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Great potential According to the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment, about 71 percent of domestic solid waste is treated mainly by landfilling technology, only 16 percent are treated at compost processing facilities and 13 percent by incineration, combined with energy recovery. But the waste-to-energy technology widely used in European countries and Japan, helping reduce environmental pollution and also recover energy, is still limited in Vietnam. The Hoang Mai waste treatment plant in Nghe An Province Apart from some waste-to-energy plants that have already become operational in Ha Nam, Can Tho and Quang Binh, many localities have also stepped up investment procedures to build incinerators, such as the Vinh Tan waste-to-energy plant in Dong Nai Province with a capacity of 600 tonnes/day and power generating capacity of 30MW; the Soc Son waste-to-energy plant in Hanoi, with capacity 4,000 tonnes/day, and power generating capacity of 75MW; and some other …

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Vietnam has decided to urgently support the Lao Party, State and people with US$2.15 million and some medical supplies in aid of the nation’s efforts to combat the latest wave of COVID-19, informed Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Nguyen Quoc Dung at a ceremony held on October 25. Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Nguyen Quoc Dung (R) presents a token of the gifts to at the event Lao Ambassador to Vietnam Sengphet Houngboungnuang The ceremony saw the handover of the token of gifts to the Lao side. Addressing the event, Dung noted that with regard to the two nations’ great friendship, special solidarity and comprehensive cooperation, the Vietnamese leaders and people have always paid great attention to the developments of the pandemic in Laos, especially over the last two months. He hoped the assistance from Vietnam can make a practical contribution to Laos’ fight against COVID-19. He took the occasion to thank the Lao Government for paying …

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Chairman of the municipal People’s Committee Phan Van Mai holds a virtual meeting with ADB Country Director for Vietnam Andrew Jeffries. (Photo: SGGP/ Viet Dung) ADB Country Director for Vietnam Andrew Jeffries made the promise during his virtual meeting with Chairman of the municipal People’s Committee Phan Van Mai on October 23. ADB is also willing to coordinate with HCMC in the disbursement of capital for joint projects and provision of credit to help recover local businesses affected by Covid-19 through intermediate financial institutions or guaranteed bank loans, he said. Jeffries expressed his belief that HCMC will soon overcome adverse impacts of the pandemic, and spoke highly of the economic development capacity of HCMC and Vietnam as well in the medium and long terms. The next six months will be an important period when businesses, especially small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), and investors should receive support to surpass difficulties caused by Covid-19, he …

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Thu Duc City will begin Covid-19 vaccination drive for children next Monday. (Photo: SGGP) Students will be vaccinated at schools or vaccination sites that were chosen prior. Children who do not go to school will get a dose of Covid-19 vaccine at fixed or mobile vaccination sites in districts and Thu Duc City. Children underlying health conditions and child patients will be vaccinated at children hospitals or the pediatric department of hospitals. At first, the municipal authorities will offer the first dose of Covid-19 vaccine to teenagers aged 16-17 and then mandate vaccine for different age groups of 14-15 and 12-13. Covid-19 vaccine licensed for use has been approved by the Ministry of Health. Each person will be offered two doses of the same vaccine. The HCMC People’s Committee has delegated the municipal Department of Training and Education to make the list of 6th-12th grade students; and the Department of Labor - Invalids and Social Affairs to list children aged …

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Vice chairman of the People’s Committee of HCMC Duong Anh Duc speaks at the meeting. (Photo: SGGP) The functional departments, units and organizations of the new city can submit their works to the website http://thuduc-congtrinhthidua.hmgis.vn/ before October 30. In addition, the city has also carried out tasks under the resolution No. 1111/NQ-UBTVQH14 on arranging administrative units at district and commune levels in the 2019-2021 period and building Thu Duc into a smart, creative, civilized and modern city with sentimental attachment and sustainable development. In which, the city has to maintain its achievements in preventing and controlling the pandemic and focus on social welfare activities. Speaking at the conference on reviewing the implementation of the pandemic prevention and control and socioeconomic recovery and launching the emulation movement on October 23, Vice chairman of the People’s Committee of HCMC Duong Anh Duc highly appreciated Thu Duc’s efforts and …

