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Vietnam striving to promote sustainable marine aquaculture development Vietnam striving to promote sustainable marine aquaculture development hinh anh 1 A shrimp farming area in Phu Yen province Vietnam is to have 280,000 ha of marine aquaculture area and 10.5 million cubic metres of farming cages by 2025, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD). Annual marine aquaculture output and export turnover are expected to reach 850,000 tonnes and between 800 million and 1 billion USD, the ministry said. The MARD has taken a series of measures to promote sustainable marine aquaculture in coastal areas nationwide, towards turning the sector into a key part of the country’s maritime economy by 2045. Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Phung Duc Tien said agencies have coordinated with coastal localities to review and build a plan for aquaculture development in Vietnam to 2030 with a vision to 2045. The plan will focus on … [Read more...] about VIETNAM BUSINESS NEWS MARCH 7

15th National Assembly expected to have 500 seats There will be a total of 500 seats in the 15th National Assembly at both central and local levels, according to a new resolution adopted by the National Assembly Standing Committee. Minister promises greatest efforts to ensure safety in COVID-19 vaccinations The Ministry of Health will mobilise all resources to carry out COVID-19 vaccinations, the largest-ever vaccination programme, so as to ensure absolute safety for people, Minister Nguyen Thanh Long has said. Long chaired a teleconference which was organised on March 6 and connected with 700 places across Vietnam to launch the vaccination plan and provide related training for medical workers nationwide in the use and storage of the vaccine, as well as the treatment of post-injection complications. He informed the teleconference that the vaccination programme will start on March 8, although the first batch of vaccine arrived in Vietnam on February 24. “As … [Read more...] about VIETNAM NEWS HEADLINES MARCH 7

Vietnam has 13 preferential trade agreements in force, significantly liberalising trade According to the index, Vietnam’s economic freedom score is 61.7, making it the 90th freest on the index. Its overall score has increased by 2.9 points, primarily because of an improvement in fiscal health. Vietnam scored 82.8 in fiscal health, higher than the world average of 74.2. The score is up 24.8 against last year and is the highest growth rate over the last four years. Vietnam ranks 17th among 40 countries in the Asia-Pacific, and its overall score is above the regional and world averages. Vietnam’s economy broke into the moderately free category this year for the first time. According to the Heritage Foundation, Vietnam’s ranking could increase further if the government took additional action to liberalise investment rules and the financial sector. Business freedom has declined slightly in comparison to other countries. However, Vietnam’s new 2019 labour code has added … [Read more...] about Vietnamese economy breaks into “moderately free” category

AWS solutions are used in digital transformation journeys across the globe Globe is drawing on AWS’s broad and deep portfolio of cloud services, including compute, databases, analytics, machine learning, and customer engagement to enrich the lives of Filipinos by connecting more communities to the internet to enable to access digital finance, healthcare, and education services. To date, Globe has migrated carrier-grade and mission-critical applications, including contact centre operations, customer analytics, network and service assurance systems, and infrastructure operations, monitoring, and security, from its on-premises data centres to AWS. The telecom company continues to migrate applications to AWS to further modernise its technology infrastructure and innovate new services. By leveraging AWS, Globe Telecom reduced the time required to provision new infrastructure resources from more than two months to less than two days, increased app performance by 15 times, and reduced … [Read more...] about Globe Telecom accelerates Cloud journey with AWS

A section of the Trường Giang River flows along with coastal area of Quảng Nam Province. The central province plans to upgrade the river as a key inner waterway for smooth traffic connection. Photo by Thanh Hà QUẢNG NAM — The central province of Quảng Nam plans to upgrade the inner waterway on the Trường Giang River as a key traffic system in line to boost transport options from Quảng Nam to National Express systems and the Central Highlands region. Chairman of the provincial people’s committee Lê Trí Thanh said construction work would be slated for 2022-27 with an estimated investment of VNĐ2 trillion (US$87 million), of which 70 per cent funded by the World Bank. He said the project will include dredging the 67km river section from Cửa Đại to Cửa Lở estuaries winding through the districts of Duy Xuyên, Thăng Bình, Núi Thành and Tam Kỳ City. Thanh said the two-lane river route was designed for access of 100 dead-weight tonne (DWT) ships while serving as a major flood release. … [Read more...] about Central province to develop key river route