Vinh Long rice farmers go organic, reap rewards

Seventy-four farmers in Mỹ Lộc Commune in Vĩnh Long Province grow organic rice as part of a pilot project that aims to bring consumers safer quality products and enable sustainable agricultural production.

 

HCM City metro line to be extended

HCM City’s metro route No 1 linking Bến Thành Market with Suối Tiên Tourist Park in District 9 will be extended to the neighbouring provinces of Bình Dương and Đồng Nai, according to the Bình Dương People’s Committee.

 

Authorities cave to Ha Tinh toll road protestors

Residents in the districts of Cẩm Xuyên and Kỳ Anh in central Hà Tĩnh Province will not have to pay fees when passing through Cầu Rác toll station, the Ministry of Transport has said.

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Central Bình Phước Province People’s Committee yesterday inaugurated the province’s Public Administration Centre. Citizens, organisations and business will submit applications to the centre instead of to departments or agencies.

HCM City hosts France-Việt Nam Job Fair

The annual France-Việt Nam Job Fair 2017, which has attracted 33 Vietnamese and French companies, will be held on May 6 at the Novotel Saigon Centre in HCM City.

 

Man prosecuted for child sexual abuse

 Police in northern Hà Nam Province’s Kim Bảng District will investigate a man on the charge of sexually abusing children, head of the district police Lê Văn Tuấn has said.

Four officials suspended over deforestation

Đắk Nông Province’s forest protection division has suspended four managers and rangers in Đắk G’long District over the recent heavy deforestation in Quảng Sơn Commune.

HN to name and shame cowboy builders

The People’s Committee of Hà Nội has recently ordered relevant agencies to broadcast all projects of constructing residential buildings violated land-related regulations in the city via mass media.

VN to say bye to WB preferential loans

World Bank (WB) preferential loans during the 2017 fiscal year will be used for sustainable development, infrastructure, improvement of tertiary education, and disaster recovery in the central region, said Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Phạm Bình Minh.

The sheriffs of Gron village forest

The Jarai people in Gron village of the Central Highland Province of Kon Tum believe that the nerby forest is sacred, its trees immortal. They have adopted strict rules to protect the forest, for example punishing those who cut even a small branch for firewood by making them plant 100 new trees.

Mekong Delta farmers begin shrimp harvest

Farmers in the Cửu Long (Mekong) Delta have begun this year’s first harvest season of brackish water shrimp, earning strong profits due to high prices and favourable breeding conditions.

City breaks ground on bus terminal

The Sài Gòn Transportation Mechanical Corporation (SAMCO) has broken ground for construction of the new Eastern Bus Terminal (Bến Xe Miền Đông) in HCM City’s District 9.

 

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