The Southern Power Corporation under the Electricity of Vietnam Group (EVNSPC) has supplied electricity for more than 7.5 million customers in southern localities so far.
Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc visited the Long Dat nursing centre for war invalids and revolutionary contributors in the southern province of Ba Ria-Vung Tau on July 21.
The expanded Thac Mo hydropower plant in the southern province of Binh Phuoc connected to the national grid from July 11, according to the Electricity of Vietnam (EVN).
Vietnam’s new forest areas rose 4.5 percent year-on-year to 90,700 hectares in the first six months of the year thanks to favourable weather condition, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development.
The market management departments of 19 provinces and cities in the south in the first half of the year discovered more than 11,420 violations of smuggling, trade fraud and counterfeiting.
Khmer ethnic people in southern Vietnam are set to benefit from more support in educational, training, cultural, medical and religious affairs in the future.
Five power turbines designed to generate 560 MW were put into operation to increase the national electricity generation capacity in the first six months of the year, according to EVN.
The Vinalines Container Shipping Company, a subsidiary of the Vietnam Shipping Lines (Vinalines), on June 23 launched its first-ever waterway lighterage service in the northern region, focusing on the Hai Phong-Viet Tri route.
Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc welcomed visiting Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen who hailed the brotherly support that Vietnam gave Cambodia in saving Cambodia from Pol Pot’s regime.
The Southern Power Corporation of the Electricity of Vietnam put into use 19 new 110kV power lines with combined investment of 2.63 billion VND (115.8 million USD) in the first half of the year.
Many transport projects in southern localities have been delayed due to the scarcity and surging price of construction sand, Giao Thong (Transport) newspaper reported.
To facilitate enterprises, a programme connecting suppliers in the south with distributors in the north has been launched, aiming to be an effective channel for businesses to expand.
Many scientists have asked the Vietnamese Government to propose Laos to suspend its Pak Beng hydropower project to wait for thorough assessment of the project’s possible impacts on areas in the lower Mekong River.
The Consulate General of Australia in Ho Chi Minh City inked an agreement on February 22 on providing aid worth nearly 204,000 AUD (156,670 USD) for 11 community projects in Vietnam.
Drought and saltwater intrusion in Vietnam’s southern region will be less severe in the 2016-2017 dry season, said the National Centre for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting.
The retail price of a 12 kg cooking gas canister in Ho Chi Minh City and southern localities climbed by 19,000 VND (0,85 USD) to nearly 300,000 VND (13.44 USD) per canister from November 1.
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