How Denmark’s P4G could work in Việt Nam

Ian de Cruz, the Global Director of Partnering for Green Growth and Global Goals 2030 (P4G), a Denmark-inspired new initiative to support innovative public-private partnerships, talks to Việt Nam News about P4G and how it could work in Việt Nam on the occasion of his three-day visit to the country this week

Hà Nội tackles plant protection packaging waste

Hà Nội has paid more attention to collecting and treating packaging of plant protection products and veterinary medicines after use, reported Kinh Tế and Đô Thị (Economy and Urban Affairs) newspaper.

Children to get measles vaccine earlier

The Ministry of Health plans to start giving measles vaccine to children in their sixth month instead of the ninth, Deputy Health Minister Nguyễn Thanh Long has said.

HCM City’s fire victims die from suffocation

Victims of a deadly fire on Friday early morning at a HCM City’s apartment building died from suffocation, said Senior Lieutenant Colonel Nguyễn Thanh Hưởng, deputy director of the city’s Department of Firefighting Police.

Hưởng said the death toll was 13 as of 8am on Friday. 28 others were injured.

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).

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