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workers hospitalised with suspected gas poisoning symptoms
Thirty-three
workers of a South Korean company in
The
workers of Likelion Company in District 9 were rushed in ambulances to Quan 9
(District 9) Hospital and Quan dan mien Dong (Eastern Region Army-People)
Hospital with the symptoms of difficulty in breathing, nausea and headache.
After
being put on a drip and given oxygen to improve their breathing, almost all
of the workers were discharged from hospital.
Cao Thi
Thanh Van, a representative of the company, said it was probable the workers
inhaled paint from an adjacent workshop that was being repaired and
repainted.
She said
the workers were wearing face masks in the morning, while working. When they
removed the face masks to eat at lunchtime, they developed the symptoms and
fainted.
After
the incident, the Centre for Preventive Health of District 9 visited the
company to collect samples of the food the workers had eaten.
It is
investigating the cause of the incident.
Phu
Yen urged to expedite flood-proof home project
Phu Yen
should speed up the project for building flood-proof houses for poor
households, said Vu Xuan Thien, deputy head of the Department for Housing and
Real Estate Market Management, under the Ministry of Contruction.
Thien
said the project met the quality criteria, but was running behind schedule.
He led a
working group to inspect and evaluate the quality of flood-proof houses in
the central
In line
with Prime Minister's Decision 48/2014/QD-TTg, dated August 28, 2014, the
province will provide financial assistance to build 420 flood-proof homes for
poor households, with the total expenditure expected to be more than VND21
billion (US$963,000). About 336 of these houses will be built this year and
the rest will be constructed next year.
The
province has so far helped to build 110 flood-proof houses, accounting for
about 33 per cent of the plan target.
The slow
progress is to be blamed on state budget allocation, which happens so close
to the Lunar New Year that poor households hesitate to build houses, and on
the low disbursement of preferential loans by the social policy bank.
Thien
said the state budget would allocate more than VND 5.8 billion (US$266,000)
for the province this year to speed up the programme's implementation.
He said
the province should build 420 flood-proof houses this year, instead of
completing the construction over two years [2015-16] as planned, to improve
the living conditions of poor households as well as to minimise the damage
caused by floods and storms.
He also
asked the province to make flood-proof houses for households that have not
been classified as poor.
In 2013,
Phu Yen piloted the building of 100 flood-proof homes for poor households
along the Rivers Ky Lo and Cai in the mountainous districts of Dong Xuan and
Tuy An.
Coach
slams into elevated bridge's overhead barrier
A coach
intentionally breaking traffic rules by climbing onto an elevated bridge
slammed into an overhead barrier in Ha Noi early this morning.
The
incident caused no casualties but created a traffic jam at the Chua Boc –
Thai Ha crossroads where the elevated bridge sits.
The
online newspaper Vnexpress reported that the incident occurred at around 6am
when a 45-seater coach intentionally drove onto the elevated bridge, despite
the prohibition sign on display.
The
incident severely damaged the front of the vehicle, and the overhead barrier
fell to the ground.
The
coach's driver, said to be of middle age, reportedly tried to flee the scene
but was pursued and apprehended by police and passers-by.
The
light bridge is made of steel, and buses, coaches and trucks are banned from
using it.
Since
2013, five accidents have occurred, where passenger buses and trucks slammed
into this elevated bridge's overhead barriers. In one of these accidents, two
people were injured.
AmCham
blood drive attracts 860 donors
More
than 860 volunteers donated 1,103 units of blood as part of a drive by the
American Chamber of Commerce (AmCham) to celebrate World Blood Donor Day on
June 14.
The
drive in
Company
pollutes river with wastewater
The Hung
Yen Environment Police Department on Thursday found that the Phuong Dong
Export-Import Company was discharging untreated wastewater into the
environment.
Located
in Xuan Duc Commune in My Hao District, Phuong Dong produces and dyes
industrial fabric products.
The
environment police found the company was directly discharging untreated
wastewater into the River Cau Luong every night, instead of using its
existing wastewater treatment system. The company's action has caused serious
pollution of the River Cau Luong and the water sources of people living in
Xuan Duc and its neighbouring areas.
Authorities
collected water samples for testing pollution levels and investigation.
Missing
children found dead by river
The
bodies of three children who had been missing were found yesterday morning on
the banks of Dong Thap's River in Cao Lanh city in the southern
Nguyen
Thi Tuyet Nhung, 5, Le Thi Hong My, 5, and Le Van Thang, 7, had been playing
near the river without adult supervision.
