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$7.4bil needed to beat pollution

VietNamNet Bridge – An estimated VND124 trillion (US$7.4 billion) is needed to eliminate industrial pollution, a new Industrial Policy and Strategy Institute (IPSI) study shows. The research lists 18 economic sectors with the potential to cause serious pollution.But IPSI director Phan Dang Tuat says such a massive investment could create a beneficial environmental-protection... Read more

Skills needed to beat competition

VietNamNet Bridge – Labour experts warn that Viet Nam needs to prepare well-trained professionals to meet the needs of enterprises, and to overcome as an increasing number of foreign labourers who flock to the country. It is necessary to focus on a national policy on training and science-technology education to create qualified labourers, who can co-operate... Read more

Patience needed to rewrite local education

VietNamNet Bridge - The British University Vietnam and Apollo Education and Training chairman, Khalid Mudmood, discusses about the pros and cons of foreign investment in the education and training sector after its opening early next year following Vietnam’s WTO commitments. VietNamNet Bridge - The British University Vietnam and Apollo Education and Training... Read more

New model needed to ensure labour harmony

VietNamNet Bridge – Increasing the role of trade unions in social dialogues was the main topic of a seminar held in Hanoi on Dec.1, attended by almost 100 trade union activists from the northern provinces. The role played by trade unions in State-owned enterprises is inappropriate to private and foreign-invested enterprises.The seminar, co-hosted by the... Read more

Greater agricultural extension efforts needed

VietNamNet Bridge – Insufficient investment and development of human resources have prevented the country from fully exploiting the potential of the agriculture, forestry and aquaculture sectors. Of 16.5 million young labourers in rural areas, only 12 per cent graduated from junior high school and 3.11 per cent have a level of technical expertise from intermediate... Read more

Equality needed in credit allocation: expert

VietNamNet Bridge – Jonathan Pincus, senior economist under UNDP in Vietnam, now works for the Fulbright Economics Teaching Programme (FETP), believes that Vietnam send capital to places which can create profit from that capital. Jonathan Pincus, senior economist under UNDP in Vietnam, now works for the Fulbright Economics Teaching Programme (FETP)Mr... Read more

Better qualified lecturers needed to improve higher education

VietNamNet Bridge – The Government says it will lift standards to tackle the shortage of qualified university lecturers. Tien Phong (Pioneer) newspaper spoke to Ha Noi National University director Mai Trong Nhuan about the issue. Universities carry out at least three functions, including training, scientific research and transfer of knowledge to society.Lecturers... Read more

Better laws needed for abused children

VietNamNet Bridge – Poorly drafted laws and inadequately funded facilities are limiting the protection of abused children, according to the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs (MoLISA). A vocational training course for street children run by authorities in Thanh Hoa Province.Nguyen Hai Huu, director of the ministry’s Department for Protecting... Read more

Ministry estimates huge investment needed in road infrastructure

VietNamNet Bridge – The Ministry of Transport and Communication (MoTC) estimates that it will require almost 60 billion USD to fund road infrastructure from now until 2020. Approximately 80 percent of highways and provincial roads in the country have been cemented or asphalted.To meet these needs, the MoTC intends to establish a road transport maintenance... Read more

Chinese Premier: co-op needed to deal with global economic problems

Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao speaks at a press conference at the end of the 7th Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) in Beijing, Oct. 25, 2008. Confidence, cooperation and responsibility are the keys to finding a solution to the global financial meltdown, Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao said here on Saturday. (Xinhua Photo)Wen acknowledged the efforts many countries had made... Read more

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