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Challenges facing Viet Nam in ensuring energy security
Viet Nam needs an enormous amount of energy to feed its development, but relying on coal and hydropower is not the answer, and with new measures still at an early stage.Keep reading ...
Bizhub Reporter
Hanoi to breathe easier by banning bikes
The city of Hanoi is choking in air pollution and its city council hopes to reduce it by banning motorcycles from the inner city by 2030. The city aims to remove some 2.5 million old motorcycles from its streets between now and 2020.Keep reading ...
Stephen Chin
Draft SEZ law not on NA Standing Committee's agenda at Aug session
The draft law on special administrative and economic units, also known as special economic zones (SEZ), will not be put on the agenda of a National Assembly (NA) Standing Committee session set for August 8 to 13, reported Sai Gon Giai Phong newspaper, citing a ...
Saigon Times Reporter
Poor households’ electricity subsidy to be suspended
The Ministry of Finance (MoF) has asked the Government to stop the electricity subsidy for poor households from next year because of its negative impact on the national poverty elimination policies.Keep reading ...
VNS Reporter
PM approves planning on mineral exploration, exploitation
Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has approved a planning scheme on exploring, exploiting, processing and using tin, wolfram and antimony by 2025 with a vision towards 2035. Keep reading ...
VNA Reporter
Abuse of health insurance fund continues
Việt Nam Social Security (VSI) has reported that many hospitals have been found abusing the health insurance fund in the first six months of this year.Keep reading ...
VNS Reporter
Hospital-infection control work key task of health sector
Hospitals and clinics in Việt Nam have started implementing surveillance of nosocomial infections and monitoring the hospital-infection control process, Deputy Minister of Health, Nguyễn Viết Tiến said at Tuesday meeting.Keep reading ...
VNS Reporter
Vietnam increasingly reliant on imported energy
Due to limited domestic supply, Vietnam has become increasingly dependent on energy imports, putting national energy security at risk, Nguyen Van Thanh, deputy head of the Electricity and Renewable Energy Department under the Ministry of Industry and Trade, said. Keep reading ...
Thuy Dung
Agency proposes supervision system to prevent dam collapse
The Vietnam Rivers Network (VRN) has proposed setting up a system of supervision and carefully monitoring dams nationwide to promptly issue warnings to avoid calamities caused by a dam collapse similar to the Xe Pian – Xe Namnoy dam incident in in Laos’ Attapeu province.Keep ...
Le Anh
Heavy fines still fail to stop littering
Regulations imposing heavy fines of up to 7 million VND (308 USD) on those who litter in public areas have been in effect for a year-and-a-half, but the number of violators who have been discovered and fined remains modest, so most city dwellers are indifferent ...
VNA Reporter
