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Vietnam Needs $666.6M for Wartime Bomb Mine Clearance by 2015
Vietnam will need an estimated VND14 trillion ($666.66 million) for removing post-war bombs, mines and unexploded ordnance (UXO) until 2015, as part of a national action plan recently approved by the prime minister. The plan is to help bomb and mine victims integrate into community, raise public awareness to avoid bomb-related accidents and clean up such explosives to serve the country's ...
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18 million citizens submit opinions on amended constitution of Vietnam
Vietnam's Ministry of Justice reported yesterday that opinions and feedback on draft amendments to the 1992 Constitution had been collected from 18 million people across 63 provinces and cities.The comments from the public and government workers included feedback on amendments and supplementary regulations relating to the way government operates - from local administrations to the National ...
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Investors eye up industry potential in Vietnam
More local and foreign investors are seeking investment opportunities in Vietnam's industrial, economic and export processing zones - underlining the need for these zones to improve their internal infrastructure.The assessment was made by head of the Ministry of Planning and Investment's Foreign Investment Agency Do Nhat Hoang.Over the past 20 years, industrial, economic and export ...
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Vietnam launches construction of major expressway
Deputy Prime Minister of Vietnam Nguyen Xuan Phuc on Saturday launched the construction of the 140km Da Nang-Quang Ngai Expressway project, the expansion of National Highway 1A and a new tunnel through two passes near the Hai Van Tunnel, all in central provinces. DPM Phuc also presided at the official opening of the 500-bed Thua Thien Hue General Hospital on the same day.The US$1.47 billion ...
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Water shortage hits suburban Ha Noi
Water shortage hits suburban Ha Noi HA NOI (VNS)-- A shortage of clean water has hit residents in many of Ha Noi's suburban districts, leaving them no choice but to spend over the odds on water or resort to using stagnant pond water. In Thanh Oai District, residents in the communes of Tam Hung, Thanh Thuy and Xuan Duong have lost all access to tap-water. Resident Luong Thanh Thuy told ...
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Rice left on roads endangers traffic
Rice left on roads endangers traffic DIEN BIEN (VNS)-- Twice a year, during the harvest season, farmers in the northern mountainous province of Dien Bien place straw and grains to dry them along major highways. While this raises the risk of traffic accidents, local authorities are reluctant to impinge on residents' livelihoods by doing away with the grains. "Local farmers depend ...
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Hydro lake depleted of fish due to ‘poor management
Hydro lake depleted of fish due to 'poor management' DIEN BIEN (VNS)-- Fish have become depleted in an artificial lake in northern Dien Bien Province's Dien Bien District due to lack of management and co-operation among vested interest groups while calls for action by local commune leaders and residents have gone unheeded. Pa Khoang Lake supplies water to the hydro plants of ...
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Hospital upgrade to cost $23.8m
Hospital upgrade to cost $23.8m HA NOI (VNS)-- The municipal Health Department started a new project yesterday to upgrade and expand Ba Vi General Hospital with total investment of VND500 billion (about US$23.8m). The current hospital in Ba Vi District was constructed 20 years ago and was previously part of the then Health Centre of Ba Vi, a rural district located about 60km west of Ha Noi. ...
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Poor workers to get small loans
Poor workers to get small loans HCM CITY(VNS)-- The Viet Nam General Confederation of Labour has proposed expanding a HCM City-based microfinance fund to help more poor households take out low-interest loans, according to Mai Duc Chinh, deputy head of the conference. Although the Capital Aid Fund for Employment of the Poor provides small loans averaging VND7 million (US$337) each to millions ...
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City fixes flood areas but new ones emerge
HCM CITY (VNS)-- HCM City will not suffer serious flooding in the coming rainy season, a senior official says. Nguyen Hoang Anh Dung, deputy director of the Steering Centre of the Urban Flood Control Programme, said the municipal administration has accorded high priority to the task of preventing floods. Several measures taken over the last few years have proved effective, he said, noting that ...
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