“On average, we can sell the scrap collected from each wedding for VNĐ350,000 ($15). The club also calls for help from local food stalls and restaurants to donate recyclable waste,” said Dương Thị Thúy Kiều, head of the Women's Union in Residential Area No 1. … [Read more...] about Quảng Trị’s women raise funds for the poor from scrap collection
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HCM City expected to allow 9th, 12th graders back to school on Monday
Ninth and twelfth graders will return to school on March 2 and only attend one session per day while the remaining secondary school students as well as centers for life skills, foreign languages, information technology and tutoring will resume classes from March 16. … [Read more...] about HCM City expected to allow 9th, 12th graders back to school on Monday
Safe farm develops from polluted dump
Covering 5,000sq.m in Nại Hiên Đông Ward in Sơn Trà District, Lê Thanh Bình's garden was originally designed as a public park, but it was left vacant for years due to a lack of investment. It was then heavily polluted by rubbish dumped by local residents over many years. … [Read more...] about Safe farm develops from polluted dump
FDI inflow to Việt Nam plunges in two months
The two month’s FDI capital equalled only 53.4 per cent of the same period last year, excluding the Singapore-financed $4 billion Bạc Liêu liquefied natural gas (LNG)-fired thermal power plant, which received an investment licence in January, the agency said in a monthly report released on Tuesday. … [Read more...] about FDI inflow to Việt Nam plunges in two months
On-board thefts by foreigners continue to plague Vietnamese airlines
Vietnamese law treats theft as a criminal offense only if the stolen property exceeds VND2 million ($87) in value and many Chinese culprits caught in recent years have just been fined and deported, because the stolen assets were valued less than the threshold. … [Read more...] about On-board thefts by foreigners continue to plague Vietnamese airlines