The
parents said the children were not at home when they returned to their respective
houses in District 3 in
Local
authorities and a rescue team searched overnight and found the bodies
yesterday morning.
The two
families received VND1 million (US$48) each in support from local authorities,
along with VND2 million ($96) from local residents.
Ex-official
gets 12 years for murder
A former
official of Cau Giay District was sentenced to 12 years in prison for
involvement in the murder of 53-year-old Kieu Ngoc Thanh, who was stabbed to
death on
According
to the Ha Noi People's Supreme Court, five people were involved in the
murder, including Le Trung Kien, former deputy head of a committee tasked
with personnel-related matters at the Cau Giay District Party Unit, along
with four others.
The
others involved in the case were identified as Hoang Thanh Tuan, Le Hong
Thuan and Nguyen Kim Binh and Nguyen Quoc Van.
Investigations
by the police found that Kien agreed to let Binh hire people to beat victim
Kieu Hong Thanh due to a money-related dispute between Van and Thanh.
Officials said Van and Kien were friends.
Officials
said Binh then hired Tuan and Thuan to beat Thanh, paying them VND30 million
(US$1,440).
According
to officials, Tuan and Thuan used a motorbike to stop Thanh's car on
The
court also sentenced Van to 12 years in prison and Tuan to death. Binh and
Thuan were sentenced to 20 years in prison. The defendants also had to pay
VND200 million in compensation.
Fire
destroys footwear factory assets
A fire
broke out on Saturday morning at a footwear company in the
The fire
brought down a Hai Hung Footwear Export Company factory, along with thousands
of shoes and numerous machineries. No casualties were reported.
The fire
was extinguished around 12 pm, about two hours after it was ignited.
The
investigation is ongoing.
Boat
crash kills one off
A sailor
died yesterday morning when a fishing boat and a cargo vessel collided off
the coast of
The
10-man fishing boat, captained by Huynh Nung from Hoi An, was severely
damaged on one side by an identified cargo vessel.
The
crash killed sailor Le Thanh Ba and injured three crew members.
On the
occasion of World Blood Donor Day yesterday, Ha Noi held a ceremony to honour
100 dedicated blood donors.
Among
the 100 honourary attendees, 10 donated their blood between 60 and 96 times
in 2014, while another 46 gave blood at least 20 times last year. About two
dozens donors were recognised for their efforts in calling on hundreds of
others to donate.
At the
ceremony, Chairman of the Central Committee of the Viet Nam Fatherland Front
Nguyen Thien Nhan asked local authorities to co-operate more with the health
sector and Red Cross to increase public awareness about the benefits of blood
donation.
Earlier
on Saturday a blood donation day called The Kind-hearted Summer was held in
Ha Noi, collecting a total of 1,500 units of blood from volunteers.
Bac
Ninh pledges to support laid-off workers in RoK
The
On June
1, the company, which had been manufacturing mobile phone covers for Samsung
in the Que Vo Industrial Park in
Khong
Thi Nhung, a female worker of the company, said that since the company
closed, she had been going there every day in the hope of receiving some
information about her rights.
"The
company managers met with us and announced the suspension. They promised that
they would pay our social insurance for May and return the insurance tracking
book to us, but we have not been able to contact them since then," Nhung
said.
Bui
Hoang Mai, vice head of the Managing Board of Industrial Zones of
The
local authority has also contacted local firms to see if they could recruit
these workers. Specific support policies for workers for maternity leave or
pregnancy will also be discussed.
Mai said
the Managing Board had contacted the RoK embassy about the issue. If the
company's owner does not show up, the
Lower
truck licence criteria sought
Cargo
transport associations have asked the Ministry of Transport to lower the
criteria needed to apply for an FC driving license for trailer truck drivers.
Many drivers have failed to meet the requirements, thereby causing a serious
shortage of drivers nation-wide.
According
to the associations, the Ministry of Transport's requirements for upgrading
class C,D and E licences (normal automobile licences) to a class FC (for
trailer truck drivers) are too hard for drivers to meet.
In order
for a driver to upgrade they must be 24 year old, have at least three years
of driving experience and demonstrate 50,000 kilometres of safe driving.
The
criteria is difficult for most Vietnamese drivers, therefore many do not
qualify to apply for it.
Bui Van
Quan, chairman of
He also
said that demand for truck transport is increasing. This combination of
factors means there are more trailer trucks but not enough drivers who have
FC licences.
Chairman
of
Thus, he
said, most of 100 trucking companies in the city face a shortage of drivers.
The
associations proposed that the ministry make the number of years of work
experience just one year and reduce the safe driving requirement to 15,000
km. This, they believe, would considerably expand the pool of drivers
eligible for FC licences.
