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Hanoi to see 417km metro rail till 2050
Hanoi’s Urban Transport Master Plan until 2030 with a vision to 2050 outlines the development for a core urban zone and additional satellite cities. According to the plan, the Hà Nội metro system will run a total length of 417km, of which approximately 76km will be ...
VietnamNet Reporter
Sex ratio at birth hits record 115.1 boys to 100 girls
Vietnam’s sex ratio at birth hit a record high imbalance of 115.1 boys to 100 girls in 2018, up three percentage points from 2017 and falling short of the targeted 112.8 boys to 100 girls, said a population and family planning official.Keep reading ...
VietnamNet Reporter
Việt Nam still lacks legal framework to protect child labour
Việt Nam needed to improve its legal framework on child labour, especially regulations on minors working in informal sectors, experts recommended.Keep reading ...
VNS Reporter
Vietnam attracts US$8.3 billion FDI to industrial, economic zones
The total foreign direct investment (FDI) poured into Vietnam’s industrial parks and economic zones in 2018 reached more than US$8.3 billion, according to the Ministry of Planning and Investment. Of the figure, US$5.3 billion was invested in 560 new projects, while additional capital in nearly ...
Nhan Dan News Reporter
Largest Observatory in Northern Vietnam to open to public
The observatory and planetarium of Vietnam National Space Centre, located at Hanoi’s Hoa Lac Hi-Tech Park, will be officially put into operation at the beginning of the second quarter this year.Keep reading ...
VNA Reporter
Compensation for expropriated land “detached” from market value: experts
The Government’s mechanism to calculate the compensation rate for residents whose land it takes for public purposes is “detached” from the market value instead of relying on it, leading to prolonged opposition and grievances from those affected.Keep reading ...
VNS Reporter
81,500 hectares of crops certified with VietGAP
To date, Vietnam has nearly 1,900 establishments getting Vietnamese Good Agricultural Practices (VietGAP) certificates with a total area of 81,500 hectares. The figures represent respective rises of 297 and 60,373 from 2017, according to the Department of Crop Production under the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural ...
VNA Reporter
Climate Change topic page published
Vietnam ranks the fifth in climate risk in the Global Climate Risk Index for 2018 and eighth in the Long-Term Climate Risk Index (CRI). Having 3,260 km of coast line, rising sea levels definitely create a big impact on Vietnam. According to the Inter-Governmental Panel on CC ...
Cái Lớn – Cái Bé Irrigation project approved
The Cái Lớn – Cái Bé irrigation project in the Mekong Delta has been approved by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, according to Lê Hồng Linh, director of the ministry’s Irrigation Work Investment and Construction Management Board No 10. The project, which will connect the Cái ...
H.T. Dung
Vietnam revives $58bn high-speed rail project despite cost hurdle
Vietnam has resurrected a high-speed rail project intended to link the country’s north and south, but the fiscal concerns that killed the proposal earlier this decade continue to haunt government efforts to fund the $58 billion plan.Keep reading ...
TOMOYA ONISHI