As a flagship initiative of the community project “Digital Literacy for All”, the programme forms part of a national scheme to equip 20 million young people with digital business skills.

Vietnam has deployed nearly 1,100 personnel to UN peacekeeping missions, he said, adding that the Southeast Asian nation has encouraged and created opportunities for female military personnel to join peacekeeping operations, while regularly coordinating with the UN and international partners to conduct training programmes and international exercises.

The programme, with support from more than 35 public and private sector organisations led by the Ministry of Digital Economy and Society, seeks to empower over 1 million Thais by the end of 2025.

The Indonesian Ministry of Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) and the Ministry of Manpower have joined forces to launch a nationwide training programme aimed at enhancing entrepreneurial skills for Indonesians.

The Ministry of Education and Training has announced the admission of 1,000 students to study in Russia in 2024 under a scholarship agreement signed between the two countries.

Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Nguyen Van Hung has suggested the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) countries to strengthen connection and support ASEAN centres in China, Japan, and the Republic of Korea (RoK) in tourism promotional activities.

The Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) and Samsung Vietnam kicked off the sixth batch of the training programme for molding technicians of Vietnam on June 26.

A programme to promote development of e-commerce in the Central Highlands will take place from mid-July to late August, 2022 as part of activities to push the application of e-commerce in Vietnam.

A training programme on land policies, land mediation and land advocacy for ethnic minorities was launched on October 12 in the northern province of Hoa Binh.

An online workshop and training programme on community-based disaster risk management in coastal localities is taking place on July 6-8.

While there is much more data than ever before and digital technologies are growing very fast, there is a huge shortage of human resources, experts have told a conference at the Hoa Sen University in Ho Chi Minh City.

A training programme on management of health for workers at workplaces is underway in the central city of Da Nang from May 5-7, attracting medical workers from preventive medical centres in 24 provinces and cities.

Samsung Vietnam, in collaboration with the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT), on April 2 launched a training programme for fostering Vietnamese consultants to improve the production efficiency of local enterprises in 2019, thus gradually meeting the requirements of global supply chains.

Minister of Industry and Trade Tran Tuan Anh has asked market management forces to improve their performance in protecting the legitimate rights and interests of businesses and people.

A training programme on how to create better work in businesses is being held in Ho Chi Minh City on March 19-20 for leaders of trade union organisations in southern localities.

Fried spring rolls and “Pho” (noodle served with beef) – two signature dishes of Vietnam – have been introduced to students majoring in hospitality at a university in Ukraine.

Japan has set a target of accepting 10,000 Vietnamese caregivers by the summer of 2020 to address a chronic labour shortage in the nursing sector.

A training programme seeking to improve the capacity of judges and people’s court personnel for judging cases related to crimes against protected wildlife took place in Da Nang on July 11.

The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism of the Republic of Korea (RoK) began a forum in Seoul on June 25 to share its tourism policy with developing countries and help them train experts in the field.

Nearly a year after starting a programme to train rural women in nutrition, taking care of themselves and their families, and gradually improving their income, Nestle Vietnam plans to expand it to more localities.