Map of three Ring Roads The Ring Road No.4 project has a length of about 200 kilometers, connecting HCMC with neighboring provinces of Binh Duong, Dong Nai, Long An, and Vung Tau. It runs from Bien Hoa-Vung Tau expressway in Phu My Town in Ba Ria-Vung Tau Province to Hiep Phuoc Port in HCMC. The section passing through HCMC is 17 kilometers; Ba Ria-Vung Tau Province is 18 kilometers, Dong Nai Province is 45 kilometers, Binh Duong is 49 kilometers and Long An is 71 kilometers. The Prime Minister previously asked HCMC and the provinces of Binh Duong, Dong Nai, Long An and Ba Ria-Vung Tau to implement the works of the sections running through every locality. The Prime Minister also delegated the HCMC Transport Department to take responsibility for coordinating with the functional departments of provinces to build a pre-feasibility study report on the construction of Ring Road No.4. By Thanh Hai – Translated by Kim Khanh … [Read more...] about HCMC’s Transport Department asked to accelerate Ring Road No.4 project
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Hanoi prepares for 3.7 billion USD Ring Road No.4 project
Secretary of the Hanoi Party Committee Dinh Tien Dung said that the city had set up a steering committee for building Ring Road No.4 after the National Assembly issued a resolution on the project. As the governing body, the Hanoi Party Committee directed offices to draw up a plan of investment for the road's construction. The plan had been sent to the provinces of Hung Yen and Bac Ninh for comment. Dung asked localities to show determination, solidarity, focus and coordination with ministries and central agencies to implement the project well. According to Deputy Chairman of the Hanoi People’s Committee Duong Duc Tuan, the investment policy for the project was approved by the National Assembly in Resolution No.56/2022/QH15 dated June 16, 2022, with a scale of 112.8km and the total preliminary investment was 85.813 trillion VND (3.68 billion USD). The preparation for the project’s investment and implementation is scheduled to start this year, complete in 2026 and be put into … [Read more...] about Hanoi prepares for 3.7 billion USD Ring Road No.4 project
VEC proposes to expand HCMC-Long Thanh expressway in advance of 2025
The traffic volume on Ho Chi Minh City- Long Thanh- Dau Giay expressway increased by an average of 10 percent a year. According to the MoT, after the Ho Chi Minh City- Long Thanh- Dau Giay expressway was put into exploitation, the traffic volume passing through the expressway increased by an average of 10 percent a year. Currently, the flow of vehicles through the section from the An Phu intersection in Ho Chi Minh City to the Long Thanh intersection exceeds the road's capacity. Therefore, studying the investment plan to expand the Ho Chi Minh City - Long Thanh expressway is necessary in accordance with the approved plan. Recently, the Vietnam Expressway Development Investment Corporation (VEC) proposed a plan of continuing investment and expansion of the Ho Chi Minh City - Long Thanh expressway, from Ring Road No.2 in Ho Chi Minh City to the Long Thanh intersection, from the current four lanes to eight lanes. The Ministry of Transport is directing VEC to complete the study … [Read more...] about VEC proposes to expand HCMC-Long Thanh expressway in advance of 2025
Ho Chi Minh City transport department proposes banning long-haul buses from inner city
The Ho Chi Minh City Department of Transport has proposed that long-haul buses be banned from the inner city in a bid to alleviate traffic jams and eliminate makeshift bus stops. The transport department suggested a road map to ban long-haul buses with over 30 seats from entering the inner city. In the first phase from 2022 to 2025, sleeper buses will be prohibited from traveling into the inner city area inside the corridor from National Highway No. 1 (Thu Duc City, District 12, Binh Tan District, Binh Chanh District) - Nguyen Van Linh Street (Binh Chanh District, District 7) - Vo Chi Cong Street (Thu Duc City) - Dong Van Cong Street (Thu Duc City) - Mai Chi Tho Street (Thu Duc City) - Hanoi Highway (Thu Duc City). In the second phase from 2025 to 2030, long-haul buses with over 30 seats, except for city buses, funeral cars, official vehicles, and tourist buses, will not be allowed to enter the inner city from 6:00 am to 10:00 pm daily. The transport department believed that … [Read more...] about Ho Chi Minh City transport department proposes banning long-haul buses from inner city
Vietnam using autonomy mechanism to revolutionize universities
Students in the International University (member of Vietnam National University – HCMC) in their practice lesson. (Photo: SGGP) Deputy Minister of Education and Training Hoang Minh Son reported that with the implementation of Resolution No. 77/NQ-CP on piloting renovation of operation mechanism for public higher education institutions from 2014-2017, higher educational facilities have made great strides in opening up resources and the capacity of training institutions has been maximized. Currently, 142/232 universities are eligible for autonomy according to the provisions of the revised Higher Education Law. Thanks to this autonomy mechanism, piloting universities can attract more capable lecturers and researchers, with the percentage of those owning a doctorate degree reaching 31 percent in 2021. In the four years from 2018, the average salary of employees in these universities rose by 18.7-20.8 percent. The rate of lecturers earning less than VND100 million a year (US$4,300) … [Read more...] about Vietnam using autonomy mechanism to revolutionize universities
