Traffic safety campaign funded through 2020

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VietNam News English 1 week(s) ago

The Directorate for Roads has submitted a national strategy proposal to ensure road-traffic safety through 2020 to the Ministry of Transport. With a total capital of VND 16 trillion (US$761.9 million), the strategy will aim to reduce the number of accidents and fatalities to eight per 100,000 people by 2020. It also targets upgrading 80 per cent of highways so they meet international standards on road-traffic safety.

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Inspectors to target illegal imports of seafood products

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VietNam News English 2 week(s) ago

The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development has called for stricter inspection of fisheries imports after several cases of illegal aquatic products from China were uncovered.

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Rice export dips in volume and value

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VietNam News English 2 week(s) ago

Viet Nam exported over 700,000 tonnes of rice in April at average prices of US$430 per tonne, a decrease of 0.8 per cent in quantity and three per cent for value compared to March.

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Sharp increase in A/H1N1 bird flu cases

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VietNam News English 3 week(s) ago

Two cases of A/H1N1 bird flu in humans have been reported in Ha Noi and three others in Lao Cai.

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Gold price gap leads to surge in illegal imports

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Báo Đầu Tư English 1 month(s) ago

Gold price gap leads to surge in illegal imports

Illegal gold imports increased for the past week as the price gap between the domestic and global markets grew larger, a gold trading management official in HCM City told Nguoi Lao Dong (Labourer) newspaper.

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Hospitals found polluting environment

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VietNam News English 1 month(s) ago

Eight central-level hospitals in HCM City have no waste water treatment facilities or have facilities that are substandard, according to the city's People's Council.

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Provinces urged to combat bird flu outbreaks

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VietNam News English 1 month(s) ago

The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development has ordered south-central provinces to strengthen measures to prevent the spread of bird flu among swallows.

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Gold price gap leads to surge in illegal imports

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Gold price gap leads to surge in illegal imports

Illegal gold imports increased for the past week as the price gap between the domestic and global markets grew larger, a gold trading management official in HCM City told Nguoi Lao Dong (Labourer) newspaper.

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Workers tricked by fraudulent labour export companies

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Báo Dân Trí English 1 month(s) ago

Workers tricked by fraudulent labour export companies

People in the central province of Nghe An are being cheated by illegal labour export companies who abandon them in Angola.

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Boat project fails to reel in fishermen

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VietNam News English 1 month(s) ago

Fishermen in central Quang Ngai Province are not switching to fishing vessels made from iron – even though metal ships would be safer and more efficient than traditional wooden ones – because they don't have enough money to do so.

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Phu Yen to build new asphalt road

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VietNam News English 1 month(s) ago

The south-central province of Phu Yen will build 1,290km of paved road in its nine districts, communes and cities from now to the end of 2015, with a total capital of VND350 billion (US$16.6 million).

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Fruit prices rise in hot weather

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VietNam News English 1 month(s) ago

Fruit prices rise in hot weather

The price of most fruit has increased in recent days because of high demand in the hot weather and low output in the country.

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Viet Nam greets 1.8 million foreign tourists

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VietNam News English 1 month(s) ago

Viet Nam welcomed 1.8 million foreign tourists and 12.3 million domestic tourists during the first quarter, according to the Ministry of Culture, Sport and Tourism. Most tourists were from China, South Korea and Japan. Turnover in the first quarter reached VND53.5 trillion (US$2.5 billion).

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Binh Phuoc province appoints new chairman

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VietNam News English 1 month(s) ago

The People's Council of the southern province of Binh Phuoc has chosen Major General Nguyen Van Tram, as the province's new People's Committee Chairman.

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Long An to widen and build nine IZs

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VietNam News English 1 month(s) ago

The Mekong Delta province of Long An will expand and open nine industrial zones from now to 2020, under a plan approved by the Prime Minister to develop local industrial zones.

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