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Hướng Hóa protective forest fights logging threat
Trekking through Hướng Hóa protective forest in Đak Rông District of central Quảng Trị Province, it is not hard to see dozens of tree trunks, branches and twigs lying in disorder on the pathway. Right next to the forest protection station, illegal logging is still ...
Investors pledge to pour cash into Tuyên Quang
A conference on investment, trade and tourism promotion held for the first time by the mountainous province of Tuyên Quang yesterday has concluded with investors’ pledging a total of over US$801 million into six large-scale projects in this province. The provincial authorities also took the ...
City eyes autonomy route to improve hospitals
By 2020 HCM City’s public hospitals will no longer be overloaded and people will have access to high-quality healthcare, city officials promise. The entire healthcare sector will become a high-quality service industry by then, contributing significantly to the city’s socio-economic growth, Nguyễn Tấn Bỉnh, director ...
Đà Nẵng to up use of organic fertiliser
The central city of Đà Nẵng plans to increase the use of liquid fertiliser made from organic waste in its farms and public gardens, a local official said. Speaking at a review of a three-year (2015-2017) project on recycling organic waste last week, Nguyễn Phú ...
Unusually strong tides erode coastal land
Hundred metres of land along rivers and coastlines have been destroyed by unusually strong winds and waves, combined with rising tides in the southernmost province of Cà Mau. According to the provincial Agriculture and Rural Development Department, waves and rising tides have caused severe land ...
Australia aids community infrastructure projects
The Australian Consulate General in HCM City on February 22 awarded Direct Aid Programme grants worth more than around US$144,500 to 11 projects for the 2016-17 period. The projects, based in the central and southern regions, span a range of sectors from community healthcare to small-scale ...
Rice exporters rail against storage minimum
Delegates attending a seminar in HCM City on February 22 urged the Government to amend or revoke a decree on rice exports which they said impedes exports of the grain. After the 2008/9 food crisis, Decree 109 was adopted requiring rice exporters to have at least ...
Officials told to submit airport plan
Deputy Prime Minister Trịnh Đình Dũng has urged the ministries of Transport and Defence to finalise a plan to expand Tân Sơn Nhất International Airport in HCM City and report to the Government next week. The Airport Design and Construction Consultancy One Member Ltd Company ...
Eyeing flying fish on the Ô Loan Lagoon
Ô Loan Lagoon has much more to offer tourists than its well-known delicious seafood and wonderful scenes at sunrise and sunset. It has another “specialty”: the generosity of its people. By Bạch Liên, the hotel receptionist in Tuy Hòa City of Phú Yên Province told me ...
City airport granted expansion land
The Ministry of National Defence on February 21 handed over 21 hectares of land to the Ministry of Transport to expand the overloaded Tân Sơn Nhất airport, the largest airport in HCM City. The signing ceremony was attended by Senior Lieutenant General Trần Đơn, deputy minister of ...
