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Moderate to heavy rains triggered by a tropical depression in the East Vietnam Sea are dampening the central, Central Highlands, and southern regions until Wednesday, according to the national weather center. The national steering committee for natural disaster prevention and control on Sunday night issued a telegram asking the relevant ministries and provincial departments in these regions to proactively respond to downpours and the tropical depression. The tropical depression was spotted around 170 kilometers south of Vietnam's Hoang Sa (Paracel) archipelago at 7:00 pm on Sunday, packing strong winds at 39-49 kilometers per hour. The tropical depression is forecast to move westward at 10-15 kilometers per hour in the next 24 hours. It will be about 140 kilometers from Quang Ngai Province and 210 kilometers from Da Nang City in central Vietnam at 7:00 pm on Monday, with winds blowing at levels six and seven, gusting at level nine. The tropical depression might make landfall … [Read more...] about Tropical depression brings downpours to central, southern Vietnam

Vietnamese and New Zealand officers at the welcome ceremony in HCM City on September 24 (Photo: VNA) HCM City (VNA) – Two ships of the Royal New Zealand Navy, frigate HMNZS Te Mana and sustainment vessel HMNZS Aotearoa , arrived at the international port of Ho Chi Minh City on September 24, starting a five-day friendship visit to Vietnam. Leading the New Zealand delegation, Commander of the Joint Forces New Zealand Rear Admiral James Gilmour said the visit follows a successful trip to his country by Senior Lieutenant General Nguyen Tan Cuong, Chief of the General Staff of the Vietnam People’s Army and Deputy Minister of National Defence, in July 2023. It is a demonstration of the intensive cooperation between the two countries and aims to help strengthen their defence relations as well as people-to-people ties, he noted. New Zealand pledges to boost defence cooperation with Vietnam on the basis of respect for international law and the rules on navigation freedom, he … [Read more...] about Naval ships of New Zealand visit Vietnam

A new movie adapted from a famous Vietnamese novel has drawn public attention to its storyline and, particularly, cinematography that showcases the beauty of the Mekong Delta. 'Dat Rung Phuong Nam,' or 'Song of the South' in English, is based on the 1957 namesake book by Vietnamese author Doan Gioi which centers on the adventures of a 12-year-old boy named An during the French colonial period post-1945 in the south. In the story, An’s mother dies during an attack, forcing the young boy to wander the Mekong Delta and depend on the kindness of locals as he searches for his estranged father. Official trailer of 'Dat Rung Phuong Nam' The 2023 film adaptation by director Nguyen Quang Dung comes 26 years after the premier of Dat Phuong Nam, a hit television adaptation of the novel. Nguyen Vinh Son, director of the 1997 TV series, was invited as the new movie advisor. A floating market in Mekong Delta region featured in 'Dat Rung Phuong Nam' At an event … [Read more...] about From page to screen: Book-adapted film brings Vietnam’s Mekong Delta to life

VNPT has moved through the years from traditional telecoms to a premier digital service provider From the bustling streets of Hanoi to the digital arteries of Vietnam’s economic framework, the group (VNPT) has redefined its role. No longer just a traditional telecommunication powerhouse, it is now Vietnam’s premier digital service provider, echoing a global shift in focus from cables and calls to bits and bytes. This is illustrated in recent performance results, with consolidated revenues for the first half of this year estimated at $1.11 billion, with an anticipated pre-tax consolidated profit of $92.7 million. In an assessment by the Vietnamese government, VNPT’s restructuring and overhaul has “essentially achieved its set objectives and expectations”. Its strategy for 2021-2025 has been to transform and develop the firm into a dynamic, effective, modern state economic group that can compete both domestically and internationally. Last year witnessed the group’s total … [Read more...] about VNPT’s digital renaissance: Vietnam’s telecom titan reinvents for modern age

Decentralization is key for local governments to be able to fulfill their tasks. The draft of the amended Capital Law has raised public concerns about the development of cities within a city. The Hanoi Times has received expert feedback on the issue. Architect Dao Ngoc Nghiem, Vice Chairman of the Vietnam Association for Urban Planning and Development: Special mechanism needed for city-within-a-city model Hanoi aims to urbanize five rural districts to make them urban districts by 2025 and two more later. Now, the concept of the city-within-city model is being introduced by urban developers. Previously, there was no city subordinate to a first-tier city. The law stipulated that only a province has its subordinate cities. In 2016, the first city-within-city was established, Thu Duc, a submunicipal unit of Ho Chi Minh City, one of the nation's five first-tier cities. An urban residential area in Hanoi. … [Read more...] about Amended Capital Law to govern the city-within-a-city model

