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The project is being launched with the aim of strengthening the Government’s capacity to sustainably manage HIV and tuberculosis (TB) programmes, thereby moving towards the goal of achieving the country’s commitment to end HIV and TB by 2030. Through the LHSS Vietnam project, USAID will continue working alongside the Government to strengthen public financial management systems for the local health sector and find greater efficiencies in terms of social health insurance. In addition, the scheme will increase and improve the efficiency of domestic financing of HIV prevention and treatment services, whilst strengthening the capacity of local supply chain management systems, and integrating TB services into social health insurance. Addressing the launching ceremony, USAID Vietnam director Ann Marie Yastishock congratulated the Government and the Ministry of Health on the successful transition of their HIV response from donor to domestic funding, with Social Health Insurance (SHI) now … [Read more...] about USAID-funded project helps Vietnam combat HIV/AIDS, TB

The Hanoitimes - Vietnam is among five select Southeast Asian countries reached for the extent of sexual harassment in the media workplace. Vietnam, together with four other Southeast Asian countries, has become the latest beneficiary of a project against sexual harassment in media industry by the World Association of News Publishers (WAN-IFRA), one of the largest non-profit journalistic organizations in the world. Sexual harassment in workplace remains underreported Vietnam, together with Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, and the Philippines will be reached for the extent of this problem in the ongoing Phase Two of a three-part project on addressing sexual harassment in the media workplace, spanning Sub-Saharan Africa, the Arab Region and Southeast Asia, according to WAN-IFRA Women in News (WIN). The Southeast Asia study makes up the second phase of the project that is conducted in the partnership between WIN and City, University of London. Widespread … [Read more...] about Vietnam becomes beneficiary of global project against sexual harassment in media

The deal will serve as a beachhead for Tenaga in the Vietnamese solar market In a filing to Bursa Malaysia today, TNB said this acquisition extends TNB’s collaboration with Sunseap, beyond the Malaysia and Singapore cross-border partnership, to capture the rapid growth in the Vietnamese renewable energy market, as reported by The Malaysian Reserve . The acquired project has secured the Feed-in Tariff (FiT) 2 rates in Vietnam. Having achieved commercial operation date in December 2020, all five plants are under 20-year Power Purchase Agreements (PPAs) with EVN to supply clean energy to the national grid. Sunseap currently holds a 90 per cent stake in the projects, which will be reduced to 51 per cent upon completion of the 39 per cent stake acquisition by TNB Renewables slated for the first quarter of this year. Sun Times Energy JSC, an existing shareholder of the project, will continue to own 10 per cent equity interest in the project, according to TNB. “This acquisition … [Read more...] about Malaysia’s Tenaga makes foray into Vietnamese solar market

The 5-star ALMA Resort developed by Paradise Bay Resort Co. Ltd. has been officially voted as one of the top 10 best resort projects in Vietnam in 2020 by Vietnam Real Estate online magazine, or reatimes.vn. The year 2020 ended on a positive note for Vietnam with the national GDP rising 2.91 percent, but the COVID-19 pandemic remained complicated, with the world economy being mired in difficulties. The Vietnamese tourism industry is still making constant efforts to resist the destructive power of the pandemic. 2020 was a bleak year for all branches of tourism, but it also showed the adaptability and flexibility of the entire industry. During this difficult time, the construction of ALMA Resort was completed and it was officially put into operation in December 2019. While ensuring measures against the pandemic, ALMA Resort welcomed thousands of families in 2020, with a peak room occupancy rate of up to 80 percent. For such a new resort to have such a desirable number of … [Read more...] about ALMA Resort voted in Vietnam’s top 10 best resorts in 2020

The index plunged 13 points in the first 45 minutes of trading but quickly returned to the starting point and went sideways in the 1,160 range before ending with a marginal 0.17-point gain. It ended the week with four gaining sessions but was down 1.47 percent from Monday after plunging 18 points Thursday, when it entered the 1,190 range. This could show the investors’ lack of confidence that the index will return to the 1,200 peak it reached 2018. Trading value on the Ho Chi Minh Stock Exchange (HoSE), on which the index is based, fell nearly 11 percent to VND14.99 trillion ($645.64 million). The bourse saw 264 stocks gain and 169 lose. The VN30 basket, comprising the 30 largest capped stocks on the HoSE, saw 10 tickers gain, led by POW of electricity distributor PetroVietnam Power Corporation, up 6.7 percent, ending four consecutive losing sessions. It was followed by STB of Ho Chi Minh City-based lender Sacombank, up 1.9 percent, and GAS of state-owned PetroVietnam Gas … [Read more...] about VN-Index ends week in the green