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At the online meeting Yesterday evening, Deputy Minister of Transport Le Dinh Tho chaired an online meeting with the Ministry of Industry and Trade, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development and departments of Transport of provinces and cities on the transport and circulation of goods in new normal conditions when cases of Covid-19 are going down and restrictions put in place to control the virus are being lifted. At the meeting, localities, especially Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City, focused on the plan for transport activities in terms of road, railway, aviation, inland waterway, and maritime in the new situation. According to a representative of the HCMC Department of Transport, the city still maintains the current social distance mandate from now until the end of September. After October 1, the city administration will have various scenarios for three phases including from October 1 to October 31, from November 1 to January 15, 2022, and after January 15, 2022, depending …

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Harvesting coffee in Chieng Ban commune, Mai Son district, Son La province. (Photo baosonla.org.vn) Hanoi (VNS/VNA) - More than 4,300 coffee growing households in the northern province of Son La will receive support in coffee farming, production and trade under a 2-year project by the Foundation for International Development/Relief (FIDR) Vietnam Office – a Japan-based international non-Governmental organisation. The “Sustainable Coffee Project” launched last week via a webinar will be implemented in six communes belonging to Thuan Chau district, Mai Son district and Son La city. Nobuko Otsuki, FIDR Vietnam Office’s Country Representative, said that with sponsorship from AEON, the FIDR in cooperation with Tay Bac University, Son La province authorities and several supply chain companies would work together for sustainable coffee production through community development. Under the project, local coffee growers will have the chance to join training courses to improve their …

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Finnish Prime Minister Sanna Marin (L) greets National Assembly Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue (Photo: VNA) Helsinki, (VNA) – National Assembly Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue met Finnish Prime Minister Sanna Marin on September 10 afternoon as part of his official visit to Finland. The Finnish PM welcomed the Vietnamese top legislator to Finland in the first foreign trip by Hue since he took the helm of the Vietnamese NA, saying that it is a good manifestation of the traditional friendship between the two countries for decades. She affirmed that Vietnam is among important partners of Finland in ASEAN and the Asia-Pacific region. The two countries have gained success in economic, educational, development and environmental cooperation, she said, adding that there are other potential fields that Finland wants to partner up with Vietnam in the time ahead. NA Chairman Hue highlighted that his visit is the first by a Vietnamese NA head to Finland after 28 years. He agreed with the host that …

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Construction of the Phan Thiet-Dau Giay expressway (Photo: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) – The Ministry of Transport (MoT) has sent a written request to the Ministry of Health seeking the support of 5,500 doses of vaccine for officials and workers at key transport projects in the southern region which are currently under construction. Deputy Minister of Transport Le Dinh Tho said that this is an urgent solution and has a direct impact on ensuring the progress and quality of disbursement of construction investment projects under the direction of the Prime Minister. Once the vaccine is available, the Ministry of Transport will assign its transport health department to direct the Ho Chi Minh City Transportation Hospital and transportation hospitals in the areas where the projects are implemented, cooperate with local Centres for Disease Control, the project management boards, and contractors to organise vaccination for workers, the MoT said. These units would have to ensure it …

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The Ministry of Transport is consulting ministries and Government agencies on collecting tolls at sections of the North-South Expressway built from State capital. An eastern section of the North-South Expressway. VNA/VNS Photo The Ministry plans to collect a maximum toll of VND1,500 per km on eight eastern sections of the North-South Expressway. These eight eastern sections are Cao Bo-Mai Son, Mai Son-Highway No 45, Highway No 45-Nghi Son, Nghi Son-Dien Chau, Cam Lo-La Son, Vinh Hao-Phan Thiet, Phan Thiet-Dau Giay and My Thuan 2 Bridge. With a rate from 1,000 to VND1,500 per km depending on the route, after deducting road operation and maintenance costs, the State budget will receive about VND2.1trillion (US$93.47 million) per annum from eight eastern sections of the North-South Expressway during 2025-2030. This money will help develop more expressway systems, and be spent on maintenance and roads repairs. On June 7, 2021, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh assigned …

