The 1,457 new COVID-19 cases are all local infections including 1,218 in the community detected in Hà Nội (370), Nghệ An (95), Vĩnh Phúc (91), Phú Thọ (88), Quảng Ninh (61), Yên Bái (60), Tuyên Quang (57), Hải Phòng (44), Lào Cai (43), Thái Bình (42), Thái Nguyên (41), Bắc …
Read More »V4 countries share agricultural innovation
Innovation in agriculture encourages the use of modern technologies. —Photo clf-poland.com HÀ NỘI — Experts from the Visegrad Group (V4) – the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, and Slovakia – shared experience in agricultural innovation at a workshop held in Hà Nội on May 20. Őry Csaba, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of …
Read More »Reforestation planned to replace forestlands cleared in construction of North-South Expressway
More than 1,000ha of forest land will be used for building highways. VNA/VNS Photo Sơn Văn HÀ NỘI — The Government has recently submitted to the National Assembly Standing Committee a report on converting forests, forest land and wet-rice land for the North-South Expressway in 2021-25. Accordingly, the Government …
Read More »Poor infrastructure stymieing growth of north-west HCM City
HCM City needs to invest more in traffic infrastructure in Hóc Môn, seen in the photo, and Củ Chi districts, experts have said. – Photo nld.com.vn HCM CITY – HCM City’s north-west comprising Hóc Môn and Củ Chi districts is not achieving its full economic potential due to poor …
Read More »USAID supports efforts to reduce congestion at Cát Lái Port
Containers at Cát Lái Port, Việt Nam’s busiest container port. — VNA/VNS Photo HCM CITY — The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and the General Department of Vietnam Customs (GDVC) released on Thursday an action plan for reducing congestion at Cát Lái Terminal in HCM City, Việt Nam’s …
Read More »Students enjoy expressing their road safety knowledge through art
Artworks by young students on traffic safety on display at the exhibition at Tràng Xá School, Thái Nguyên Province. — Photo from AIP Foundation THÁI NGUYÊN — As part of Safety Delivered programme, supported by The UPS Foundation, AIP Foundation has hosted a day of fun learning about road safety …
Read More »Blood transfusion hospital opens second HCM City branch
A new branch of the Blood Transfusion Haematology Hospital in the high-tech medical cluster of Tân Kiên in HCM City’s Bình Chánh District. Photo courtesy of the hospital HCM CITY — The Blood Transfusion Haematology Hospital in HCM City has opened a new branch in Bình Chánh District’s Tân Kiên high-tech medical cluster. …
Read More »Việt Nam adds 1,587 new COVID-19 infections on Friday
A child in northern Thái Bình Province is inoculated against COVID-19. —VNA/VNS Photo HÀ NỘI — A total of 1,587 new cases of COVID-19 were reported in 51 out of 63 localities in Việt Nam on Friday, according to the Ministry of Health. All were locally transmitted. The national tally now stands …
Read More »1,587 new COVID-19 cases, two more deaths reported on Friday
The 1,587 new COVID-19 cases are all local infections including 1,380 in the community, detected in Hà Nội (373), Phú Thọ (102), Vĩnh Phúc (92), Nghệ An (66), Yên Bái (65), Quảng Ninh (64), Tuyên Quang (60), Quảng Bình (59), Đà Nẵng (49), Bắc Ninh (48), Lào Cai (46), Hải …
Read More »Hà Nội approves more than $1 billion for Ring Road No. 4 project
Nguyễn Ngọc Tuấn, chairman of the Hà Nội People’s Council, speaks at the meeting. — VNA/VNS Photo Văn Điệp HÀ NỘI — The Hà Nội People’s Council for the term 2021 – 2026 on Friday agreed to spend VNĐ23.5 trillion (over US$1 billion) from the city budget for the Ring Road No. …
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