As new changes introduced since November at Tan Son Nhat International Airport in Ho Chi Minh City, which inhibit ride-sharing vehicles from picking up passengers in front of the domestic terminal, has caused major inconvenience to customers, ride-hailing firm Grab proposes a solution where app-based cars pay an extra fee to gain access to a dedicated pick-up lane. … [Read more...] about Grab proposes pay-per-entry lane dedicated to app-based cars at Saigon airport
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Hanoi calls on foreign firms to invest in industrial zones
Hanoi (VNA) – Politburo member and Secretary of Hanoi’s Party Committee Vuong Dinh Hue asked foreign hi-tech groups to consider investing in the city’s existing industrial zones, including the Hoa Lac Hi-Tech Park, while receiving representatives from FDI enterprises operating in the high technology industry on January 19. Hue encouraged the Kinh Bac City Development Holding Corporation (KBC) to invest in industrial zones in Soc Son and Dong Anh districts to attract more foreign businesses. He expressed his hope that major technology groups will set up search and development (R&D) and innovation centres in Hanoi in the way the Republic of Korea’s Samsung Group has done. The official highlighted the fact that the capital city is home to 82 percent of universities, 65 percent of scientists and 80 percent of key scientific and technological research potential of the country. At the working session, leading officials of Heesung Electronics, Goertek … [Read more...] about Hanoi calls on foreign firms to invest in industrial zones
Expansion proposed for Phap Van-Cau Gie expy
Vehicles travel on the Phap Van-Cau Gie expressway. BOT Phap Van-Cau Gie JSC has proposed expanding the Phap Van-Cau Gie expressway in Hanoi City from six to eight or 10 lanes – PHOTO: VNA HCMC – BOT Phap Van-Cau Gie JSC has proposed expanding the Phap Van-Cau Gie expressway in Hanoi City from six to eight or 10 lanes under the build-operate-transfer (BOT) format. … [Read more...] about Expansion proposed for Phap Van-Cau Gie expy
COVID-19 patient charged with ‘spreading dangerous disease’
Vinh Long (VNA) - Police in the Mekong Delta Province of Vinh Long announced on January 19 that they have launched legal proceedings against COVID-19 Patient No.1,440 for having illegally entered the country while carrying the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 late last year. The 33-year-old man, whose name was given as L.T.T., was charged for the crime of “spreading dangerous contagious diseases for humans,” according to Col. Huynh Thanh Mong, Deputy Director of the provincial Department of Public Security. However, T. was still being treated for COVID-19 so the investigation is facing a number of difficulties, Mong said. On the morning of December 24, T. – originally from Nhon Phu commune, Mang Thit district, Vinh Long province – crossed into Vietnam via the Cambodia-Vietnam land border at a river area identified near An Phu district, An Giang province, then boarded a car with five other illegal entrants – three of which were later confirmed … [Read more...] about COVID-19 patient charged with ‘spreading dangerous disease’
90 kg of drugs from Cambodia seized in Mekong Delta
Those convicted of possessing or smuggling more than 600 grams of heroin or more than 2.5 kilograms of methamphetamine face the death penalty in Vietnam. The production or sale of 100 grams of heroin or 300 grams of other illegal narcotics is similarly punishable. … [Read more...] about 90 kg of drugs from Cambodia seized in Mekong Delta