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Ministry pledges to ease revenue shortages for BOT investors

The Ministry of Transport is to take responsibility for assisting build-transfer-operate (BOT) road investors facing revenue shortages in order to help them secure investment efficiently as well as avoid non-performing loans.

 

Forest watchers makes mangrove forest their homes

More than a hundred forest watchers from Ho Chi Minh City’s Youth Volunteers are spending their days and nights in the vast Can Gio Mangrove Forest.

 

Vietnam develops modern supply system for farm produce

Vietnam needs to develop a system of modern agricultural product supply centres which can help to promote the consumption of farm produce in value chains, enhance food safety and hygiene, and improve the competitive edge of Vietnamese goods.

 

Mother and daughter in HCM City graduate from university

A 63-year-old woman and her daughter have graduated at the same time after studying for four years at the HCM City Open University.

Korean culture to be put on show at Vietnam Museum of Ethnology

An event themed “Discovering Korean culture” is set to take place at the Vietnam Museum of Ethnology in Hanoi to mark International Children’s Day on June 1-2.

 

Pollution blamed for mass fish deaths on Dong Nai River

Heavy rains carrying waste has resulted in serious pollution in the La Nga River in the southern province of Dong Nai, leading to mass fish deaths.

 

Red-claw crayfish still sold in HCM City despite ban

Red-claw crayfish are still being sold in HCM City despite the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development’s ban.

 

PM Nguyen Xuan Phuc active in Sweden

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc met King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden and attended the Vietnam-Sweden business forum in Stockholmon on May 27 during his official visit to the European country.

 

ASEAN senior officials gather at Bangkok meetings

Senior officials of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) are gathering at meetings in Bangkok from May 28 to 31 to prepare for upcoming events of the bloc.

 

Industry and Trade Ministry goes online for administrative procedures

The Ministry of Industry and Trade has moved to put more public administrative services online towards a more simplified and transparent administration.

 

French naval anti-air frigate Forbin visits HCM City

Forbin, an anti-air frigate of the French Naval Force led by Col. Thomas Frioli, docked at Sai Gon-Hiep Phuoc port on May 28, beginning a friendship visit to Ho Chi Minh City which will last until June 3.

 

Hue city enjoys summer flowers in full bloom

As the spring slowly turns to summer the sight of flowers such as the red shining of flamboyant flower and the yellow of golden shower flowers can be seen in full bloom, creating romantic scenery throughout Hue city.

Round two of Vietnam Motor Racing Championship makes Hanoi debut

The My Dinh stadium in Hanoi saw 54 motor racers gather together to compete in round two of the Vietnam Motor Racing Championship 2019.

Yen Bai paragliding festival

Mu Cang Chai district in Yen Bai Province played host to a paragliding festival on May 25 and May 26, with the event proving popular with both local people and tourists in attendance.

Four subjects up for National Assembly’s QA sessions

Public security, construction, transportation, and culture-sports-tourism will be up for question-and-answer sessions scheduled for June 4-6 at the ongoing seventh session of the 14th National Assembly.

 

Korean company invests $1.2 million in Vietnamese startup Luxstay

GS Home Shopping, a leading shopping channel operator in the Republic of Korea, announced on Sunday that it has invested US$1.2 million in Luxstay, a Vietnamese home-sharing platform.

 

Loss-making projects to be handled in 2020

Twelve delayed or loss making projects under the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) would be resolved by 2020, according to the ministry’s Planning Department.

 

Vietnam ASMO faces criticism over messy organisation

Vietnamese parents and students have complained about the organisation of the Vietnam Asian Science and Mathematics Olympiad (ASMO) held in Hanoi.

 

South Korean man admits sexual harassment of women in Hanoi building

A South Korean man has admitted that he had sexually harassed two women at an apartment building in Hanoi.

 

Dien Bien woman arrested for daughter’s death

A woman in the northern mountainous province of Dien Bien has been detained in a case in which her daughter was kidnapped, raped and strangled to death.