Cai Mep port wharf proposed for extension for bigger ships
HCMC – Cai Mep General Port Company Limited has asked the Ministry of Transport for approval to lengthen a wharf of the port to accommodate vessels of up to 150,000 DWT, the transport news site baogiaothong.vn reported. With the current wharf, the Cai Mep Port in the southern province of Ba
Central provinces speed up repairs of flood-damaged roads
HCMC – Central provinces from Thua Thien-Hue, Quang Tri, Quang Nam to Danang are racing against time to repair roads damaged by recent floods and landslides. In Danang City, torrential rains on October 14 caused around 50 landslides on the routes leading to Son Tra Island, which were blocked by a
Danish Crown Prince Frederik’s visit to bolster green projects in Vietnam
HCMC – The Crown Prince of Denmark, Frederik, and his spouse, accompanied by over 30 leading companies in green projects, are visiting Vietnam from October 31 to November 11 at the invitation of Vietnam’s Vice President Vo Thi Anh Xuan. Lina Hansen, deputy minister of Foreign Affairs of Denmark,
Twenty-four int’l airlines resume flights to Danang
DANANG – Danang is seeing the return of hundreds of international commercial flights operated by 24 international and three domestic airlines between October 30, 2022 and March, 2023. According to the Danang International Terminal Investment and Operation Joint Stock Company (AHT), most flights
Hi-tech agriculture helps cope with land degradation
HCMC – The application of science and technology in agriculture is the key to handling land degradation and non-expandable farmland amid the increasing food demand, heard an international conference on sustainable development in the Mekong Delta – SDMD 2022. This conference, entitled “Science and
Can Tho University puts two ODA-funded buildings into service
CAN THO – Can Tho University in the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho held an inauguration ceremony this morning, October 30, for two buildings using official development assistance (ODA) loans from the Japanese government. The Hi-tech Building and Integrated Research Laboratory Building are part of
Vingroup chairman not on no-fly list: MPS
HCMC – Vingroup chairman Pham Nhat Vuong is not on the no-fly list, said Lieutenant General To An Xo, office chief and spokesperson of the Ministry of Public Security (MPS), effectively rejecting recent rumors about this matter as false. Business is as usual at Vingroup, a diversified Vietnamese
Public investment disbursement far lower than expected
HCMC – Over VND249 trillion of public investment, or 38% of the annual plan, had been disbursed as of September 9 this year, according to a report from the Ministry of Finance. Until the end of October this year, over VND297 trillion of public investment can be disbursed, representing only 46.44%
Tax collection slows as it nears full-year goal
HCMC – Though tax collections in the year through September had almost hit the full-year goal, tax revenues from some industries have dropped steadily since July, according to the Ministry of Finance (MOF). The tax revenue this year is expected to surpass the estimate by VND202,400 billion, or
Drug certificate expiry leads to risk of medicine shortfall
HCMC – Vietnam may face a medicine shortage as over 40% of drug registration certificates will expire at the end of the year, the Ministry of Health said. According to the ministry, Vietnam has issued over 24,000 drug registration certificates. Some 10,000 are expected to expire on December 31,
Air passengers forecast to reach 100 million this year
HCMC – The country’s air passengers are expected to reach 100 million in 2022, according to the Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam (CAAV). In the January-October period, some 81 million passengers traveled through local airports, said Dinh Viet Thang, head of CAAV. The agency targeted to serve
Two more detained in Covid repatriation flight scandal
HCMC – The police have detained a staff member at the Party Central Committee’s External Relations Commission and the director of a tourism company for their alleged involvement in the Covid repatriation flight scandal. The latest arrests have sent the total number of people placed into police