Indonesian Coordinating Minister for Maritime Affairs and Investment Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan has called on Singaporean investors to invest in a number of sectors in the country's new capital city in East Kalimantan Province.
Tighter regulations are needed to ensure good quality water is sourced for years to come, according to Nguyen Thi Hong Khanh, from the Ministry of Construction’s Technological Infrastructure Department.
Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has approved a programme on searching for underground water resources to supply mountainous areas and areas facing shortages of water.
The Central Highlands province of Dak Nong has spent over 91 trillion VND (3.9 billion USD) on the national target programme on new-style rural area building during the 2010-2019 period, according to the provincial People Committee.
Hanoi has consistently implemented the policy of allocating large amount of resources to the development of mountainous and ethnic minority areas in the city towards narrowing the gap between those areas and other localities, it was reported at a conference on October 3.
The northern province of Vinh Phuc has successfully mobilises nearly 12.9 trillion VND (555 million USD at current exchange rate) over the past decade for the building of new-style rural areas.
Immediate measures and long-term plans should be implemented quickly to help provinces in the Mekong Delta cope with drought and saline intrusion, Deputy Minister of Natural Resources and Environment Le Cong Thanh has said.
Indonesian Minister of Agriculture and Land Planning Sofyan Djalil was cited by local media as saying on August 22 that the country’s new capital would be built in East Kalimantan province on Borneo island.
About 10,000 families in the central province of Quang Tri are in a shortage of water for daily use due to a prolonged drought, according to the province’s Department of Agriculture and Rural Development.
A forum in Ho Chi Minh City on June 18 once again urged effective solutions to riverside and coastal erosion, land subsidence and saltwater intrusion, which are getting worse in the Mekong Delta.
Officials of the People’s Committee of Mekong Delta Can Tho city and those from Wakayama prefecture of Japan on August 29 discussed prospects of multi-faceted cooperation between the two localities in the Vietnamese city.
The rich potential for marine tourism development in Con Co island district in the central coastal province of Quang Tri has been awaken through investment in infrastructure.
The government has issued Decree No. 94/2017/ND-CP declaring the State will hold the monopoly in the production and trading of 20 goods and services as from October 1 this year.
The Vietnamese embassy in Japan held a charity concert on May 20 to honour Japanese and foreign friends’ support for disadvantaged children in Vietnam.
The living conditions in Hanoi’s rural areas have improved remarkably over the years, according to the latest general survey on rural areas, agriculture and fisheries conducted by the capital city.
The JICA-funded Nhon Trach water supply plant's first phase in Dong Nai province has proved effective, contributing to improving local living conditions and benefiting production activities of enterprises.
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