National industry

Two students hug each other after completing their literature test at the national high school exam in Hanoi, August 9, 2020. Photo: Nguyen Khanh / Tuoi Tre Following a large outbreak in Da Nang in late July, municipal authorities had asked the Ministry of Education and Training to halt the national exam. … [Read more...] about Vietnam’s national high school exam begins amidst COVID-19 epidemic

Hanoi (VNA) - Top leaders of Vietnam have extended congratulations to leaders of Singapore on the country’s 55th National Day (August 9).   Party General Secretary and State President Nguyen Phu Trong sent a letter of congratulations to Singaporean President Halimah Yacob.   Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc extended congratulations to his Singaporean counterpart Lee Hsien Loong.    On the occasion, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Pham Binh Minh congratulated Singaporean Minister for Foreign Affairs Vivian Balakrishnan.   Vietnam and Singapore officially set up diplomatic ties on August 1, 1973.   Singapore has emerged as the biggest foreign investor in Vietnam in the first four months of 2020 with 5.07 billion USD, accounting for 41 percent of the total./.  … [Read more...] about Congratulations to Singapore on National Day

Up to now, the Ministry of Transport has approved the technical design and total quotation of all 13 construction and installation packages of three sub-projects to be converted to public investment such as Mai Son - National Road No.45, Vinh Hao - Phan Thiet and Phan Thiet – Dau Giay sections.  The bidding documents will be issued in the first half of August. Minister Nguyen Van The required the relevant units to speed up of bidding progress to push up under construction projects at the end of September based on the requirement the Prime Minister. As regards five public-private partnership (PPP) investment projects, the Ministry of Transport has completed prequalification and issued bidding documents to choose investors.  It is expected to select the investors and put the projects under construction in December and early 2021 respectively.  By the end of 2022, the PPP projects will be completed.  The main cable-stayed bridge under  My Thuan 2 … [Read more...] about Sub-projects under North-South Expressway Project speeded up

On August 6, the patient returned to work but hearing the case of another COVID-19 patient reported in Hà Nội, he asked for a leave in the afternoon and went to the National Hospital for Tropical Diseases’ second branch in Đông Anh District for examination. … [Read more...] about Travel history of Hà Nội’s latest COVID-19 patient released

Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade Hoang Quoc Vuong said that Vietnam had a fast speed of development of rooftop solar power system and partly met the demand for electricity consumption. However, new investment projects are facing many difficulties and problems in fact.  According to the Ministry of Industry and Trade's policy,  new projects are allowed to connect with the system in areas with possibly releasing capacity. The ministry will continue creating favorable investment conditions for projects following the Decision No. 13/2020/QĐ-TTg of the Prime Minister. … [Read more...] about Vietnam has 42,187 rooftop solar power projects