Lecturers’ average income increased by 20.8 percent after university autonomy
Minister of Education and Training Nguyen Kim Son Today, the Ministry of Education and Training’s conference on university autonomy in 2022 was chaired by Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam, Minister of Education and Training Nguyen Kim Son, and Chairman of the National Assembly's Committee for Culture and Education Nguyen Dac Vinh with the participation of more than 900 leaders of central ministries, departments and agencies, representatives of associations and international organizations, secretaries of schools’ party committees, chairpersons of university councils, principals, leaders of the human resources department of higher education institutions nationwide. The conference aimed to evaluate the achievements in implementing university autonomy as well as verify difficulties and obstacles, for setting up the road map for the upcoming time. Speaking at the opening of the conference, Minister of Education and Training Nguyen Kim Son emphasized that universities operating with … [Read more...] about Lecturers’ average income increased by 20.8 percent after university autonomy
People sink thousands of dollars in virtual move-to-earn game WingStep
He said he joined in mid-June, soon as the move-to-earn NFT app was released. He says: "I spent $500 on a pair of shoes. I broke even within 15 days, with the price of my virtual sneakers rising to $600." He had more than two years’ experience in NFT gaming and had carefully researched the project, and was confident it was a smart investment, especially since it had sponsored a number of blockchain events in the country. He borrowed money in mid-July to buy five more pairs of sneakers and two phones, which he combined with three phones he already had to start "farming." "I used to earn around $250 a day before repair costs. I had to repair my NFT sneakers twice a day on average. "I calculated that I would be able to pay off the debts and start making profits after about 25 days." But 10 days later the app announced without warning that it needed to do maintenance for more than a day. WSS, a reward token created in the game with unlimited supply, then dropped to $0.0008 … [Read more...] about People sink thousands of dollars in virtual move-to-earn game WingStep
Draft resolution on textbook, school fee urgently prepared for next school year
Textbooks will be bought by the national budget before being lent to needy students. A draft resolution of the Government to adjust the road map, certain regulations for the school fees at primary and secondary levels will be co-prepared by MoET, the Justice Ministry, the Finance Ministry, and the Ministry of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs after reviewing and handling any matters within their power. This resolution should be timely and consistent with the socio-economic situation of Vietnam as well as complying with the applicable law. Regarding the plan to use the national budget to purchase school textbook and then lend them to needy students, MoET should cooperate with the Finance Ministry to urgently complete necessary documents, which will then be submitted to the Government for approval to be launched right in the next academic year of 2022-2023. In 2021, the Government released Decree No.81/2021/ND-CP on tuition fees of education institutions affiliated to … [Read more...] about Draft resolution on textbook, school fee urgently prepared for next school year
VNeID officially becomes national digital citizen app
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh highly appreciated the efforts and achievements so far. He then pointed out the 25 tasks of Project 06 not being fulfilled (accounting for 54.3 percent). The proportion of document processing online is not truly high. 4/25 online public services were unsuccessful goals. The digitalization speed is still slower than expected. He stressed the importance of Project 06 to help citizens form a new habit of not coming to state agencies for administrative procedures but using online portals instead. This is a tough challenge that requires strong determination of all state officials. When carrying out this project, to minimize resource waste, there must be breakthroughs in thinking and strategic visions in order to fulfill immediate tasks and prepare for long-term ones. As to the national population database, chip-based citizen ID card, digital identification account, the Prime Minister asked for an acceleration in research for suitable platforms and … [Read more...] about VNeID officially becomes national digital citizen app