The income per capita of rural residents in Kien Giang province, the country’s largest rice producer, has reached 46.2 million VND (1,990 USD) a year, up 1.5 times against 2015, mostly due to the use of new farming models and agricultural restructuring.
The Mekong Delta province of Kien Giang is now home to more than 300 tourism projects with a combined registered capital of over 337.32 trillion VND (14.53 billion USD), mostly in the island district of Phu Quoc.
The Hanoi-based Ho Chi Minh National Academy of Politics (HCMA) on November 27 presented the “For the cause of political theory training” insignia to Venezuelan Ambassador to Vietnam Jorge Rondon Uzcategui, in recognition of his contributions to the academy’s political theory training.
White daisies are often in full bloom in November in Hanoi, signaling the beginning of winter. In recent years, the flower has become popular, helping local growers raise income.
The National Assembly will begin November 27 - the last working day of the 8th session – with discussion on the draft law amending and supplementing a number of articles of the Construction Law.
The Hanoi-based Noi Bai International Airport will be expanded to serve 100 million passengers per year, becoming more suitable to the development space of Hanoi and minimising impacts on related planning schemes.
Leaders of the Mekong Delta province of An Giang on November 26 had a working session with representatives from the industrial park (IP) investment promotion association of the Republic of Korea (RoK) on developing smart IPs in the locality.
The Government has the right to choose an investor for the Long Thanh International Airport project in the southern province of Dong Nai, according to the National Assembly (NA) Standing Committee.
A delegation of Ho Chi Minh City led by Standing Deputy Secretary of the municipal Party Committee Tran Luu Quang have paid visits to Thailand and Malaysia to learn experience in development of smart cities and prevention of flooding and traffic jams.
The Horasis – Asia Meeting 2019 creates opportunities for the southern province of Binh Duong to promote its images, while helping businesses to study investment climate in Binh Duong city, an attractive and trustworthy investment destination in Vietnam, Deputy Prime Minister Vuong Dinh Hue has said.
Land subsidence in Ho Chi Minh City and the Mekong Delta has ranged from 0.1 to 81 centimetres in the last 10 years, according to the Water Resources Management Department at the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment.
The Republic of Korea (RoK) and 10 member states of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) will cooperate to build "smart cities" and explore business opportunities relating to them, according to the RoK’s Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport.
Vietnamese films have created good impressions on thought-leaders, creative professionals and member of the public from around the world at the Singapore International Film Festival (SGIFF) and the Asian Academy Creative Awards held within the Singapore Media Festival 2019.
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