Since mid - October this year, five consecutive floods have struck the central provinces, leaving 111 people dead and missing and another 121 injured. Binh Dinh is worst hit.
The central city of Da Nang and its neighbouring provinces of Thua Thien-Hue and Quang Nam will offer optimal conditions to lure investment from European countries in hi-tech, tourism, logistics, health care and advanced farming.
Small scale production, scattered investment, poor connections and logistics services set big challenges for key economic zones in the coastal central region, considered a major centre of logistics.
Luxury cruise ship Genting Dream arrived in the central province of Khanh Hoa on Nov. 9 after docking at Tan Cang – Cai Mep port in the southern province of Ba Ria – Vung Tau.
Vietnamese expatriates in Laos and the Czech Republic have donated money to aid people in the central region, which has recently borne the brunt of severe flooding.
The US Agency for International Development (USAID) will granted around 24 million USD to a forest conservation project in the central provinces of Quang Nam and Thua Thien-Hue for 2016 – 2020.
Deputy PM Vuong Dinh Hue has promised help from the Government for the tourism sector in the central provinces hit hard by the Formosa serious environmental incident .
The PM has ordered concerned ministries and provinces to promptly carry out Decision No. 772/QD-TTg dated May 9, 2016 on providing emergency support for people affected by the mass fish deaths.
Ly Son Island, also called Cu Lao Re, is the only island district in the central province of Quang Ngai. It is currently a magnet for domestic and foreign holiday makers.
The La Son-Tuy Loan highway that links the central provinces of ThuaThien-Hue and Da Nang is expected to open by the end of this year as land clearance work has been completed.
Ninh Thuan (VNA) - Farmers in the provinces of Ninh Thuan and Binh Thuan have been forced to switch to crops that require less water to to cope with water shortages caused by prolonged drought.
Heavy rain in the past four days in central Vietnam triggered floods that claimed eight lives, submerged nearly 1,000 houses, and forced thousands to evacuate, authorities said on November 5.
The Ministry of Transport on June 14 started work on the upgrade of
National Road 26 crossing central coastal Khanh Hoa province and the
Central Highland province of Dak Lak with a total investment of 860
billion VND (39.5 million USD).
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