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Vietnam’s Thong Nhat (Reunification) Express, also called the North-South railway route, has been listed by the Russia’s Sputnik news agency among the ten most beautiful of its kind in the world. The Reunification Express takes passengers on a two-day journey from Hanoi to Ho Chi Minh City. (Photo: sputnik) According to Sputnik, traveling by train, tourists can explore Vietnam through romantic scenery, particularly that of the pristine seas in the central region. The express includes modern air-conditioned sleeping cars that take passengers on a two-day journey from Hanoi to Ho Chi Minh City, said the Russian news agency. The North-South railway route, which has a distance of 1,072 miles (1,726 kilometres), also topped the list of ten world's most amazing train journeys by Lonely Planet, the largest travel guide book publisher in the world, in 2018. Lonely Planet highlighted that the of some railways rattle through historic cities and others swoosh beside … [Read more...] about Vietnam’s North-South Railway listed among world’s top ten most beautiful

State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) has asked credit institutions to limit their lending to the real estate and construction sectors to better control bad debts (Photo: vietnamfinance.vn)   Hanoi (VNA) - The State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) has asked credit institutions to limit their lending to the real estate and construction sectors to better control bad debts. Under Document 563/NHNN-TTGSNH issued recently, SBV asked lenders to avoid too much focus on real estate customers and maintain credit growth in the sectors within safe limits. The institutions must keep a close watch on lending to the sectors, continuously review and assess the progress of realty projects and their developers’ financial condition, particularly as it relates to their collateral assets, and have measures in place to handle any defaults, SBV said in the document. Besides evaluating and processing lending applications with scrutiny, the institutions must also monitor borrowers to ensure that they refrain from … [Read more...] about Central bank urges property lending caution

"The Vietnam Oil and Gas Group (PVN) has said that petroleum projects in central Vietnam, including projects at sea and on land, are being carried out as planned by PVN, Petrovietnam Exploration Production Corporation (PVEP) and ExxonMobil," Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Le Thi Thu Hang said at a press meeting Thursday. Hang was responding to a reporter’s inquiry regarding a rumor that ExxonMobil was withdrawing itself from the Ca Voi Xanh (Blue Whale) project, a natural gas field offshore Vietnam. PVN, PVEP and ExxonMobil signed agreement frameworks for project development and selling gas from the Ca Voi Xanh gas field in 2017. The gas field, about 88 km to the east of central Vietnam’s shores, is operated by ExxonMobil. The field is estimated to have a yield of about 150 billion cubic meters of gas, according to the Quang Ngai Province Investment Promotion Center. Between 9-10 billion cubic meters of gas are extracted every year. PVN has invested about $4.6 billion in the … [Read more...] about ExxonMobil petroleum projects in central Vietnam ongoing as planned

Around Town Korean companies market cosmetics, health care products in HCMC The Saigon Times Daily Wednesday,  Jul 10, 2019,14:45 (GMT+7) Korean companies market cosmetics, health care products in HCMC The Saigon Times Daily Representatives of Korean companies and organizers cut the ribbon to launch the “Jeju Plaza” display area at Van Hanh Mall in HCMC’s District 10 - PHOTO: COURTESY OF ORGANIZER HCMC - Korean cosmetics, food and health care products are on display at Van Hanh Mall in District 10 HCMC. This is a program carried out by the South Korean government in coordination with the Vietnam-Korea Marketing Support Center in Vietnam, and attended by 12 companies from Jeju island, South Korea. Leading Korean cosmetics and health care products companies including The Lotus, MJ, The Wellness Life Institute, Uniquemi, J'ERS - J:DEW, Helios, Yegabi, withO, Jinseang, cacao family, Jeju Gold Larva, and … [Read more...] about Korean companies market cosmetics, health care products in HCMC

Transportation activities make up 99 percent of the total CO emissions of HCM City. Le Thanh Hai, Director of the Institute of Environment and Resources, said the average annual concentration of PM2.5 fine dust in Vietnamese cities is about 28 mg per cubic meter, or 3 times higher than the recommended average level of 10 mg per cubic meter. While the air pollution is becoming more serious in large cities, especially HCM City, there is no radical solution to settle the problem to the root. There are approximately 10 million vehicles, which include 7.6 million motorbikes, 700,000 cars and more than 2 million vehicles brought by people from other provinces to the city. A high number of personal vehicles is believed not to strictly observe periodic maintenance, which leads to an increase in the volume of emissions to the environment. Mai Chi Poor air quality in northern Vietnam Independent air quality tracker AirVisual reported a higher index in some areas in Hanoi … [Read more...] about Central HCM City exceeds PM2.5 emissions limits