BOT waterway to cut transport costs

The section of the Sài Gòn River from HCM City to Bình Dương Province will be dredged in what will be the country’s first build-operate-transfer waterway project.

Hà Nội earns $349 million in land auctions

Hà Nội earned VNĐ7.955 trillion (US$349 million) from auctioning land-use rights last year, pushing the total revenue it earned from land up to VNĐ37 trillion ($1.62 billion).

Hà Nội to build wholesale market for vegetables

Hà Nội’s People’s Committee has assigned the provincial authority and sector of Mê Linh District to conduct survey and suggest a location for the construction of a wholesale market.

 

Foreign friends pay tribute to late PM Phan Văn Khải

Foreign diplomatic delegations on Thursday paid tribute to the late PM Phan Văn Khải at HCM City’s Thống Nhất Hall, expressing deep condolences to the former PM’s family, the State, the Party and the Vietnamese people.

Hà Nội names and shames firms

Hà Nội’s Social Insurance has published a list of 500 businesses with long overdue social insurance premiums, lasting between six months and two years.

 

Young doctor volunteers to work in poorest district

It takes nearly seven hours to travel from Mường Lay District to the Mường Nhé District Medical Station, where doctor Nguyễn Văn Hiếu examines and treats local children and other residents.

Fines for demanding employers

Employers who hire labourers to work overtime beyond 200 hours per year or 12 hours per day during weekends or public holidays will be fined up to VNĐ75 million (US$3,292).

 

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