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At the event (Photo: VNA) Paris (VNA) – The Vietnamese Embassy in France on September 15 held a ceremony to mark the 76th anniversary of Vietnam’s August Revolution (August 19), National Day (September 2) and diplomatic sector establishment. Speaking at the event, Vietnamese Ambassador to France Dinh Toan Thang highlighted that Vietnam is proud of its achievements in socio-economic affairs, politics, and diplomacy with its partners worldwide over the past seven decades. The 13th National Congress of the Communist Party of Vietnam reaffirmed the nation’s foreign policy of independence, openness, and proactive regional and international integration, the diplomat said. Expressing his delight at growing Vietnam – France relations, Thang noted the nations will mark a decade of their strategic partnership and five decades of their diplomatic relations in 2023. He said he believes that high-level political exchanges in recent months and in the coming time will create a new …

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Illustrative image (Source: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) - The Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam (CAAV) has proposed to the Ministry of Transport a plan to re-open domestic air routes with a pilot period of four weeks. In the plan, the CAAV suggested that 22 domestic airports should be divided into three groups. Airports in Group A are those in cities and provinces without any areas applying social distancing measures under the Prime Minister's Directive 16. They include Van Don airport, Ha Long Bay's seaplane landing area, as well as Cat Bi and Dien Bien airports. Meanwhile, Group B consists of airports in cities and provinces where social distancing is imposed in only some districts, including Noi Bai, Tho Xuan, Dong Hoi, Vinh, Cam Ranh, Phu Bai, Phu Cat, Pleiku, Tuy Hoa, Chu Lai, Buon Ma Thuot, Con Dao, Lien Khuong, and Vung Tau airport for helicopters. At the same time, Group C comprises airports in localities where all districts are under lockdown. They include Da …

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Digital transformation plays a vital role in agricultural development To achieve ambitions to become a modern-oriented industrialised nation by 2030 and a developed country with high income by 2045, Viet Nam must succeed in the digital transformation process, in which agriculture is one of the priority areas, Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son said. Minister Son gave the statement at the Vietnam Agricultural Digital Transformation International Forum 2021, themed “Keeping up with market trends, ensuring the pivotal role of the economy during and after the COVID-19 pandemic.” which was held virtually on Thursday by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA), the Vietnam Digital Agriculture Association (VIDA), and e-newspaper VnExpress. The forum is a place for dialogue and public-private policy activities between the Government, private sector and stakeholders. It was also an activity within the framework of the Vietnam International Agricultural Exhibition 2021 (AgriTech Expo …

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Vietnam needs additional 1 million ICT personnel by 2030 Demand for human resources for Information and Communications Technology (ICT) in general and artificial intelligence (AI) in particular in Vietnam has increased continuously and about 1 million more ICT personnel will be needed in the country by 2030, according to the Vietnam-Australia AI Network. In 2019, the total number of personnel working in Vietnam's ICT industry was about 970,000 people, of whom around 180,000 work for the software and digital content sectors and 1,600 are AI researchers (both domestic and foreign). At present, there are 50 universities that are training AI-related majors in Vietnam. The network said that during 2010-2018, Vietnam had 372 AI patent applications, ranking second in ASEAN. The number of scientific publications on AI raised from 134 in 2010 to 525 in 2018. Earlier, the Ministry of Science and Technology launched the Vietnam - Australia AI cooperation network, with the aim to help …

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The proposal aims at maintaining air transport and promoting economic recovery for localities. The Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam (CAAV) has proposed to resume domestic flights in a safe manner amid the pandemic, basing on the levels of Covid-19 risks, according to CAAV Director Dinh Viet Thang. Under the CAAV’s draft, 22 airports across the country would be classified into three groups, denoted by three colors: green group, which comprises airports in cities and provinces that are not under social distancing measures, yellow group (airports in localities which are partly under social distancing measures) and red group (airports in localities under strict social distancing measures). Flights between green airports and yellow and red airports are not subject to capacity limitations. Passengers only need a negative result from a Covid-19 test conducted within the last 72 hours to fly. Passengers on business trips and personnel serving pandemic prevention and …

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