Vietnamplus

Ho Chi Minh City needs to invest more than 83.06 trillion VND (3.58 billion USD) in transport infrastructure in 2021 – 25.

As a country highly exposed to droughts, floods and landslides, Vietnam needs more active prevention instead of just a passive response.

Ho Chi Minh City will continue to invest in transport infrastructure in its south, according to a report by its transport department.

A lot of options have been proposed to select investors for the North-South express railway project, which is expected to help strengthen the nation’s transport capacity and socio-economic development

Ho Chi Minh City has decided to convert a number of private transport infrastructure projects that were designated as BOT (build – operate – transfer) and BT (Built – Transfer) into public projects.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc and his Lao counterpart Thongloun Sisoulith vowed to work for a breakthrough in bilateral trade during their meeting in Hanoi on June 1.

Improved water management can help Vietnam tackle the threat of climate change, Belgium Ambassador to Vietnam Paul Jansen said at a workshop held in Hanoi on May 28.

The Hanoi Transport Department, in cooperation with local authorities in districts and communes, will tighten control on highways in an attempt to deter violations and ensure traffic safety.

Permanent Deputy Prime Minister Truong Hoa Binh attended a ceremony to inaugurate and hand over Binh Thanh secondary school and 11 rural bridges funded by Agribank to the Mekong Delta province of Long An on May 5.

The Mekong Delta province of Long An has been allocated 28 billion VND (1.2 million USD) to carry out the national target programme on sustainable poverty reduction in 2019, according to the provincial People’s Committee.

The World Bank group is committed to continuing to assist Vietnam in developing infrastructure, Makhtar Diop, WB Vice President for Infrastructure said in his first visit to Vietnam from February 20-22.

Hailstones and whirlwinds struck northern provinces in the past few days, leaving one missing and three injured as well as causing initial damage of around 26 billion VND (1.12 million USD) as of 19:00 on February 18.

The southern province of Binh Duong strives to have 5-7 new-style rural communes and raise rural households’ access to the national grid to 99.99 percent this year.

A series of policies and measures have been devised and implemented by authorities of the Mekong Delta province of Tra Vinh in recent years to further better the spiritual and material life of the Khmer people community .

The Government’s Committee for Ethnic Affairs and the Irish Embassy in Hanoi held a national symposium on January 3 on ethnic policy and orientations towards building it for the 2021-2030 period.

Vietnam’s coating and printing ink industries have had annual growth of 13-14 percent in recent years and are expected to grow further, according to the Ministry of Industry and Trade.

Lao Cai authorities are aiming to turn the northern province’s border economic zone into a dynamic and sustainable development economic hub, according to insiders.

Torrential rains on October 22 caused big damage to residents’ properties agriculture and infrastructure works in several communes in the northern mountainous provinces of Lao Cai and Ha Giang.

The northern coastal province of Quang Ninh is among leading localities in switching to green growth, with the goal of becoming an international tourism hub and a place worth of living by 2020.

General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV)’s Central Committee Nguyen Phu Trong and Russian President Vladimir Putin witnessed the signing of many cooperation agreements on September 6, within the framework of the former’s ongoing visit to Russia.