Ha Noi, 22 January 2018 – A workshop "Country Study on Sustainable Financing Mechanisms for Ensuring Early Childhood Care and Education (ECCE) for All in Viet Nam" took place at the Green One United Nations House in Ha Noi on 22 January 2018. The workshop was organized by UNESCO Ha Noi and Viet Nam's Ministry of Education and Training (MOET), together with Kobe University and UNESCO Bangkok, and sponsored by Japan's Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT), in the framework of MEXT/UNESCO project. Ms. Nguyen Thi Hien, Expert of Early Childhood Education (ECE) Department of MOET, the research team from Kobe University, UNESCO Bangkok, ECCE development partners, and officers in charge of ECE, Planning and Finance, and statistics from the Departments of Education and Training (DOET) in ten provinces attended the meeting.
Ha Noi, January 17, 2018 – Today, Professor Françoise Barré-Sinoussi, who was awarded the Nobel prize in 2008 for co-discovering HIV, and other experts highlighted the importance of mainstreaming gender in Viet Nam's HIV response programmes at a national conference held in Ha Noi.
HA NOI, 16 January 2018 - A new project on "Building a Model to respond to Violence Against Women and Girls in Viet Nam" funded by the Korean International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) was launched today in Ha Noi.
Ha Noi, 16 January 2018 - A network between professional media and experts in culture field has been set up by UNESCO Ha Noi and the Viet Nam Fund for Cultural Heritage Conservation.
Ha Noi, Viet Nam, 1 January 2018: Approximately 4,268 babies will be born in Viet Nam on New Year’s Day, UNICEF said today. An estimated 385,793 babies will be born globally on New Year’s Day.
Ha Noi, Viet Nam, 18-19 December 2017 - The UNIDO Institute for Capacity Development, in collaboration with the Industry Agency at the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MOIT) of Viet Nam, organized a two-day executive programme on evidence-based industrial policymaking titled “Enhancing the Quality of Industrial Policy”.
GENEVA (19 December 2017) – Viet Nam’s impressive achievements with respect to social and economic rights by making dramatic reductions in poverty and food insecurity must be balanced against growing concerns of adverse environmental impacts affecting people’s livelihoods, Hilal Elver, UN Special Rapporteur on the right to food has said.
Ha Noi, 19/12/2017- The United Nations Development Program in Viet Nam (UNDP Viet Nam) and HATCH! VENTURES held a ceremony to present awards to the TOP FOUR of the SDG Challenge 2017 competition and launch the Social Impact Incubation Program to provide business consultancy to the winning teams for further development.