and clothes to expensive goods such as television sets, fridges or even houses, in the comfort of their home. Escalating growth The year of 2018 and the first nine months of 2019 witnessed the phenomenal growth of the digital economy in six Southeast … [Read more...] about Striving for a made-in-Vietnam digital economy

Education Self-driving vehicles programming contest kicked off By Van Ly Monday,  Oct 14, 2019,14:57 (GMT+7) Self-driving vehicles programming contest kicked off By Van Ly Last year’s self-driving vehicles programming contest - PHOTO: FPT HANOI - FPT Corporation and the Vietnam Television (VTV) have kicked off a self-driving vehicles programming contest for local and international university students with total prize money of more than VND2.2 billion. Le Hong Viet, Chief Technology Officer at FPT, said the contest aims to boost research on automation technology in Vietnam. It is also a playground for university students to get access to the latest technologies in the world and equip them with the skills necessary to confidently enter the Fourth Industrial Revolution. Each team comprising three or four students of the same university will compete in the national qualifying round from November 25 to December 10, … [Read more...] about Self-driving vehicles programming contest kicked off

Nation Spilled engine oil blamed for foul tap water in Hanoi: official The Saigon Times Daily Monday,  Oct 14, 2019,19:05 (GMT+7) Spilled engine oil blamed for foul tap water in Hanoi: officialThe Saigon Times Daily Engine oil is found sticking on a bank of a spring near Song Da Water plant - PHOTO: VNA HCMC – Authorities have been asked to find the truck that was used to pour engine oil into a spring near Song Da Water plant. The oil spill has been identified as the cause of the foul smell of the tap water used to supply residents of Hanoi. Hoang Van Thuc, deputy head of the Vietnam Environment Administration, under the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment, said that the ministry has worked with its subordinate department in Hoa Binh Province to investigate the situation since October 8, following complaints from local residents. According to the locals, the 2.5-ton truck had poured motor oil into Tram … [Read more...] about Spilled engine oil blamed for foul tap water in Hanoi: official