Quan
said many transport enterprises already hire disqualified drivers or those
with counterfeit licences to assure they can continue operating. This, many
believe, is responsible for the recent increase in accidents.
Figures
from the National Steering Committee of Traffic Safety showed that more than
20 container truck-related accidents occurred this year; there were only nine
accidents in all of last year.
Earlier
this month, five people, three of which were overseas Vietnamese, died at the
intersection of
Head of
the Directorate for Roads of Viet Nam's Vehicle Management Department, Nguyen
Thang Quan, said that there are 36 driving training centres but many of them
cannot offer training courses on trailer truck driving. The centres sold off
their trailer trucks as the number of FC license applicants decreased in recent
years.
Quan
said the DRVN proposed that the ministry allow these centres to hire trailer
trucks for the courses to better meet drivers increasing demand for license
upgrades.
He added
that transport enterprises could check the validity of an FC licence via the
website. Enterprises should also offer health care policies and insurance to
drivers to encourage them to do the job.
Check
on river dredging
Dredging
of a section of the Dong Nai River in HCM City by a private company will soon
be inspected comprehensively by the Dong Nai Port Authority following alleged
violations of the terms by the company.
Hoang
Hong Giang, head of the Inland Waterway Department, said the Southern Inland
Waterway Division had been ordered to appraise the licence issued to Hiep Phuoc
Maritime and Investment Development JSC (Hiep Phuoc Co).
The HCM
City's Department of Transport had on 9 June demanded suspension of the work
and an overall inspection. Tran Ngoc Thuong, deputy director of the Dong Nai
Province Department of Mineral Resources and Environment, said the work was
stopped because Hiep Phuoc Co had collected sand too deep from the riverbed
and dredged outside permitted areas.
A Hiep
Phuoc Co spokesperson said the company had dredged a section in Long Binh
Ward in Dong Nai Province but had yet to reach Long Phuoc Ward in District 9.
But
residents in Long Phuoc said the company had mined sand there in February
2012 and sold 3,500-4,000 cu.m of it daily, eroding 42 hectares of their
land.
City
authorities had then urged the Ministry of Transport to rescind the licence
for the project after the illegal mining was confirmed by the District 9
People's Committee.
On May
26 this year the city transport department inspected a section of the river
in Long Phuoc and confirmed that land had indeed been lost to erosion and
subsidence after sand was removed.
On May
25 the District 9 People's Committee met with relevant agencies to review
efforts to combat the illegal sand mining.
Hot
spell damages highway
Hot weather
is blamed for deep ruts and bumps along Thanh Tri Bridge in Ha Noi, local
media report. The bridge was opened in 2007.
Since
2009, there have been many reports about the degraded surface of the bridge.
Most of them blame spells of hot weather.
However,
experts said it was not fair to blame hot weather for the poor roads because
builders must conduct studies about all environmental impacts before starting
a project.
Meanwhile,
in central Ha Tinh Province, ruts have also appeared along an upgraded section
of National Highway 1 more than 30 kilometres long that runs through the
province. Some are four or more centimetres deep.
An
official from Transport Ministry's Road safety Project Management Board,
Truong Duc Lien, said that the tracks appeared on the road after a 10-day
heatwave last month.
The work
was started in June, 2013, with an investment of more than VND1.2 trillion
(US$55.5 million). It was opened for traffic early this year.
Lien
said that the prolonged heatwave raised road temperatures to 72 Celsius,
making it soft and easily damaged.
Xuan
Truong construction company who built the road have been given the job of
repairing it. They expect to finish work next week, Lien said.
Meanwhile
in the centre, an interdisciplinary inspection team will evaluate damages to
houses caused by the use of explosives in rock mining for a tunnel in the Da
Nang-Quang Ngai Highway.
On
Tuesday, the inspection team, which has been set up by the People's Committee
of Duy Xuyen District in central Quang Nam Province, started the damage
evaluation of 110 affected residences. Project-affected residents in Chiem
Son Village and project contractor from Song Da Corporation will join the
inspection process.
The move
is expected to calm agitated residents and help the project resume its
construction.
Last
month, more than 110 households in Chiem Son Village reported that
unscheduled explosions at mines for the tunnel construction project had
heavily damaged their houses and polluted the air with dust and smoke.
After
the residents complained to local authorities and after three rounds of
negotiations, the construction unit of the project, Song Da Corporation,
proposed a total compensation of more than VND630 million ($28,980). However,
residents did not relent and surrounded the tunnel to block the construction
unit from building the tunnel.
