Đồng Nai Province’s Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism and the Hà Nội University of Culture on Wednesday held a seminar on improving factory workers’ social life in the southeastern region.

Hà Nội will take over three delayed transport projects from the Ministry of Transport to speed up efforts in curbing traffic jams in the city.

South Korea plans to open a consulate office in Đà Nẵng city to help the flow of tourism and investment between the two countries.

There will be a boom in green buildings in Việt Nam if the community’s awareness of environmental protection improves, an expert told a symposium in HCM City on Thursday.

The central province of Quang Nam has fined Taiwan-invested garment factory Vast Apparel Việt Nam VNĐ350 million (US$15,500) for discharging sub-standard waste-water into the environment.

Public tourism management authorities should not be wary of tourism investors but closely collaborate with them in environmental preservation, said Dr Nguyễn Hoàng Trí, secretary of the National Committee for UNESCO’s Man and the Biosphere Programme (MAB) in Việt Nam.

The HCM City Department of Education and Training has urged administrators at primary and secondary schools to reduce traffic congestion during peak hours when parents and others pick up students.

The Government has adopted a five-point action plan designed to create a good investment and business climate for the development of the private sector.

A project, entitled “Gender-sensitive community-based disaster risk management project in ethnic minority areas of North-West Việt Nam,” has helped in improving people’s resilience to natural disasters.