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People in Can Gio District receive support of the Covid-19 relief package. (Photo: SGGP) In District 12, Binh Tan, and Binh Chanh districts alone, where many workers with difficult circumstances and workers from other provinces gather, the support will be extended until November 7. According to the plan, from November 1 to November 15, the People's Committee of HCMC will organize three delegations to inspect and evaluate the implementation of the three support packages. By 4 p.m. on the same day, 5.3 million underprivileged people have received the support of the third Covid-19 relief package. Thus, after 22 days of implementing the third support package, the number of people who received support accounted for 78 percent of the total of more than 6.8 million people with difficult circumstances due to the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic. The list of these people has been validated and updated to the SafeID Delivery application. However, as for members of poor and near-poor …

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Those subsidized bus routes will travel to major economic and residential zones such as coach stations and hospitals. Particularly, the eight bus lines include bus route No.14 running through the Mien Dong (Eastern) bus station – Ba Thang Hai Street – the Mien Tay (Western) bus station, bus route No.20 (Ben Thanh – Nha Be), bus route No.27 (Sai Gon – Au Co – An Suong bus station), bus line No.29 connecting Cat Lai ferry and An Suong bus station, bus route No.65 (Ben Thanh – Cach Mang Thang Tam – An Suong bus station), bus route No.74 (An Suong– Cu Chi bus station), bus route No.79 (Cu Chi bus station – Ben Duoc Temple), bus route No.141 (BCR – Long Truong tourism site – Linh Trung 2 Export Processing Zone). (Illustrative photo: SGGP) Those bus lines will operate from 5 a.m. to 6 p.m. daily, especially, bus line No.74 will operate at Cu Chi bus station from 4:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. and at An Suong bus station from 5:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. In accordance with the pandemic …

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Illustrative image (Source: baotainguyenmoitruong.vn) Since the EC imposed the “yellow card” on the Vietnamese fishery sector, the Mekong Delta province of Soc Trang has set up and completed a provincial steering committee and inspection groups based at fishing ports to popularise IUU prevention regulations to fishermen. The province has regularly organised inspections and examinations on legal documents, necessary equipment of fishing vessels before allowing them to go offshore and dock at Tran De fishing port. Like Soc Trang, Bac Lieu, Tra Vinh and Ca Mau provinces have also rolled out measures to enhance local fishermen’s awareness of sustainable offshore fishing. Nguyen Viet Trieu, Vice Director of the Fishery Sub-Department of Ca Mau province, said that in order to minimise IUU fishing activities , the provincial Department of Agriculture and Rural Development has given advice to the provincial People’s Committee on preventive measures and coordinated with relevant …

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At the launch ceremony At the launch ceremony, Vice Chairman of Thu Duc City People's Committee Nguyen Ky Phung emphasized that Thu Duc City was established with great expectations of Ho Chi Minh City's leaders. The city was chosen to develop into a creative nucleus, becoming a leading economic sector and center of economy and innovative technologies. The city will gradually be developed into an innovative and highly interactive urban area of Ho Chi Minh City. During the complicated development of the Covid-19 epidemic, the IOC of Thu Duc City has supported the leaders of Thu Duc City in directing disease prevention and control on the basis of data analysis through the GIS application for disease management, spatial analysis, and reports about statistics. However, after its establishment, Thu Duc City has had a fragmented data situation, sporadic connection and consistency. Thu Duc City authority expected to build an unified data system that can be linked with industries to …

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Speaking at the opening ceremony, Deputy Chairwoman of the Municipal People’s Committee Phan Thi Thang said that the city’s tourism industry is eager to welcome the first commercial tourists for the waterway tour. Earlier, HCMC had also performed nearly 20 roadway tour programs serving doctors and frontline forces participating in the Covid-19 fight. After a working session between HCMC and the three provinces of Khanh Hoa, Phu Yen and Binh Dinh a few days ago, the three Central provinces were unanimous in welcoming tourists from Ho Chi Minh City again. Over the passing years, the city tourism sector has identified waterway tourism as one of its strengths and potentials to develop unique tourism products. According to Director of Ho Chi Minh City Department of Tourism Nguyen Thi Anh Hoa, waterway tourism is an attractive and potential tourism product that may be developed into one of the city’s typical key tourism products. In recent years, Ho Chi Minh City has exploited …

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