Vietnam will encourage its businesses to invest in Laos’ northern
provinces, Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc told officials of
the Lao province of Luong Nam Tha during a working session on August 12.
The domestic real estate market will continue to suffer difficulties in
the short term and the market needs more policies to help it make a
profit in the long term, said experts.
The north central province of Thanh Hoa and the Laos ’ eastern
province of Huoaphanh jointly hold the Vietnam-Laos Culture Week
taking place from August 10-16.
President of the Presidium of the Supreme People’s Assembly of the
Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) Kim Yong-nam left Hanoi
on Aug. 7, successfully concluding his official visit to Vietnam.
A meeting to mark the 100 th anniversary of the birth of the late
President of the State Council Vo Chi Cong, was held in Tam Ky City in
the central province of Quang Nam on August 6.
Average temperatures in northern central Vietnam can rise by 3.5 degrees
centigrade and dry season rainfall reduce by 30 percent by 2100,
according to a new climate change report prepared by the Ministry of
Natural Resources and Environment.
The annual flooding in the Mekong Delta could occur early this year and
reach the third alarm level, the highest, according to the Southern
Centre for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting.
Japanese New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organisation
(NEDO) will help Hanoi implement a sample project to treat industrial
waste in Nam Son waste treatment complex, Soc Son district, Hanoi.
Kim Yong-nam, chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme People’s Assembly
of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK), arrived in Vietnam
on Aug. 5 for a three-day official visit.
The official friendly visit to Vietnam by President of the Presidium
of the Supreme People’s Assembly of the Democratic People’s Republic of
Korea Kim Yong Nam.
A soldier has been dismissed from military service in the Tay Nguyen
(Central Highlands) province of Gia Lai while two other soldiers are
given a warning following public anger over photos posted on Facebook
showing the soldiers torturing two monkeys.
The World Bank (WB) will provide 293 million USD in official development
assistance for a 399 million USD project to upgrade six urban areas in
the Mekong Delta region.
An investment capital of more than 86 trillion VND will be needed until
2030 to build the belt route No. 5 around Hanoi, said an affiliate of
the Transport Engineering Design Incorporation (TEDI).
President of the Presidium of the Supreme People’s Assembly of the
Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) Kim Yong Nam will pay an
official friendly visit to Vietnam from August 5-7.
