(VOVWORLD) - The Ba Ria-Vung Tau provincial People's Council has adopted a smart city development project from now until 2022 with a direction to 2025 and a vision toward 2030. The project, part of the Government's sustainable smart urban development plan until 2025, aims to basically complete administration and state management apps and other apps to serve businesses, residents and visitors.
(VOVWORLD) - “With discipline and solidarity, we will surely gain a victory” is a slogan embraced by the mining industry for 84 years, since 30,000 coal miners in Quang Ninh province went on strike in 1936 to demand their rights. The 100,000 workers of the Vietnam National Coal-Mineral Industries Corporation (Vinacomin) have sustained this spirit in their emulation movements towards developing their industry sustainably and becoming one of the three pillars of national energy security.
(VOVWORLD) - Some women in the Mekong Delta province of Soc Trang have, for years, collected and sorted disposable bottles, cartons, scrap paper, and plastic to reduce environmental pollution and create some income. The “Turn waste into money” model has made many localities in Soc Trang cleaner and more beautiful.
(VOVWORLD) - Bich Thao coffee in the northern mountainous province of Son La was named one of the 10 best brands at the 2020 Vietnam Specialty Coffee Competition and has been recognized as a 4-star OCOP product. The Bich Thao Coffee Cooperative is now trying to get the brand certified as a national 5-star product.
(VOVWORLD) - Binh Dinh province in central Vietnam has approximately 250,000 ha of land contaminated with bombs, mines, and other explosive remnants of war, posing a serious risk to local residents, especially children. Binh Dinh has worked with domestic and foreign organizations to conduct mine risk education programs to make students aware of the danger and how to avoid being injured by unexploded ordnance (UXO).
(VOVWORLD) - Muong Nhe district in the northern mountainous province of Dien Bien was at one time associated with illegal religious practices, but now religious followers there abide by State policies and laws and have built a good religion-centered life.
(VOVWORLD) - The story of a 7-year-old girl in Hanoi named Hai An who donated her corneas before she died two years ago touched the hearts of millions of people. A growing number of people in Vietnam have decided to follow her example. But with thousands of people suffering from cornea-related diseases, the number of donors is still too small. The HCMC Sponsoring Association for Poor Patients is dedicated to restoring the vision of poor blind people.
(VOVWORLD) - The Korea-Vietnam Mine Action Project in Quang Binh and Binh Dinh province has achieved remarkable results in three years. By identifying contaminated areas and removing landmines and UXOs, the project has made local production, daily activities, and economic development safer for everyone.
(VOVWORLD) - Muong Nhe in Dien Bien province is one of the 62 poorest districts in Vietnam. Thanks to efforts by the central Government and local authorities to reduce poverty, people’s lives are improving.
(VOVWORLD) - Linking production and distribution of agricultural products boosts agricultural development and benefits each component of the value chain, especially the farmers. This is the policy that the southern province of Binh Duong has been pursuing over the years.
