Conversations on Vietnam Development
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VE – Thứ năm, 8/6/2017 | 14:37 GMT+7
Doanh nghiệp sẽ chỉ bán 2 loại xăng là xăng khoáng RON 95 và xăng sinh học E5 RON 92 từ 1/1 năm sau.
Văn phòng Chính phủ vừa có thông báo kết luận của Phó thủ tướng Trịnh Đình Dũng tại cuộc họp về việc thực hiện Đề án phát triển nhiên liệu sinh học và lộ trình áp dụng tỷ lệ phối trộn nhiên liệu sinh học với nhiên liệu truyền thống.
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Từ đầu năm 2018 sẽ chỉ bán xăng E5 và RON 95 trên thị trường. Ảnh: Ngọc Thành |
Thứ năm – 21/01/2016 09:55 Cục Quản Lý Tài Nguyên Nước – Bộ TN&MT
Cảnh báo trên được ông Nguyễn Chí Công – Phó Tổng Giám đốc Trung tâm Quy hoạch và Điều tra Tài nguyên nước quốc gia (thuộc Bộ Tài nguyên và Môi trường) đưa ra tại hội thảo quốc tế về Quản lý tổng hợp tài nguyên nước vùng ven biển – Kinh nghiệm quản lý nước dưới đất khu vực Đông-Đông Nam Á (CCOP 2016).
Tiếp tục đọc “Mực nước ngầm ở các tỉnh, thành phố ven biển ở mức báo động”
However, many Vietnamese exporters complain it is becoming more difficult to export products to the US. Tiếp tục đọc “Is the door to US market narrowing for Vietnamese exporters?”
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned Tuesday that by 2050 global demand for fresh water is projected to grow by more than 40 percent and at least a quarter of the world’s population will live in countries with a “chronic or recurrent” lack of clean water.
He told the Security Council that “strains on water access are already rising in all regions,” noting that three-quarters of the 193 U.N. member states share rivers or lake basins with their neighbors. Tiếp tục đọc “UN chief warns of serious clean water shortages by 2050”
Updated : 06/07/2017 18:52 GMT + 7
Japan has committed more than 100 billion yen in official development assistance (ODA) to Vietnam as the two countries’ heads of government met in Tokyo on Tuesday.
As part of his Japan visit from June 4 to 8, Vietnam’s Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc held talks with his Japanese counterpart Shinzo Abe, with both leaders reaching consensus on major orientations and specific measures to push forward the two countries’ extensive strategic partnership. Tiếp tục đọc “Japan pledges nearly $1bn in new ODA for Vietnam”
TUOI TRE NEWS
Updated : 06/07/2017 10:50 GMT + 7
Several mothers have expressed their regret at spending last weekend at Dam Sen Water Park with their husbands and children, after visitors bore witness to an unusual, semi-erotic performance by scantily-clad female dancers.
The suggestive dance, as seen in a video recently shared on Facebook, includes four young women wearing skimpy bikinis, performing suggestive dance movements in front of a crowd of spectators, many of whom were children, on a ‘water stage’ at the Ho Chi Minh City park. Tiếp tục đọc “Bikini dance raises eyebrows at Dam Sen Water Park in Saigon”
Tuoi Tre News
Updated : 06/07/2017 16:17 GMT + 7
Residents of Ho Chi Minh City may be able to operate their businesses on local sidewalks for a fee, as part of a new proposal.
The municipal Department of Transport is gathering feedback from local experts and citizens on a proposal to rent the city’s sidewalks.
According to the agency, leasing local sidewalks for a fee will contribute to the city’s budget, which will then be used to upgrading streets and other traffic infrastructure. Tiếp tục đọc “Ho Chi Minh City mulls over sidewalk rental plan after ‘clearing campaign’ ends”
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| Health officials spray chemicals to kill mosquitoes in Hà Nội’s Hoài Đức District. — VNA/VNS Photo Tuyết Mai |
Of these, 126 patients are receiving treatment at hospitals and one person has reportedly died in Đống Đa District’s Trung Liệt Ward. Tiếp tục đọc “Dengue fever rise in Hà Nội”
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| US ambassador to Việt Nam Ted Osius hands over USAID grant of US$7.2 million to Fulbright University Việt Nam president Đàm Bích Thủy in HCM City earlier this week. — VNS Photo |
Viet Nam News HCM CITY — Fulbright University Việt Nam (FUV) has received two grants worth US$15.5 million from the US Government.
A $7.2 million grant from the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) will support admissions and student recruitment policies and help establish financial aid and scholarship procedures for bachelor degree programmes.
The US State Department’s Bureau of Education and Cultural Affairs will provide $8.3 million to support bachelor’s and master’s degree programmes.
FUV recently got its operating licence and is preparing for its firstmaster’s course in autumn this year, Đàm Bích Thủy, its president, said.
The first undergraduate class will begin a year later.
Thủy announced the launch of an English language summer programme.
Fulbright Everest Launchpad will select 40 high school students for an eight-week course fully funded by FUV.
For the first four weeks all participants will study in a campus in HCM City before learning at home with online personal tutors. — VNS
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| Illustrative image. Three ships of Vietnamese coast guards would arrive at Batam Port on Friday morning to pick up 690 Vietnamese fishermen detained by Indonesia for illegally fishing in its waters. — VNA/VNS Photo Đỗ Quyên |
It is expected that three Vietnamese coast guard ships will arrive at Batam Port on Friday morning to pick up the fishermen. Tiếp tục đọc “Indonesia to release Vietnamese boats, fishermen”
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| About 5.3 million international tourists have come to Việt Nam in the first five months this year, an increase of 30.8 per cent over last year’s figure.The Government has agreed to extend the visa exemption policy for citizens from the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Spain and Italy. — Photo gtgt.vn |
The policy, which ends on June 30 this year, will be extended until June 30, next year.
Accordingly, citizens from the above-mentioned countries will not have to apply for visa if their stay in Việt Nam does not exceed 15 days. Tiếp tục đọc “Government extends visa-exemption policy for five countries’ citizens”
Việt Nam nằm trong 10 quốc gia bị ảnh hưởng climate change nặng nhất.
Long-Term Climate Risk Index: The 10 countries most affected from 1996 to 2015 (annual average)
Download Global Climate Risk 2017
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| Việt Nam needs tools to calculate damage relating to climate change impacts to improve natural disaster response and mitigation work, deputy minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Hoàng Văn Thắng said yesterday.— Photo donre.hochiminhcity.gov.vn |
HÀ NỘI — Việt Nam needs tools to calculate damage relating to climate change impacts to improve natural disaster response and mitigation work, deputy minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Hoàng Văn Thắng said yesterday. Tiếp tục đọc “Valuation of climate change impacts for better responses”
YANGON: Pieces of a Myanmar military plane which went missing with more than 100 soldiers and family members aboard were found in the Andaman Sea late on Wednesday (Jun 7), a local official said.
Navy ships and aircraft had been searching since the afternoon when the plane lost contact with air traffic controllers.
More than a dozen children were believed to be among the passengers on the plane travelling from the southern city of Myeik to Yangon. Tiếp tục đọc “Myanmar military plane carrying more than 100 people missing”
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