Taiwan, which China claims as its own territory, has made the indigenous sub program a key part of an ambitious project to modernize its armed forces as Beijing stages almost daily military exercises to assert its sovereignty. Taiwan's leader Tsai Ing-wen, who initiated the program, is expected to launch the first of eight new submarines on Thursday under a plan that has drawn on expertise and technology from several countries - a breakthrough for diplomatically isolated Taiwan. Admiral Huang Shu-kuang, Tsai's security adviser, who is leading the program, said a fleet of 10 submarines - which includes two Dutch-made submarines commissioned in the 1980s - will make it harder for the Chinese navy to project power into the Pacific. "If we can build up this combat capacity, I don't think we will lose a war," Huang this month told an internal briefing on the project, which was attended by Reuters . Huang said the first submarine, with a price tag of T$49.36 billion ($1.54 … [Read more...] about Taiwan expects to deploy two new submarines by 2027, security adviser says

In an action program on ensuring traffic order and safety it issued last week, it exhorted the cities to prioritize investment in public transport, especially mass transit. It called on them to create road maps to gradually limit the use of private cars and motorbikes in the inner-city areas, and better manage the use of sidewalks to ensure that pedestrians have the space required to easily access public transport. The program also sought guarantees from Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City that their metro systems would be completed on schedule, adding they need to complete bus rapid transit systems and link them with the metros. In April last year the government had tasked the country's five biggest cities - Da Nang, HCMC and Can Tho being the other three - with making plans to restrict motorbikes in downtown areas. The centrally governed cities have until 2030 to either ban or restrict motorbikes in certain areas. They have also been instructed to study and develop a scheme to … [Read more...] about Gov’t pushes for private vehicle restriction in big cities

Police in Ho Chi Minh City on Sunday detained two employees of a forwarding company for their alleged appropriation of assets worth over VND2.3 billion (US$94,709) in total from their company. The two suspects are Nguyen Van Henh, 27, residing in the city’s District 8, and Lai Chi Thanh, 28, a native of Vinh Long Province, located in southern Vietnam. A police report shows that Henh was appointed a team leader in charge of the company’s business facility in the outlying district of Binh Chanh, where he was responsible for the import-export of mobile phones and electronic products. Serving as a delivery consultant, Thanh was tasked with arranging the delivery of mobile phones to customers. The duo were found to have abused their authority to appropriate a number of mobile phones stored at the Binh Chanh facility. Henh scanned the barcodes of the phones in order to resell them or ask Thanh to do so. Thanh also resold or pawned the phones that should have been delivered to … [Read more...] about 2 forwarding staff members charged with embezzling phones worth $95,000 in Ho Chi Minh City

This conference serves as a significant platform for the Hanoi public to provide input on the city's planning direction. Hanoi plans to hold a conference in late September on the direction of the capital planning for the 2021-2030 period as part of a broader initiative to ensure the timely completion of the planning process . A corner of Hanoi from above. Photo: Cong Hung/The Hanoi Times Le Ngoc Anh, director of the Hanoi Institute for Socio-Economic Development Studies (HISEDS), said that since last year, the municipal People's Committee has been overseeing the creation of an Orientation Outline for Capital Planning. This Orientation Outline underwent multiple rounds of feedback and refinement, culminating in its approval at the 12th Conference of the Party Executive Committee on April 27, 2023. To harness the expertise and creativity of experts, scholars, officials, party members, and educators to finalize the Orientation Outline, the Party … [Read more...] about Hanoi to hold capital planning conference in late September

Tra Vinh is doing its utmost to deploy initiatives across a range of green areas, Photo: Nguyen Chau Last year, Tra Vinh topped the country’s Provincial Green Index (PGI) following its launch by the Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry. Since that time, the locality’s steering committee focused on admin reform, provincial competitiveness, and digital transformation has come up with a comprehensive suite of measures, along with enacting an action plan and calling on local management agencies at all levels to join forces. According to Tra Vinh Department of Planning and Investment, in the first eight months of this year, the province granted business registration to 365 units, reaching 70 per cent of full-year projection. It pushed the total number of businesses in the province to more than 4,540 with as much as $2.64 billion in total registered capital, employing nearly 93,000 labourers, including 44 foreign-invested enterprises. In respect to business development, Tra … [Read more...] about Tra Vinh proactive in green development