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The prices of about 1,900 different services offered at public hospitals have increased, according to the Ministry of Health. Patients register for health check-ups at Hà Nội Heart Hopsital The current healthcare prices were calculated on the basis of the basic salary of 1.390 million VND (60 USD). Once the basic salary has been revised up to 1.490 million VND (64 USD), effective from July 1, the medical pricing needs to be adjusted. Accordingly, the price of health check-ups and bed charges rose by 4.4 percent while technical service fees increased by 1.1 percent from August 20. The cost of a health check at first-grade hospitals – those under the direct management of the health ministry or the centrally-run cities or provinces people's committees – for example, is 38,700 VND instead of 37,000 VND. Bed charge per day at the special class hospitals goes up from the current 753,000 VND to 782,000 VND. Patients who are receiving treatment at the medical … [Read more...] about Prices of over 1,900 medical services increase slightly

The investor of the Hanoi – Hai Phong expressway is breaking its back to pay debts because the State has not been able to pay its committed capital. (Photo: VietnamPlus)  - The State has yet to pay its committed capital to the investor of the Hanoi – Hai Phong expressway, putting it at risk of bankruptcy. The Hanoi – Hai Phong project has been carried out for more than 10 years but the State’s commitments to pay capital for the investor (Vietnam Infrastructure Development and Financial Investment Corporation – VIDIFI) have yet to be implemented. This might lead to the project’s bankruptcy and difficulties to call for investment.Who will pay the debt of 800 billion VND?In 2007, as Highway 5 was heavily overloaded, the Prime Minister decided to construct the Hanoi-Hai Phong expressway. Due to State budget difficulties, the project was implemented under a pilot mechanism. The State capital in the project was to be gradually paid from the budget and … [Read more...] about HN–Hai Phong expressway: Debt burden, investment environment concerns

Dang Hoang Hai, director of the Vietnam E-commerce and Digital Economy Agency (VECITA), under the Ministry of Industry and Trade, said this at a conference in Hà Nội this week to launch a programme to develop SMS infrastructure and telecommunication services for e-commerce. “The e-commerce sector has seen impressive development figures in recent years,” Hai said, adding that last year, the total retail sales of the industry were some US$6.2 billion, a 24% increase from the previous year. It meant that there were some 500,000 e-commerce orders per day in Vietnam. The figure is expected to surge when the retail sales from e-commerce surpass US$10 billion by 2020. Hải said the ministry had received a huge number of applications in 2017 relating to e-commerce, increasing the demand of the industry as a whole. In recent years, the sector has become a fierce competing market with the participation of major names such as Lazada, Tiki and … [Read more...] about SMS solution to promote e-commerce

An elevated section of HCM City’s Ben Thanh – Suoi Tien metro line runs along Hanoi Highway (Photo: VNA)   HCM City (VNA) – Investment for Ho Chi Minh City’s first metro line between Ben Thanh Market in district 1 and Suoi Tien Theme Park in district 9 will be reduced by 3.4 trillion VND (147 million USD). The decision was recently made by the municipal People’s Committee after a review of all of the project’s related costs. It will be submitted to the municipal People’s Council before its issuance of a resolution on allocating reciprocal capital from the city budget at the year-end meeting. HCM City previously proposed an adjusted total investment of 47.3 trillion VND (2.05 billion USD) and nearly 48 trillion VND (2.07 billion USD) for metro lines No 1 and No 2, respectively.  Vice Chairman of the municipal People’s Committee Vo Van Hoan said although the total investment of the first metro line has been cut … [Read more...] about Costs for HCM City’s first metro line reduced by 147 million USD

Infrastructure VETC stopped from suspending ETC projects By Le Anh Friday,  Nov 15, 2019,12:24 (GMT+7) VETC stopped from suspending ETC projectsBy Le Anh File photo of Long Phuoc toll station located on the HCMC-Long Thanh-Dau Giay Expressway. ETC system provider VETC was prevented from suspending ETC systems at toll stations across the country – PHOTO: LE ANH HCMC - The Ministry of Transport has barred the VETC Company, which operates electronic toll collection (ETC) systems, to withdraw from an ETC project or hand it back to the State. The firm must continue contracts that it has signed with the ministry. The ministry on November 14 issued a media release in response to VETC’s request to return the ETC project to the ministry. According to the ministry, VETC is in charge of providing ETC systems for a total of 44 toll stations, including 26 stations located along the National Highway 1 and a section of Ho … [Read more...] about VETC stopped from suspending ETC projects