Rising storm vietnam

“This is an opportunity for Viet Nam to fine-tune policies to attract investors who are intending to narrow production in neighboring countries and invest in Viet Nam,” Lam said, urging investment promotion agencies to proactively work with foreign investors who have plans to invest in the country to discuss the preliminary investment procedures, not only waiting for the epidemic to be completely controlled. … [Read more...] about FDI in Vietnam expected to surge after the epidemic

The tiny bomblets the de-miners must contend with are the worst. It takes a perverse ingenuity to design a device that spring from a mother pod: an elongated canister that opens, in midair, after being dropped from an airplane. Each pod realeased 600 individual bomblets, each smaller than a baseball, that fly out in all directions, blanketing an area the size of three football fields. Each bomblet contains its own explosive charge that will send shrapnel flying into anything in their path. As the duds rust away in the ground, some become inert, while other become unstable. You never know which. Photo by VnExpress/Xavier Bourgois … [Read more...] about Cleaning up after war: Vietnam’s de-miners at work

Dien Bien (VNA) – Hundreds of houses in the northern mountainous provinces of Dien Bien and Yen Bai were unroofed by whirlwinds on the late night of April 15. In Dien Bien, the whirlwinds, alongside heavy rains, blew away roofs of 162 houses in Quai Nua and Mun Chung communes in Tuan Giao district, of which, 17 were seriously damaged, according to Lo Van Cuong, Vice Chairman of the district’s People’s Committee. The district mobilised forces to clean up and repair the damaged houses on April 16 while two hardest-hit households in Mun Chung got 1 million VND (44 USD) in financial aid each as part of the district’s first effort to support the victims. As of the noon of April 16, the authorities estimated that as many as 63 houses and school venues in Tua Chua district have been unroofed or damaged, including 47 in Muong Bang commune. The whirlwinds also sank a boat in Da River and destroyed a number of local crop areas. In Mu Cang Chai district of Yen Bai … [Read more...] about Whirlwinds tear roofs off hundreds houses in northern provinces

Ho Chi Minh Stock Exchange (HoSE), Vietnam’s main bourse on which VN-Index is based, saw 202 stocks rise and 152 fall. Order matched transactions were VND2.5 trillion ($107.39 million), slightly below last month’s average of VND2.6 trillion ($111.68 million). … [Read more...] about VN-Index ends three-session losing streak

Another passenger, Le Thanh Ngoc, said that ride-hailing services are making a difference by lowering the number of empty vehicles on the road and improving traffic flow in large cities across Vietnam. The fares will rise as the businesses are required to install taxi signs and are classified as traditional firms. As a result, more daily passengers will switch to using personal vehicles. The growing number of private vehicles on the road will lead to congestions and put pressure on the infrastructure. … [Read more...] about Confusion over proposal to install taxi sign on ride-hailing cars