To address the classroom shortage amid rapid population growth, Hanoi has inaugurated several new schools across all educational levels for the 2024-2025 school year. Many of these institutions are part of the celebrations marking the 70th anniversary of the Capital’s Liberation Day (October 10, 1954).
Vietnam, which is experiencing a period of population aging, is seeking ways to turn the situation into opportunities by optimising the strengths of senior citizens.
Indonesia will no longer be the 4th most populous country in the world by 2045 as it is seeing a declining birth rate, according to the country’s National Development Planning Agency (Bappenas).
The Mekong Delta, which comprises 13 localities, is facing a severe shortage of human resources due to its population changes over the past years, which requires proper solutions and strategies to address.
According to results of the latest census announced on June 16, Singapore’s population saw an annual growth of just 1.1 percent in the last decade, which is the slowest rate since independence in 1965.
A shortage of fresh water and severe saline intrusion have seriously affected the lives of tens of thousands of people in the Mekong Delta province of Tra Vinh.
The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment’s Vietnam Environment Administration (VAE) organised a seminar in Ho Chi Minh City on June 12, selecting a waste treatment model that suitable for Vietnam’s development conditions.
The fifth national population and housing census in Vietnam will be conducted in April 2019, according to a decision issued by Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc.
Ho Chi Minh City needs to further back research if it wants to apply new technologies in public administration, especially in the context of its plans to become a smart city, a senior researcher has said.
The total population of Laos was 6,492,228 in 2015, an increase from 5,621,982 million in 2005, of which 3,237,458 were females, according to a latest report.
Vietnam’s biodiversity resources are degrading under the pressure of population growth, overexploitation and economic development, which threatens the stable livelihoods of many communities.
