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AN GIANG — Local authorities discovered a 70m-long crack in the road surface of Mỹ Thạnh Ward, Long Xuyên City, the Cửu Long (Mekong) Delta province of An Giang. The relevant agency has also promptly moved 14 households to safety. … [Read more...] about 70m-long crack discovered in Mỹ Thạnh Ward, An Giang Province

Thuc also emphasized that Vietnam should consider plastic packages as taxable objects and raise tax rates to limit their production and use. In addition, an environmental protection tax should be imposed on nylon bags while environmentally friendly nylon bags should be exempted from environmental protection tax. Authorities should provide incentives for production and consumption of eco-friendly products to replace plastic products, and inspections and sanctions must be enforced to limit harmful plastic waste. … [Read more...] about Vietnam struggles with plastic waste management

The president of the Viet Nam Red Cross Society, Nguyen Thi Xuan Thu, said: “The donation is a small contribution compared to what is needed in the US, but there is so much love behind every one of those masks. The gifts show the solidarity and friendship between Vietnamese and our US counterparts.” … [Read more...] about FedEx Express helps ship masks

Hanoi (VNA) - An online table-top exercise (TTX) on COVID-19 response among ASEAN member states’ military medicine forces was held on May 27, chaired by the Vietnamese Defence Ministry’s Military Medical Department. The exercise attracted the participation of observers, representatives from the Ministries of Defence and Foreign Affairs of ASEAN member states, representatives from the ASEAN Coordinating Centre for Humanitarian Assistance on Disaster Management (AHA Centre), and delegates from the military medicine forces of China, India, Japan, the US, Australia, Russia, and the Republic of Korea. The TTX aimed at assessing the experience of ASEAN states’ military medicine forces in response to the pandemic, defining the relationship between the military medicine force and other forces in this fight, and analysing any shortcomings based on the World Health Organisation’s Strategic Preparedness and Response Plan (SPRP), so as to build a joint plan of action to … [Read more...] about ASEAN military medicine forces join online COVID-19 response exercise

According to Decree No 142/2013/NĐ-CP on punishing violations in the field of water exploitation and mineral resources-mining, any individual violating acts of mineral exploitation without having a mineral mining licence as prescribed will be fined up to VNĐ1 billion. The fine will be up to VNĐ2 billion (US$85,734) for violated organisation. — VNS … [Read more...] about Illegal stone mining sites discovered in Gia Lai