According to local people, since troops of Regiment 996 of the Quang Binh provincial Military Command implemented mobilization work, the commune has been changed positively. Head of Coi Da village Ho Van Vua held that in the past, the village was divided by a stream so local people had to wade through the water or travel quite a long distance to pass the stream. However, the troops helped locals build a concrete road so that the local people were able to go around the village. Coi Da is a village in Ngan Thuy commune with hard living and road conditions, and poor economic development. There are a lot of Pa Co and Van Kieu ethnic people living here, and they are facing difficulties in their daily life. Over the past time, troops of Regiment 996 have developed infrastructure for the locality, contributing to reducing local poverty rate. Visiting the village center, from afar, the PAN’s reporters could hear the bustling sound of revolutionary songs as the medical team of the Quang … [Read more...] about Military-civilian ties boosted in Coi Da village
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Businesses should be development focus: Prime Minister
The event, held by the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT), aimed to promote domestic production and consumption, and expand export markets in 2023. Noting challenges to the sector this year, the Prime Minister said they should be turned into opportunities, contributing to building an economy of independence, self-reliance, and intensive, extensive and effective international integration. The MoIT needs to coordinate with other ministries, agencies and localities to diversify markets, products and supply chains, while accelerating administrative reform, infrastructure construction and institutional building, and promoting the three growth engines of consumption, investment and export, he said. The leader also stressed the importance of digital transformation, green economy, circular economy and climate change response, and urged the ministry to quickly complete the four master plans on electricity, energy, minerals and oil and gas infrastructure. Solutions should be rolled … [Read more...] about Businesses should be development focus: Prime Minister
Benchmark indices dip slightly on persistent selling force
Workers at a facility of PV Gas. The company's shares fell strongly on Friday, leading the market's downside. — Photo courtesy of the company The market ticked lower on Friday but locked a monthly gain in the first month of 2023 on the back of foreign investors and strong rallies of financial and industrial stocks. The VN-Index on the Ho Chi Minh Stock Exchange (HoSE) closed the last trading day of the week at 1,077.15 points, a fall of 0.44 points, or 0.04 per cent. The market’s breadth was neutral as the number of declining stocks on the southern bourse was equal to increasing ones. Liquidity fell over the previous session. Of which, trading value on HoSE reduced slightly to nearly VND10.8 trillion (US$460.1 million), equivalent to a trading volume of over 563.7 million shares. The index’s reversal was due to persistent selling force as some investors continued to take profits after recent rallies. The 30 biggest stocks tracker VN30-Index also went down by 7.78 points, … [Read more...] about Benchmark indices dip slightly on persistent selling force
Malaysia faces ‘inconvenient truth’ on clean energy goals
Ko, now 39, launched himself into a career in the renewables industry about 15 years ago, working on green projects in a dozen countries before returning home to the capital Kuala Lumpur. There he teamed up with two school-friends in 2012 to co-found Plus Xnergy, a company that helps homes, businesses and buildings to develop their own solar power systems or source clean energy supplies from elsewhere. The entrepreneur - who has worked with the likes of furniture retailer IKEA, logistics giant DHL and entertainment conglomerate Sony and has developed six solar farms across Malaysia - said awareness about renewable energy among his country folk is the highest he has known. Nonetheless, Ko and other energy experts warned that Malaysia is trailing its Southeast Asian neighbors on clean energy expansion, as a lack of financial incentives and investment, coupled with red-tape, hold back the big projects needed for the country to meet its ambitious climate goals. "Malaysia is … [Read more...] about Malaysia faces ‘inconvenient truth’ on clean energy goals