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PM approves planning on mineral exploration, exploitation
Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has approved a planning scheme on exploring, exploiting, processing and using tin, wolfram and antimony by 2025 with a vision towards 2035. Keep reading ...
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Heavy fines still fail to stop littering
Regulations imposing heavy fines of up to 7 million VND (308 USD) on those who litter in public areas have been in effect for a year-and-a-half, but the number of violators who have been discovered and fined remains modest, so most city dwellers are indifferent ...
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About 3 million workers need accommodations by 2020
Around 3 million workers will have demand for housing by 2020, according to reports by 46 out of 63 provinces and cities. As of late 2017, about 1.2 million workers needed accommodations, the reports said.Keep reading ...
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Vietnam could lose 5 million jobs to robots by 2020: ILO
Vietnam could lose 5 million jobs to automation by 2020. The International Labour Organisation (ILO) made the alarming proclamation in the context of the rise of Industry 4.0 and Vietnam’s lack of human resource quality.Keep reading ...
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Dong Nai: 20 sentenced for disturbing public order
The People’s Court of Bien Hoa city, the southern province of Dong Nai, on July 30 handed out sentences ranging from 12 months probation to 18 months in prison to 20 defendants under the charge of “causing public disorder” pursuant to Clause 1, Article 318 ...
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EVN: All hydropower dams are safe
The Electricity of Vietnam (EVN) has confirmed that all hydropower dams under its management are absolutely in safe condition. The affirmation was made following concerns of safety of dams and reservoirs of hydropower plants after the recent crumbling of Laos’ Xe Pian-Xe Nam Noy hydropower dam.Keep ...
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Forest quality declining despite coverage expansion: expert
Although the forest coverage has increased, the quality of Vietnam’s forests have been declining, Director of the Silviculture Research Institute Tran Lam Dong said at a discussion in Hanoi on July 24.Keep reading ...
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Military Region 5 asks units to join rescue efforts in Laos
Shortly after receiving information about the collapse of the Xepian-Xe Nam Noy hydropower dam in Laos, the High Command of Military Region 5 of Vietnam asked its South Laos Friendship Co. Ltd. to send 10 medical workers and hundreds of personnel to join rescue and ...
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Vietnam listed among 19 iodine-deficient countries
The Iodine Global Network has ranked Vietnam among the top 19 iodine-deficient countries, according to the Vietnamese Health Ministry’s National Institute of Nutrition (NIN).Keep reading ...
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Vietnam moves to control non-communicable diseases
Diagnosis and management of outpatient treatment of non-communicable diseases like hypertension at commune-level health stations will be the focus of the Project on Strengthening Management of Hypertension and Diabetes at Commune Health Station and Communication on Salt Use Reduction.Keep reading ...
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