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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.

Chairman of the People’s Committee of Ho Chi Minh City Nguyen Thanh Phong on November 8 received John Barilaro, Deputy Premier of Australia’s New South Wales state, now on a working visit to Vietnam.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc addressed several issues at the question-and-answer session in Hanoi on November 8, as part of the 14th National Assembly’s ongoing eighth session.

Vietnam and Belgium will continue working to strengthen and deepen cooperative ties in various sectors, particularly in economy, trade and investment.

The Ministry of Finance inked a cooperation framework to strengthen infrastructure finance with the US Department of the Treasury in Hanoi on November 6.

VIETWATER 2019, Vietnam’s leading water supply, sanitation, water resources and purification exhibition, will return to Ho Chi Minh City in November, announced organisers on October 30.

A seminar discussing measures to promote Hanoi’s investment, trade and tourism in the UK took place in London on October 22, attracting attention from British investors.

Chairman of the Hanoi People’s Committee Nguyen Duc Chung received a delegation of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) in Hanoi on October 17.

A total of 980 billion VND (42.14 million USD) has been poured into a water supply project in Hai Lang district, the central province of Quang Tri.

The administration of Ho Chi Minh City and the British Business Group Vietnam (BBGV) held a conference on October 14 to seek ways for removing difficulties facing British investors.

A sewage treatment plant funded by the Government of the Republic of Korea (RoK) through Korea Eximbank was inaugurated in Long Xuyen city in the Mekong Delta province of An Giang on October 8.

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.

The Central Highlands province of Dak Lak’s industrial production value has surpassed 10.76 trillion VND (467.8 million USD) since early this year, or 65.21 percent of the 2019 target and up 4.87 percent annually.

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.

Startups from various sectors joined in an investment day in Ho Chi Minh City organised by Zone Startups Joint Stock Company to seek investments and present their businesses.

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.

Ho Chi Minh City needs a master plan for 30 years to make sure that investments in water supply dovetail with the overall long-term plan, experts have said.

The lives of ethnic people in the Mekong Delta province of Kien Giang have improved in recent years with the province implementing several measures for their socio-economic upliftment.

The paragliding festival which opened in Mu Cang Chai district’s Lim Mong village, the northern mountainous province of Yen Bai, on September 21 has impressed thousands of domestic and foreign visitors to the locality those days.

A shortage of fresh water and severe saline intrusion have seriously affected the lives of tens of thousands of people in the Mekong Delta province of Tra Vinh.