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At the event (Photo: VNA)   Ho Chi Minh City (VNA) – The National Traffic Safety Committee and the Ho Chi Minh City People’s Committee on November 11 held an annual requiem for the victims who lost their life to traffic accidents in Vietnam this year. The event aims to raise an alarm in the whole society on traffic accidents in the country, thus raising awareness of the community in abiding by the traffic law and calling on them to assist the victims and their families. The participants observed a minute of silence in memory of the victims and the organizing board delivered relief aid to representatives of bereaved families. Speaking at the event, Permanent Deputy Prime Minister Truong Hoa Binh, who is also head of the national committee, said that traffic accidents take the life of over 8,000 people and injure more than 15,000 others in Vietnam each year. Losses caused by traffic accidents are causing adverse influences on the country’s economic growth and … [Read more...] about Requiem for victims of traffic accidents in Vietnam

South Korea tops with 6.91 points followed by India with 5.76 and Malaysia with 5.59, Chung Ngoc Que Chi of the Ho Chi Minh City Technical and Economic College listed these numbers in a presentation at a forum on enhancing Vietnamese workers' skills held in Hanoi on Friday and Saturday. She also cited a survey by the World Bank and the Central Institute for Economic Management (CIEM) of 350 businesses in production and services in Hanoi, HCMC and neighboring provinces, which showed that 66 percent of businesses employed foreign laborers and 36 percent of domestic businesses were dissatisfied with the quality of education and training of Vietnamese human resources. Chi said Vietnam suffers in terms of both quality and quantity, with shortcomings in foreign language and IT skills and ability to use technologies. She blamed it on the large gap between the country's vocational education and the market's requirements, and called for forging close ties between schools and businesses for … [Read more...] about Human resources quality remains big challenge for Vietnam

Wooden furniture processing at a factory in Vietnam. Economists say the global economic situation has had an impact on the Vietnamese economy  The National Assembly (NA) Office and the NA Economic Commission co-held the “Vietnam SocioEconomic Forum 2018: Current Situation and Prospects” in Ho Chi Minh City on September 18 and 19. The forum was aimed at providing vital inputs for NA deputies to prepare for the sixth sitting of the law-making body next month to examine the execution of the NA resolution on socioeconomic development for 2018, according to Le Bo Linh, vice general secretary and deputy head of the NA Office. He noted that short- and long-term factors at home and abroad have impacted the adoption of the resolution’s measures. Therefore, it is necessary to identify the challenges and prospects of executing the socioeconomic objectives to present key solutions for the remainder of the year. Global economic uncertainty has had an impact on the … [Read more...] about Vietnam could lose growth momentum: economists

Aung San Suu Kyi, Myanmar State Counsellor, Minister of Foreign Affairs, and Minister of the President’s Office, will pay an official visit to Vietnam from April 19-20 at the invitation of Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc. Aung San Suu Kyi, Myanmar State Counsellor, Minister of Foreign Affairs, and Minister of the President’s Office Vietnam and Myanmar have shared a sound traditional friendship. Myanmar was one of the first Southeast Asian countries to set up diplomatic relations with Vietnam in 1975 and whole-heartedly supported Vietnam during the struggle for national independence and reunification. The two countries elevated their bilateral ties to a comprehensive cooperative partnership during a State visit to Myanmar by General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Nguyen Phu Trong in August 2017. Bilateral trade reached US$ 828.3 million in 2017, up 51 percent from 2016. Vietnam has become the 7th biggest foreign investor in Myanmar with 70 projects worth … [Read more...] about Myanmar State Counsellor to visit Vietnam

To cope with rainfall, sea water level rise and land subsidence, HCM City is discussing with Dutch experts the possibility of building multi-task dykes to prevent floods and provide water in districts 2 and 9. This will be a huge project capitalized at $1.266 billion. Along with the multi-function dyke system, the Dutch experts have proposed organizing activities to create revenue, such as golf courses, parking lots, shops, entertainment areas and a conference center. He said flood prevention has relations to urban planning, irrigation planning and canal improvement. In order to settle the problem, many measures need to be implemented at the same time. HCM City authorities have taken steps, including repair of the sewer system, dredging of the Nhieu Loc Canal, installing high-capacity pump and upgrading the bed of roads. But problems remain. “The rivers and canals in the city, which served as drainage systems, are filled up. The rivers and canals have been cleared to … [Read more...] about HCM City considers flood-prevention project with Dutch technology