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Overseas Vietnamese had always responded positively to calls for donation and support for local people in overcoming the consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic as well as natural disasters, evidenced by their response to recent historic floods and storms in central Việt Nam, Khôi said. … [Read more...] about Overseas Vietnamese an important pillar in Việt Nam’s foreign relations: Deputy PM

The project has not been completed, so it was not allowed to store water for operation. However, the plant was found to have repeatedly breached the Thua Thien-Hue government’s water storage ban in the rainy and flooding season, especially during storms Molave and Vamco. … [Read more...] about Thuong Nhat hydropower project’s license revoked

Hanoi (VNA) - Relations with overseas Vietnamese people are an important part of Vietnam’s foreign policy, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Pham Binh Minh said. He made the statement at a meeting held in Hanoi on November 27 to review the five-year implementation of the Politburo’s Directive No.45 on tasks and goals to enhance the implementation of its 2004 resolution on affairs related to overseas Vietnamese. “The Vietnamese living in other countries are an inseparable part and an important source of strength for the entire Vietnamese people,” Minh stressed, adding that in every high-level meeting with foreign representatives, Vietnamese leaders always asked the host country’s authorities to provide support for the Vietnamese community. Many mechanisms and policies had been issued and implemented to create more favourable conditions for overseas Vietnamese, Minh said, adding that the Government was working to tap into the great … [Read more...] about Overseas Vietnamese a key part of nation

According to a report from the ministry, the Thuong Nhat Hydropower Plant in Nam Dong District which was being built by the Central Hydro Power Joint Stock Company with investment of over VND341 billion (USD14,826) has a capacity of 11MW and a reservoir capacity of 17 million cubic metres. The project had not been completed and so was not allowed to store water for operation. However, Thuong Nhat Hydropower Plant had been found to repeatedly breached the water storage ban from Thua-Thien Hue authorities in the rainy and flooding season, especially during recent storms Molave and Vamco. Local authorities then asked the plant to discharge water through five spillway gates following the Storm Molave, but the plant continued to store water after Storm Vamco. According to vice-chairman of Nam Dong District People’s Committee, Le Thanh Ho, since February, the plant has stored water unlawfully many times. On November 17, the Ministry of Industry and Trade established a team to … [Read more...] about Ministry withdraws licence from Thua Thien-Hue hydropower plant