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Vietnam calls for 'drastic measures' to fight African swine fever
Vietnam’s prime minister has called for “drastic measures” to fight the spread of African swine fever in the Southeast Asian country, state media reported on Tuesday. The highly contagious disease, which is incurable in pigs but harmless to humans, has spread rapidly across neighboring China ...
Mai Nguyen
Vietnam electricity prices to rise by 8.36 pct this month
The Ministry of Industry and Trade says electricity prices will go up 8.36 percent starting this month to cover rapidly rising costs. While a ministry spokesman did not specify the date of increase, he said the plan has been approved by the Prime Minister.Keep reading ...
Nguyen Hoai
Government orders cutting 10 percent of regular budget spending
The Government has issued a programme on practising thrift and fighting wastefulness in 2019, with one of the measures requiring cutting 10 percent of regular budget spending. The programme emphasizes tightening fiscal-budgetary discipline and strictly following the budget estimates approved by the National Assembly. Keep reading ...
VNA Reporter
Over $1bn to be poured into race tracks across Vietnam
Several businesses operating in Vietnam have the intention to build tracks for racing animals and vehicles across the country in ambitious projects collectively worth over US$1 billion.Keep reading ...
Tuoi Tre News Reporter
'Dirty money' in the Mekong region is about 100 billion USD / year
That is the information given by Chris Batt, UNODC’s adviser against money laundering / counter-terrorism financing at the workshop “Enhancing compliance awareness on money laundering prevention, terrorism financing and multilateral assessment processes.”Continue reading ...
Filthy, toxic air is not a symbol of prosperity
Years of rapid economic development have left Vietnam with negative externalities – noise and poor air quality arising from pollution and road congestion.Keep reading ...
Thu Van
Laos builds more dams, scientists worry about Mekong’s ecosystem
Instead of requesting additional data used in the building of Pak Lay hydroelectric dam in Laos, Dr Le Anh Tuan, a Mekong River expert and deputy head of the Institute for Climate Change Research at Can Tho University, believes that it would be better to ...
Mai Lan
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New standards to improve preschool quality
The Ministry of Education and Training’s new national professional standards for kindergarten teachers and principals will act as a basis to rebuild training programmes at universities and colleges of education.Keep reading ...
VNA Reporter
Vietnam seeks to raise effectiveness of methadone therapy
Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has instructed relevant ministries and agencies to improve the efficiency of a programme to treat drug addiction by methadone therapy.[]According to the MoLISA, there are about 222,580 drug addicts nationwide, most of them under 35. Of that, 8 percent started ...
VNA Reporter
Irrigation projects funded by $2.7b in ODA
Twenty-two projects involved in irrigation, disaster prevention and clean water supplies had effectively used more than US$2.7 billion in official development assistant (ODA) over the past 25 years.Keep reading ...
VNS Reporter
