A symposium held in northern Hai Phong city on September 19 looked into the global trend of eco-industrial parks (EIPs) and their prospects in Vietnam.
Two designs by Ho Chi Minh City-based company Tropical Space won awards at the Architects Regional Council Asia (Arcasia) Awards for Architecture 2018 in Tokyo last week.
Total projected length of Vietnam’s expressway system by 2030 is set to stretch from the initial 6,400 km to more than 7,000km, as the Ministry of Transport is mulling adding several routes.
The southern province of Dong Nai has reported the second death from dengue fever, Director of the provincial Preventive Medicine Centre Bach Thai Binh said on September 8.
From the mere 335ha of land used for industrial parks in 1986, the total area has since expanded to some 80,000ha, reflecting the strong development of industrial real estate in Vietnam.
Exports in the southern province of Dong Nai hit 12.2 billion USD in the first eight months of this year, up nearly 12 percent annually, according to the provincial Statistics Bureau.
After 30 years of reform and opening, Vietnam has become one of the most successful countries in the region in foreign direct investment (FDI) attraction thanks to the building and completion of the legal system in the field.
The High Command of Chemistry’s Centre for Environment Treatment Technology and Japan’s Shimizu Corporation held a ceremony in Hanoi on September 4 to announce a memorandum of understanding on the cooperation and plan to pilot dioxin treatment technology at Bien Hoa airport, based in the southern province of Dong Nai.
The People’s Committee of the southern industrial province of Dong Nai held a dialogue on August 28 with locally-based Japanese firms with the aim of removing obstacles for the firms’ operation.
The property market in Bien Hoa city, southern Dong Nai province, has been booming in the last few months.
Huntsman Corporation, a US manufacturer and chemical company, opened a multi-purpose facility at the Amata Vietnam Industrial Park in the southern province of Binh Duong on August 23.
The southern province of Dong Nai plans to promote inbound tours targeting tourists from Japan, the Republic of Korea (RoK), Germany and Australia for 2018 – 2020.
Germany will help Vietnam improve the quality of its workforce to meet the requirements of Industry 4.0 under a public-private Memorandum of Understanding.
On August 22, the People’s Court of Ho Chi Minh City handed out prison sentences ranging from five to 14 years to 12 defendants, all of whom are members of a reactionary organisation.
The Ho Chi Minh City People’s Procuracy on August 22 proposed strict penalties for 12 defendants, who are members of a reactionary organisation, for conducting “activities aimed at overthrowing the people’s administration.”
The Ho Chi Minh City People’s Court on August 21 began a trial of 12 defendants for “activities aimed at overthrowing the people’s administration,” under Article 79 of the 1999 Penal Code.
A capital shortage for local paper manufacturers could make them lose out to foreign direct investment (FDI) enterprises in their own country, according to experts.
Ho Chi Minh City is seeing positive changes to the local puppetry scene, according to authorities.
