Vietnam has shown concern about Israel's continuous expansion of resettlement areas in the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, affirming that the activity is against international law and weaken the prospect of the two-state solution.
After seven years of implementation, the project to upgrade urban areas in the Mekong Delta region, part of a larger project at national level for the 2009-2020 period, has benefited nearly 1.2 million people.
The Mekong Delta province of Ben Tre has received 140 billion VND (6.3 million USD) from the Government to repair two embankments to prevent erosion along rivers and upgrade another dyke along the coast.
The central province of Thua Thien-Hue plans to expand Phu Bai International Airport in a bid to welcome 3-3.5 million passengers in 2020 and up to 7 million per year in 2025.
More than 5,600 households in erosion-prone areas in the southernmost province of Ca Mau need to be relocated by 2020 but local authorities are struggling to find capital and land, according to the provincial People’s Committee.
Legislators on October 27 asked responsible agencies to ensure livelihoods of people displaced by the construction of Long Thanh International Airport in southern Dong Nai province.
HCM City is seeking more than 128 trillion VND (5.63 billion USD) in investment between now and 2020 for socio-economic development, according to the city’s Department of Planning and Investment.
Nearly 3,000 ethnic minority households have been resettled in the Central Highlands province of Gia Lai thanks to the province’s efforts to complete more than 100 resettlement projects during 2013-2016.
Leaders of the southern province of Dong Nai have asked for the Government’s permission to use 1 trillion VND (44.76 million USD) from the SCIC to build two resettlement areas.
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