Việt Nam News

Eliminating illegal timber from supply chains and the global timber trade requires the use of best practices and tools that can precisely identify illegal products, experts said at a two-day workshop held during the third APEC Senior Officials Meeting (SOM-3), which began yesterday in HCM City.

Việt Nam strongly support promoting co-operation in water management for sustainable agricultural development among APEC members, a senior Vietnamese official told the first APEC Water Resources Authorities Meeting for Food Security that opened in Cần Thơ yesterday.

Developing standards systems in addition to connecting and sharing experiences with members will help APEC economies successfully develop smart cities, heard a workshop on “Best practices sharing of standards and conformity assessment implementation on smart cities in APEC region” held in HCM City yesterday.

An agreement to ensure food safety at industrial parks (IPs) and export processing zones (EPZs) was signed on Thursday (Aug 17) by the HCM City Food Safety Management Board, HCM City Export Processing and Industrial Zones Authority (HEPZA) and HCM City Labour Union.

Greater convergence among APEC members’ regulatory systems for medical products is expected to improve public safety and patient access to life-enhancing medical products, experts said at a forum at the APEC Senior Officials Meeting (SOM-3) held in HCM City on Friday.

The Đèo Cả Investment Joint Stock Company will officially put into operation a tunnel route under the Cả Pass that will link the two central provinces of Phú Yên and Khánh Hòa on the National Highway 1A on August 21^st.

The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development’s (MARD) Trade Union and the Việt Nam Trade Promotion Centre for Agriculture (VNTPCA) on Friday signed an agreement to offer price support for agriculture products that are sold to trade union members.

Some 2,000 young women and female migrants in Hà Nội will be provided with information and advice on housing, employment and learning opportunities.

Deputy Prime Minister Trương Hòa Bình has requested police in the central province of Bình Định to intensify investigation into a road accident that occurred on Wednesday night.

The first of the third APEC Senior Officials Meeting (SOM 3) and related meetings began in HCM City today.

At least six people were killed and several others injured on Friday morning in an explosion in Khánh Sơn District, central coastal Khánh Hòa Province, authority officials said.

The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment has decided to use one million cubic metres of sludge from the Vĩnh Tân 1 Thermal Power Plant to reclaim land from the sea for building the Vĩnh Tân General Port in the central province of Bình Thuận.

Construction of technical infrastructure for a new urban area north of the Cấm River in the port city of Hải Phòng officially began on Thursday.

Five to six taxi stands will be tested in a pilot run on HCM City’s Nguyễn Du, Hàn Thuyền, Alexandre Rhodes and Lý Tự Trọng streets in District 1, the city’s Department of Transport has said.

An image of a soldier sitting on the side of a road, hurriedly having a pack of instant noodles before resuming his task of taking rice and other basic necessities to residents in flood-hit areas has gone viral in recent days.

Construction on some roads in HCM City will be suspended during the third Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Senior Officials Meeting (SOM 3) from August 18-30 and the APEC Ministerial Meeting from September 9-15.

In the 20sq.m room of war veteran Bùi Văn Bình in Phong Châu Town, Phù Ninh District, Phú Thọ Province, most of the space is spared for more than 600 war memorabilia. It has taken the dedicated veteran time and efforts to collect this remembrance over the past four years.

Being called Mr Bình’s museum by locals, the little room but full of war memories has become a familiar place for local war veterans to gather and young generation to learn historical knowledge.

The Ministry of Education and Training will regulate specific floor marks for teacher training colleges and universities from 2018 as part of measures to improve teacher training quality.