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Over 3,500 cases of dengue fever, including three deaths, have been reported in the southern province of Dong Nai since early this year, doubling those in the same period last year.

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has given approval to a plan to split the Dau Giay - Phan Thiet Highway project in the south into two road sections.

Representatives of Cho Ray Hospital in Ho Chi Minh City and Dong Nai General Hospital in the southern province of Dong Nai gathered to discuss ways to expand the network of satellite hospitals.

The Prime Minister has given a nod to the Airports Corporation of Vietnam (ACV) to invest in Long Thanh International Airport.

The southern province of Dong Nai strives to increase the industrial production value to 12-13 percent in 2015 from the previous year.

The Management Board of Industrial Zones in the southern province of Dong Nai has granted licences to seven foreign direct investment (FDI) projects worth over 32 million USD in August.

Southern Dong Nai province’s tourism sector is determined to boost promotion campaigns, invest in infrastructure and improve the quality of services to draw more tourists to the locality.

The Republic of Korea’s Chang Shin Vietnam, which manufactures Nike shoes for export in the southern province of Dong Nai’s Thanh Phu industrial park, was granted preferential customs treatment.

Concerns are growing in southern Dong Nai province as coffee prices are hitting a record low and local coffee producers, particularly small enterprises, are on the verge of bankruptcy.

A detoxification house in the Central Highlands province of Gia Lai has treated 33 Agent Orange/dioxin victims and members of the public after two months of operation.

The construction of Dac Lua Bridge, expected to help locals stranded over floods, began in Dong Nai on August 6.

Vietnamese enterprises are increasingly paying attention to corporate social responsibility, since it not only benefits staff members but also the firms themselves.

As many as 5,800 rural labourers in the southern province of Dong Nai will receive vocational training in 2015, said Deputy Chairman of the provincial People’s Committee Nguyen Thanh Tri.

Facing mounting pressure from cheap imported chicken, domestic products are examining export options, stated Nguyen Tri Cong, Chairman of Dong Nai province’s Livestock Association.