Low impact development a design manual for urban areas

Many infrastructure facilities, including roads are overloaded as many new residential areas have been built and the number of means of transportation rapidly rise in suburban areas of Ho Chi Minh City in the past few years. Kinh Duong Vuong street in HCM City's District 5 under water after heavy rain. It takes longer time for residents from these residential areas to travel in these suburban districts. Le Thanh Tu, a 34-year-old resident from HCM City’s district 7, said it takes him from 45 to 60 minutes to travel the 6km road from his home to his office in district 5 Meanwhile, all members of his family have to “enjoy specialties such as traffic congestions” every morning and evening. Tu said the two bridges of Nguyen Van Cu and Kenh Te connecting his home to his office in district 5 are overloaded and he has to depart from his home at 6 a.m every morning because he would not like to be trapped in traffic jams on the roads for 30 minutes. “We were haunted … [Read more...] about Infrastructure overloaded in Vietnam’s new residential areas

 Lo Cuong rice noodles. (Photo: VOV) Rice noodle makers in Lo Cuong begin a new, busy day at 4 a.m. The village is echoed with the sound of flour mills, rice sheet dryers and cutting machines as villagers talk and laugh loudly, and walk with rapid steps. Rice is soaked 2 hours before it’s milled into soft flour which will then be steamed by a machine. The final step is to dry the rice sheets on bamboo wattles. After being dried, the rice sheets are taken down and cut into small strings. Pham Thi Trien’s family is one of the households in Lo Cuong hamlet A to produce rice noodles by a closed assembly line. With a closed system ranging from flour mills to rice sheet dryers and a 17-shelf drying machine, Trien’s facility regularly produces up to 3 tons of rice noodles. “In the past, all production steps were done manually. Two years ago, we began to use the closed production line. Traders come directly to my house to receive the products which will then be … [Read more...] about Lo Cuong rice noodle village thrives despite urbanization

Leading experts sharing their views on preventing disputes between developers and residents at VIR and Venus Corporation’s seminar last week Vietnam is one of the countries enjoying the fastest pace of urban development in the world, with urbanisation at the end of 2019 estimated to sit at around 40 per cent. It is projected that in two decades’ time around 50 per cent of the country’s population will live in urban areas. The fast growth of the property market in the recent past has enabled thousands of apartment units to be launched every year, giving rise to the industry of operation and management of such properties, through hundreds of domestic and international services providers. The fast increase of the property market has, however, also been causing much conflict among related sides such as property developers, residents, and operators which put professional management and operation skills in ever higher demand. According to the Ministry of Construction … [Read more...] about Common grounds in urban disputes

Vice President Dang Thi Ngoc Thinh (R) hosts a reception for Andy Kinsella, Chief Executive Officer of Ireland-based Mainstream Renewable Power (Photo: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) – Vice President Dang Thi Ngoc Thinh hosted a reception for Andy Kinsella, Chief Executive Officer of Ireland-based Mainstream Renewable Power, in Hanoi on November 20. The official spoke highly of the Irish company’s investment in Vietnam in the renewable energy industry, which the country has huge demand for and many Irish businesses boast strength in. She highlighted that electricity is among vital demands in Vietnam’s sustainable development orientations, highly valuing the feasibility of Mainstream Renewable Power’s current wind energy project. The Vice President voiced her hope that the company’s project will promptly go into operation. Vietnam’s Phu Cuong Group and the Irish company recently signed a cooperation deal worth 2 billion USD to build and operate a wind farm … [Read more...] about Ireland’s renewable energy developer pledges support for Vietnam

Vietjet President & CEO Nguyen Thi Phuong Thao (L) receives the “Asia Pacific low cost Airline of the year 2019” award, which was presented by CAPA Chairman Emeritus Peter Harbison (Photo: Vietjet Air)   Hanoi (VNA) - Vietjet has been recognised as the Asia Pacific low cost airline of the year by the Centre for Asia Pacific Aviation (CAPA). The CAPA awards aims to annually acknowledge the airline that has been the biggest standout strategically, established itself as a leader, and has been the biggest innovator, providing a benchmark for others to follow during the year in the regional aviation industry. The award honoured Vietjet for the airline's strong expansion of its international network. This is a highly attractive position given Vietnam’s favourable economic prospects and fast-growing market. “Vietjet continues to break the mould for a traditional low cost airline,” said CAPA Chairman Emeritus Peter Harbison. “The … [Read more...] about Vietjet named Asia Pacific’s low cost airline of the year