The
project, worth VND2 trillion ($92 million), has been abandoned since then,
causing a loss of tens of billions of dong. The project is set to miss its
early September deadline for completion.
Chairman
of the committee Nguyen Cong Dung said that after finishing the inspections,
the team will propose to adjust the compensation so that the project can
continue.
It will
also propose that all mining explosives be stopped after 9.30pm to avoid causing
inconvenience to those living nearby.
Hue
fishermen net a bumper catch
A family
of fishermen in central Thua Thien - Hue Province has caught a huge batch of
giant sea catfish (Arius thalassinus Ruppell), worth around US$184,000.
Earlier
this week, the father and son team, Nguyen Kiem and Nguyen Luan, discovered
the fish in the Chan May Gulf, which borders part of the province's Phu Loc
District. They used 14 fishing boats to net and hold 70 tonnes of the fish.
It took
the family three days to sell all of it to wholesale traders for dried
fillets, a seafood specialty in southern Viet Nam.
The
catch earned a total revenue of some VND4 billion. It also set a record for
the largest and highest value fishing catch in the area.
According
to experts, the fish approach the shore at this time of year to breed, so the
entire school of fish is in danger of being netted.
Even
though the bumper harvest delighted local fishermen, experts have warned that
overfishing the area in this manner will deplete its marine resources and
destroy the fishery industry here.
Korea
to train Hai Duong's female human resources
Female
human resources in Hai Duong Province will receive training under a Korean
public-private partnership co-operation project, Beautiful classroom.
The US$200,000
project, which is aimed at training female human resources for managers in
service industry, started this morning at Hai Duong Vocational Centre.
Disparity
in the incomes of male and female workers and unsafe work environment are the
main factors obstructing women from participating in the economy, said
KOICA's Chief Representative Chang Jae Yun.
"Through
this project, we want to help women improve their skills in service industry
as that will help them reach higher positions at work," added Yun.
Some 150
managers in the service industry will be given classroom training in English,
Korean languages, and computer as well as service skills in 2015, with an aim
to provide skilled managers for Korean enterprises in Hai Duong Province.
The
project is funded by Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) and
Asiana Airlines.
There
are currently more than 270 foreign enterprises, including 30 Korean firms,
operating in Hai Duong Province.
Police
to prosecute case of attack on reporters
The
District 9 Police Bureau in HCM City have decided to prosecute a case in
which two reporters of Giao Thong (Transport) newspaper were attacked and
their assets were snatched.
The
police have identified a number of suspects who attacked the two reporters,
Vinh Phu and Linh Hoang, said Trinh Van Sam, head of the Social Order Crime
Investigation Team of the District 9 Police.
The
incident took place on Monday, when the journalists were pursuing an
investigative report on overloaded trucks carrying sand on Lo Lu and La Xuan
Oai roads in Truong Thanh and Long Truong Wards in District 9.
Overloaded
trucks causing pollution in the area has become a major concern for local
residents.
More
grave is the threat such overloaded trucks are posing to the Tang Long Bridge,
which can only handle vehicles weighing up to 13 tonnes.
According
to the reporters, the suspects attacked them and snatched their cameras
before fleeing.
They
both suffered head injuries and were shifted to a nearby hospital with the
help of local police and residents.
The
National Traffic Safety Committee and editor-in-chief of Transport newspaper
have asked the HCM City authorities to investigate the matter and prosecute
the culprits.
Five
members of family die in fire
Five
persons, including two elderly and one child, were killed in a huge blaze
that destroyed a house in alley 190 of Hoang Mai Road, Hoang Mai District, Ha
Noi, early this morning.
All the
victims belonged to a 10-member family that lived in the house.
Five
other persons, who lived on the house's second floor, luckily escaped through
a window, thank to the efforts of the neighbours.
Witnesses
said the flames rose and spread rapidly. The house was located in a very
small alley, which made it difficult for the firefighters to stamp out the
blaze.
The
authorities are investigating the cause of the blaze.
Transport
Minister grants request to solve transport problems
Minister
of Transport Dinh La Thang has promised to invest in improving roads in the
northern mountainous province of Cao Bang.
He will
also provide a mobile weighing station to check the weight of overloaded
trucks.
Thang
made the promises yesterday while receiving a group of Cao Bang delegates who
are in Ha Noi for the 13th National Assembly's 9th session.
La Ngoc
Thoang, head of the delegation, told Minister Thang that the ministry and the
Directorate for Roads of Viet Nam, which is under the ministry, had earlier
issued separate decisions to approve the upgrading of two sections on
Highways 34 and 4A in the province, which have been branded as ‘black spots'
due to their degraded road surfaces, leading to frequent road accidents. He
expected the promised investments to arrive soon.
