Under the ministry’s instruction, the people’s committees of Hanoi and HCM City need to ask Vingroup to set out pilot runs, including technical safety and environmental standards. Earlier, Vingroup proposed a plan to open 10 electric bus routes with a total of 150-200 buses in Hanoi and five routes of the same kind in HCM City. In May, VinGroup set up the VinBus subsidiary specialising in transport services. VinBus is scheduled to provide its public transport services in five major cities of Vietnam, including Hanoi, Haiphong, Danang, Ho Chi Minh City and Can Tho. … [Read more...] about Transport ministry agrees electric bus operation in Hanoi, HCM City
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New, outstanding issues in national development orientations for next decade
Also among the orientations are building and completing the socialist law-governed State; building a clean, strong, lean, efficient, and effective political system; pushing ahead with the fight against corruption, wastefulness, bureaucracy, and negative phenomena; and continuing to enhance Party building and rectification in a comprehensive manner, in association with reforming the Party’s leadership and ruling methods. The Party General Secretary and State President said the Party’s 13th tenure is an extremely important milestone since it serves as the prerequisite for the next tenures to successfully achieve the strategic national development goals for 2030, with a vision to 2045. He emphasised the resolve to effectively carry out the tasks and solutions put forth in the documents submitted to the 13th National Party Congress so as to herald a new development phase for the country, with the following focuses: First, to continue promoting Party building and … [Read more...] about New, outstanding issues in national development orientations for next decade
If hunger and poverty still exist, development goals will not be achieved
Speaking at the general discussion session of the high-level meeting of the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) in 2019, with the theme "Increasing power, ensuring equality and comprehension for the people”, Deputy Minister of Planning and Investment Nguyen Van Trung shared Vietnam's experiences in integrating Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) into the process of developing Vietnam’s social-economic development strategies and the ways to mobilize resources from the public and private sectors as well as foreign resources to implement the SDGs in Vietnam. … [Read more...] about If hunger and poverty still exist, development goals will not be achieved
Military units support local people in daily lives
Doctors of Military Hospital 110 (Department of Logistics, Military Region 1) provide free health checkups to local people in Thai Binh commune, Dinh Lap district, Lang Son province. Troops of Depot J102 (the Department of Vehicles and Machinery under the General Department of Technical Services) help local people in Thach Binh commune, Nho Quan district, Ninh Binh province reinforce a drainage canal. Troops of Bao Lam Border Guard Station, Lang Son provincial Border Guard Command help locals upgrade a rural road. Flotilla 311, Brigade 161, Naval Region 3 transports gifts to islanders in Con Co island district, Quang Tri province. Representatives from the Coast Guard Region 2 Command hand over gifts to people on Cu Lao Cham Island (Tan Hiep island district, Hoi An city, Quang Nam province). Translated by Chung Anh … [Read more...] about Military units support local people in daily lives
Foreign experts herald Vietnam’s successes
Professor Thomas Engelbert from the University of Hamburg and economist Daniel Muller from the German Asia-Pacific Business Association cited future-forward actions together with clear and consistent goals as a crucial factor in the success of the Communist Party of Vietnam. … [Read more...] about Foreign experts herald Vietnam’s successes