Climate change is the greatest challenge for Mekong Delta region (Source: baochinhphu.vn) HCM City (VNA) – Climate change ’s impacts, which are forecast to make the Mekong Delta lower than the sea level by about one metre in the next decade, are the greatest challenge facing the region, threatening all socio-economic sectors, including construction. According to experts, the building of the urban system in the region should be go along with careful calculations of risks of flooding, erosion, pollution and water shortage. The careful planning of road and waterway systems should receive greater attention to ensure harmony with the irrigation and dyke system . At the same time, the planning of the fundamental infrastructure system in the region is facing many challenges related to resources, while the region is eyeing the need of exploiting and using renewable energy, new and recycled materials. Prof. Le Huy Ba, former Director of the Institute for Science, …
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VIETNAM NEWS HEADLINES NOVEMBER 28
Vietnam Design Week to nurture creativity from traditional culture With the theme "Awakening Tradition", from November 27 to December 3, Vietnam Design Week 2021 will take place at the Van Mieu-Quoc Tu Giam (Temple of Literature Complex) relic site located in Dong Da district, Hanoi. Tea pressed into cakes, printed with "Khue Van Cac" (Literature Pavilion) image, a souvenir product designed on the basis of traditional culture dedicated to the Van Mieu-Quoc Tu Giam relic site. This event is organised by the Vietnam National Institute of Culture and Arts Studies under the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism and partners. Design is an activity that involves many areas of life. Currently, serveral countries in the world have been considered as "creative design countries", when design elements are promoted to apply within their economic and social development. Therefore, Vietnam Design Week aims to encourage a change in design thinking, considering traditional values as an …
Sóc Trăng calls for investment in deep-water seaport
SÓC TRĂNG PROVINCE — The Cửu Long (Mekong) Delta province of Sóc Trăng is urgently stepping up procedures to call for investment from the private sector in the Trần Đề deep-water seaport project. Trần Văn Lâu, chairman of the provincial People’s Committee, said the Government approved a new master plan on the development of seaports in September, which is part of the sustainable development plan for the country’s marine economy for 2021-30, with a vision to 2050. The Trần Đề deep-water seaport project was added to the seaport development master plan. The existing Trần Đề Port will be developed into an international deep-water seaport on a large scale. The project is estimated to cost more than VNĐ40 trillion (US$1.76 billion) and will not be funded by the State. Total construction will cover about 5,750 hectares of land and water areas. The new seaport’s main offshore area will have seven wharves capable of handling general ships and large-sized container ships of up to …
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Soc Trang calls for investment in deep-water seaport
Workers transport fishes at Tran De Port in Soc Trang Province.— Photo nhandan.com.vn The Cuu Long (Mekong) Delta province of Soc Trang is urgently stepping up procedures to call for investment from the private sector in the Tran De deep-water seaport project. Tran Van Lau, chairman of the provincial People’s Committee, said the Government approved a new master plan on the development of seaports in September, which is part of the sustainable development plan for the country’s marine economy for 2021-30, with a vision to 2050. The Tran De deep-water seaport project was added to the seaport development master plan. The existing Tran De Port will be developed into an international deep-water seaport on a large scale. The project is estimated to cost more than VND40 trillion (US$1.76 billion) and will not be funded by the State. Total construction will cover about 5,750 hectares of land and water areas. The new seaport’s main offshore area will have seven wharves capable …
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VIETNAM NEWS HEADLINES NOVEMBER 29
Nation faces severe blood shortage during pandemic The Central Institute of Hematology and Blood Transfusion (CIHBT) has announced it is facing a severe shortage of blood which is enough for use only in the next few days without further supplies. Blood storage now stands at only over 4,000 blood units, according to the CIHBT. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the CIHBT had to cancel or postpone 80 blood donation drives in November with an expected reception of 25,000 units. When social distancing measures were eased and the nation started to implement the policy of safe and flexible adaptation to and effective control of COVID-19, the number of blood donations improved. However, after the number of new COVID-19 cases has increased recently in many localities, blood donations started to decline. Director of the CIHBT Bạch Quốc Khánh said the appearance of new cases in localities forced blood donation campaigns to be postponed or cancelled. The CIHBT receives just 300-400 blood …
Trà Vinh expands organic coconut farming
Mature coconuts are harvested in Trà Vinh Province’s Châu Thành District. – VNA/VNS Photo Thanh Hoà TRÀ VINH – Local authorities in the Cửu Long (Mekong) Delta province of Trà Vinh are encouraging farmers to expand cultivation of organic coconuts to increase profits. The province, the country’s second largest coconut producer after neighbouring province of Bến Tre, has more than 23,000ha of coconut trees with an annual output of 578,000 coconuts, according to the province’s Department of Agriculture and Rural Development. About two-thirds of the province’s coconut areas are for mature coconut harvests and the rest for young coconuts used in drinking juice. The province’s coconut growing areas are located mostly in the districts of Càng Long, Tiểu Cần and Châu Thành. Last year, the department helped 202 households in Tiểu Cần District’s Tân Hoà Commune to grow coconut under organic standards on a total area of 220ha. Under the model, the households were taught how …
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Policy credit drives growth across Vietnam
In the past 19 years, policy credit has helped more than 6.1 million households escape poverty According to the State Bank of Vietnam (SBV), as of October 31, 2021, the bank (VBSP) system had lent out VND243.2 trillion($10.57 billion) in total outstanding balance, committed to nearly 6.4 million customers. Policy credit sources have helped needy households and other policy beneficiaries to create livelihoods, meeting their essential needs daily. Of the total outstanding balance, VND176.94 trillion ($7.7 billion), equal to 72.8 per cent of the total, was disbursed to credit programmes supporting production and business activities with view to creating more jobs such as lending programmes to needy households, the labourers going to work abroad under labour contracts, production and trading households in difficult areas, those coming from ethnic minorities’ groups, and small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), among others. This capital volume was committed to more than 4.4 …
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HCM City warned of problems if BRT project is delayed
The Management Board of the HCM City Green Transport Development Project has said there could be serious consequences if the city postpones the Bus Rapid Transit No 1 project. If municipal authorities decide to postpone BRT No 1 as per a proposal by the HCM City Transport Department, the World Bank (WB) will cancel a green transport development project, and funds from IDA (International Development Association) and SECO grant (technical assistance project) will end. If so, the BRT1-CS9 bidding package on “consulting to study the reorganization of the city-wide bus network and prepare an action plan to improve the efficiency and service quality of the existing bus system” as proposed by the city transport department won’t be implemented, unless the city uses its own money. The management board pointed out that the WB will stop capital to the project and the city will have to allocate a budget for the implementation of BRTI - CS9. The termination of the WB’s funding will …
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Breakfast @ Tuoi Tre News – December 4
Check out the news you should not miss today: Society -- A female teacher at a secondary school in District 7, Ho Chi Minh City, has been hospitalized as she tried to commit suicide with medicine after being disciplined during a meeting on Thursday. -- Police in the Central Highlands province of Lam Dong have arrested and initiated legal proceedings against five girls for assaulting another girl over a love conflict. -- The Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam (CAAV) on Friday has proposed the Ministry of Transport stop receiving flights from 10 African countries to prevent the penetration of the new Omicron variant. -- Two men from Vietnam’s Mekong Delta have been sentenced to five years in prison for appropriating military weapons and intentionally causing injuries to a police officer. -- The National Sports Training Center of Da Nang on Friday has suggested the General Department of Physical Education and Sports cancel the National Kickboxing Championships of 2021 and …