Vietnam, China share social policies, educational experiences
Vietnamese and Chinese experts, managers, cadres and people shared experiences in social policies and resolving their countries’ social issues at a talk on the Vietnam-China social policies in Hanoi on Dec. 12.
Vietnamese and Chinese experts, managers, cadres and peopleshared experiences in social policies and resolving their countries’social issues at a talk on the Vietnam-China social policies in Hanoi onDec. 12.
Vice Chairman of the Vietnamese National Assembly’sCommittee for Social Affairs Luong Phan Cu said Vietnam always considersdeveloping economy in association with social policy development.
TheVietnamese Party and State have issued numerous laws including the Lawon Labour, Social Insurance, Drug Prevention and Control and GenderEquality, built social programmes on safe water, crime prevention andcontrol, job generation and preferential loans and others, launchednationwide movements, including Day for the Poor and Environment Day andmobilised people and socio-political organisations taking part insocial activities, said Cu.
Assistant President of China NationalCommittee on Ageing Xiao Caiwei said that China’s social policies,especially on elderly people have been widely carried out.
Therate of elderly people in the country’s population has increased from 10percent in 1999 to 13 percent (167 million people) by the end of 2009,he said, adding that Chinese elderly people makes up one-fifth of theglobal elderly population.
China has carried out many socialpolicies, including those on taking care of the elderly and familyplanning, which, he said, have helped reduce birth rate and increasepeople’s longevity.
Earlier, a seminar on Vietnam-China educational policies was held in Hanoi on Dec. 11.
Theseminar drew the participation of Head of the Chinese People’sAssociation for Friendship with Foreign Countries Chen Haosu, Presidentof the Vietnam Union of Friendship Organisations (VUFO) Vu Xuan Hong anda large number of Hanoi university students.
The participantsexchanged views on renovating education curricula, programmes to providefurther training to and raising the living conditions of teachers andpolicies for disadvantaged areas.
Chinese experts shared experiences with their Vietnamese colleagues in controlling and mobilising sources for education.
Thetwo events were jointly held within the framework of the Vietnam-ChinaPeople Friendship Festival 2010 by the VUFO, the Chinese People’sAssociation for Friendship with Foreign Countries, the Vietnam-ChinaFriendship Association and the China-Vietnam Friendship Association./.
The fact that the Vietnamese PM has been invited to attend and speak at this important event for three consecutive years reflects the WEF as well as the international business community's recognition and high regard for Vietnam's position, role, and contributions to global and regional economic growth.
This new era marks a crucial phase in which the country must strive with determination to fulfil its strategic objectives, achieving breakthrough development at new levels of sophistication, quality, and global standing, laying the foundation for further growth. Era after era forms a continuous history of development, ascending steadily from one level to the next.
The resolution on such mechanisms aims to serve as a legal basis for opportunely dealing with difficulties and hindrances caused by legal regulations in important, priority, and urgent areas that require immediate settlement so as to unlock resources, facilitate economic development, and turn legislation into a competitive edge.
PM Pham Minh Chinh instructed chairpersons of the People’s Committees of provinces and centrally-run cities to strictly follow the Ministry of Finance's guidelines on handling public finances and budgets, with a focus on preventing wastefulness, misconduct, or corruption.
Knapper reaffirmed the US's commitment to supporting a strong, independent, prosperous and resilient Vietnam, while respecting each other’s territorial integrity, sovereignty, independence and political systems.
Vietnam is deeply concerned about the escalating and complex conflict in the Middle East, which poses a serious threat to the lives and safety of civilians, as well as to regional and global peace and stability.
The Vietnamese Embassy advises the Vietnamese community living, studying, and working in Israel to strictly comply with directions from the Home Front Command and local authorities.
Lawmakers are set to vote on revisions and amendments to a broad spectrum of legal frameworks and impactful resolutions during the final week of the 15th NA's 9th session.
The State Committee for Overseas Vietnamese Affairs (SCOVA) has served as a bridge connecting and uniting the community with the homeland, becoming a trusted source of support for Vietnamese expats in times of hardship.
The programme to eliminate temporary and dilapidated houses has achieved notable results, with nearly 263,000 housing units addressed to date, including 225,000 houses inaugurated and 38,000 under construction. Thirty-eight provinces and cities across the nation have already fulfilled their targets.
Stronger efforts and determination are required to achieve and surpass the set targets, especially in the eradication of makeshift and dilapidated houses nationwide, the acceleration of public investment disbursement, and the implementation of nationally important transport projects, PM Pham Minh Chinh noted.
The trip will be made at the invitations of Chinese Premier Li Qiang and WEF President and CEO Børge Brende, according to an announcement from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Long spoke highly of the dynamic, positive, and comprehensive development of Vietnam – Russia relations in recent years. He affirmed that the Vietnamese Party and State place great importance on further strengthening the comprehensive strategic partnership with Russia in a substantive and effective manner, in line with the development needs of both nations.
At the conference, participants reported that the Government has so far issued 28 decrees on the delegation of responsibilities and powers between the central Government and two-tier local administrations. Several localities have already piloted the new governance model.
Reality is the ultimate benchmark for success, he said, urging drafting agencies to work out policies that foster development, reduce bureaucratic hurdles, and respect practical conditions.
Under the official dispatch signed on June 20, ministers, heads of ministerial-level agencies, and chairpersons of provincial and municipal People’s Committees are requested to concentrate efforts on implementing core measures to ensure the smooth operations of the new administrative framework.
The Party chief underscored the need for the press to innovate relentlessly, evolve to keep pace with the country's development, transform into a truly professional, humanistic, and modern sector that serves the cause of the Party, the State, and the people on the path to national construction and development.
