End month period

The city saw the establishment of 12,260 new firms in the period with total registered capital of US$7.78 billion, down 10% in number but up 9%  in capital compared to the same period last year. Meanwhile, 1,261 firms dissolved during the period, 7,075 others suspended operation and 3,669 resumed production and business. Hanoi continues to perform fairly in enhancing local competitiveness and administrative reform. It came in at second place in the 2019 Public Administration Reform Index (PAR Index) for the third year in a row with 84.64%. The capital city gained 68.8 points in the 2019 Provincial Competitiveness Index, 3.4 points more than previous year, to rank the 9th for the second straight year.    Speaking at the meeting, Chairman of the committee Nguyen Duc Chung said local authorities have made concerted efforts to carry out the double task of epidemic prevention and economic development. Hanoi has gone through 43 consecutive days without any new … [Read more...] about Hanoi attracts US$1.56 billion in FDI in five months

The tags are required to be placed on the front window of the automobile, and when the vehicle passes a toll collection lane, a Radio Frequency Identification system installed at the toll station will activate a camera to photograph the vehicle’s plate number while reading the e-tag. … [Read more...] about Non-stop toll collection to be applied nationwide by year-end

The administration official said the new order would extend to the end of 2020 and include H-1B visas provided to 85,000 workers each year with special skills, many of them joining the US technology industry. … [Read more...] about Trump to extend US work visa freeze to year-end: White House

Delegates also evaluate the results of the implementation of seven breakthrough programs in the resolution of the 10th congress of the city Party Committee, and the city’s socio-economic development tasks in the first six months of 2020, key solutions during the second half of the year. … [Read more...] about HCMC Party Executive Committee’s 42nd session opens

The decision may have disappointed fans of the brilliant bugs, but it provides an unusually serene atmosphere as the insects blink on and off, appearing to dance through the black night air. The natural spectacle lasts just 10 days in early summer, and is the final chapter of a firefly's life. "The glowing is the courtship behaviour of fireflies. They glow to communicate between the male and the female," Katsunori Funaki, from the city's tourism division, told AFP. "During the short, 10-day period, they find a partner and lay eggs for the next year." When conditions are right, with neither rain nor wind, as many as 30,000 fireflies perform their magic during the 10-day period in Tatsuno, a town set on a river in central Nagano prefecture. "Historical records say a massive number of fireflies were seen along the Tenryu river in the late 19th through early 20th century," Mayor Yasuo Takei said. But the creature almost died out in the area as silk production and other industries … [Read more...] about With festival cancelled by virus, Japan fireflies dance alone