PM Nguyen Xuan Phuc at the groundbreaking ceremony, Quang Tri province, September 16, 2019 - Photo: VGP/Quang Hieu The North-South Expressway is the first national key project in the 2017-2020 period which was passed by the National Assembly with 11 components including the Cam Lo-La Son line which connects Quang Tri and Thua Thien Hue provinces with a total length of 100km. The VND 7,669 billion project is expected to come into operation in 2021. Addressing the groundbreaking ceremony, PM Phuc highlighted the strategic importance of the North-South Expressway with nearly 1,000km. By late 2021, another 900km will be constructed. In 2021-2025, Viet Nam will have at least 2,000 km of highway so that by 2025, the country will have at least 4,000 km of expressway connecting Lang Son to Ca Mau. National highways play an important role in connecting provinces, cities, key economic regions, national development, and higher living standards. Especially, … [Read more...] about Construction of first North-South expressway component begins
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Work on first North-South expressway component begins
PM Nguyen Xuan Phuc at the groundbreaking ceremony, Quang Tri province, September 16, 2019 - Photo: VGP/Quang Hieu PM Phuc said that the project must set an example of staying away from any negatives committed by other previous ones. The North-South Express is the first national key project in the 2017-2020 period which was passed by the National Assembly with 11 components including the Cam Lo-La Son line which connects Quang Tri and Thua Thien Hue provinces with a total length of 100km. The project got an investment of VND 7,669 billion and will be put into operation in 2021. Addressing the groundbreaking ceremony, PM Phuc highlighted the strategic meaning of the North-South Expressway with nearly 1,000km. By late 2021, another 900km will be constructed. In 2021-2025, Viet Nam will have at least 2,000 km of highway so that by 2025, the country will have at least 4,000 km of expressway connecting Lang Son to Ca Mau. National highways play an important … [Read more...] about Work on first North-South expressway component begins
Photo exhibition on Vietnamese NA delegation’s first visit to France opens
The exhibition displays nearly 200 photos and documents on the friendly visit made by the Vietnamese parliamentarians to France from April 16 to May 23, 1946 (Photo: phunuonline.com.vn) HCM City (VNA) - A photo exhibition on the first National Assembly (NA) delegation’s friendly visit to France in 1946 opened on Nguyen Van Binh Book Street in District 1, Ho Chi Minh City, on March 18. Nearly 200 valuable photos and documents on the friendly visit made by the Vietnamese parliamentarians to France from April 16 to May 23, 1946, which are kept at the National Archives Centre No. 2, are on display at the exhibition. The exhibits are arranged in chronological order of the visit, starting from the Vietnamese NA delegation’s departure for Paris to their activities during the visit. The trip was made at the invitation of the French Republic’s National Assembly. It was the first diplomatic activity overseas of the first legislature of the then Democratic Republic of … [Read more...] about Photo exhibition on Vietnamese NA delegation’s first visit to France opens
City to open exhibition on Vietnamese National Assembly visit to France
The exhibition will introduce more than 150 photos on the friendly visit of the Vietnamese National Assembly to France from April 16 to May 23, 1945 preserved at the National Archives II. The visit was not only the first diplomatic activity of the first National Assembly of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam but also one of important diplomatic activities to seek peace during the period when the French colonialism drastically implemented the machination to invade Vietnam for the second time. The visit was made at an invitation of the National Constituent Assembly of the French Republic. BY TUONG VY- Translated by Huyen Huong Tags: City to open exhibition on Vietnamese National Assembly visit to France … [Read more...] about City to open exhibition on Vietnamese National Assembly visit to France
Saigon’s first metro line will not open on schedule
The HCMC Urban Railways Management Authority said it needs the city to spare its own budget so that it can pay contractors for the parts they have finished. “The city now has to provide around VND1 trillion ($42.85 million) for the project to be continued,” said Hoang Nhu Cuong, deputy director of the HCMC Management Authority for Urban Railways at a municipal meeting on Wednesday. He said the part contractors have finished has cost up to VND2 trillion, but the city has paid them only VND220 billion, because it has to obtain the National Assembly’s approval to access government funding. Construction of the metro system in the city is considered a key national project and requires the NA’s approval before the government makes any financial decision. While that approval is pending, there is no point conducting capital assessment and investment disbursement surveys, the Ministry of Planning and Investment said earlier this year. According to the railway management … [Read more...] about Saigon’s first metro line will not open on schedule