These
two ‘black spots' include a section of road stretching from Km 85 to Km 114
on Highway 34 in the province's Bao Lam and Bao Lac districts, as well as
another section running from Km 85+600 to Km 91+100 in Thach An District on
Highway 4A.
In
response to their request, Thang said that this month the Road Maintenance
Fund, under the ministry, will begin allocating money for upgrading these
roads.
"In
case the Fund has not had enough funding, contractors (of these road projects)
will be asked to upfront their own money," Thang assured the Cao Bang
delegates.
Regarding
overloaded trucks damaging the province's roads, Minister Thang told the
guests that this month he would also ask the Directorate for Roads to provide
a mobile weighing station for the province to check trucks.
"The
other day, I traveled to Ban Gioc Waterfall, where I saw with my naked eyes
hundreds of overloaded trucks on the road," Thang was quoted by the Giao
thong (Transport) newspaper as saying.
Further,
he called the attention of provincial leaders to this problem, urging them to
take different measures, including issuing strict punishments to overloaded
trucks.
Binh
Thuan gives financial aid to procure water
Drought-hit
central coastal province Binh Thuan yesterday decided to set aside VND15
billion (US$750,000) to support the provision of water to State agencies and
the general public.
The
money will go to part of the general public who are buying water at a price
of VND60,000–100,000 ($2-5) per cubic metre and for digging bore wells,
installing water pipes, and building water supply facilities.
The
lower tiers of the provincial government are expanding the range of people
entitled to State assistance (for buying water) to include low-wage earners
and people who are under the State's social security cover.
Ham Tan
and Tuy Phong Districts have been the hardest hit, where 40,000 people are
said to be facing a serious water shortage.
The
province's Department of Agriculture and Rural Development reported that all
16 reservoirs in the province have recorded water levels at a mere 10-30 per
cent of their holding capacity.
As of
yesterday, eight water plants in the province had stopped their operations
due to insufficient water supply to run them.
The
eight plants are located in Tuy Phong, Ham Thuan Bac, Ham Thuan Nam, Ham Tan,
and Tanh Linh districts in the province.
The
drought is believed to have begun last year, when rainfall was low and the
wet season ended earlier than usual.
The
drought has stunted the growth of some 1,000ha of crops in the province.
Tourism
authority also seeks to help farmers
The
Vietnam National Administration of Tourism (VNAT) has joined the ranks of the
agriculture, trade and communist youth agencies in calling for consumption of
farm produce to help farmers out of the doldrums.
Farmers
have been struggling with falling prices and an influx of imported
agricultural goods, leading to various organizations launching campaigns to
support farmers to sell their goods.
Nguyen
Van Tuan, head of the VNAT, has written to hotels, travel firms and tourism
services businesses to prioritize using and promoting home grown produce.
A leader
of a resort told the Daily that the resort has high demand for fruit and
vegetables but those producing these items seldom get in contact with major
consumers like his resort.
This
resort often buy farm goods from a corporate distributor to ensure stable and
quality supplies. But it also wants supplies from cooperatives and major household
businesses to diversify supplies with better quality but no one has come to
his resort to introduce their goods.
Guests
at his resort prefer vegetables and aromatic herbs grown in central Vietnam
thanks to their special flavors, so staff of the resort have gone find them
on their own and spent a lot of time and energy to talk suppliers into
guaranteeing stable supplies and clean products.
Lorry
mounts pavement, kills one person
A lorry,
travelling in a residential area of the southern Binh Duong Province,
suddenly mounted a pavement and hit a motorbike, killing one person and
injuring another critically.
The
victims were a 29-year-old man and his father who was standing on the
pavement to buy goods at a shop.
The two
victims and their motorbike were dragged for 10m by the lorry.
The
father is being treated at a provincial general hospital.
The case
is being investigated.
On
Monday morning, two bikers were killed when a sand-laden truck crashed into
their motorbike on Bai Chay Bridge in Quang Ninh northern province.
The
motorbike that was moving ahead of the truck was crushed under its wheels.
According
to initial investigations, the driver of the truck lost control of the
vehicle due to speeding.
Authorities
demand investigation into maggot-infested food
The
health authorities in the southern Binh Duong Province yesterday asked the
food safety department to investigate the discovery of maggots in food
prepared for a company's workforce.
Last
Tuesday, 1,800 workers of a textile company refused to have lunch after
detecting maggots and insects in a vegetable dish.
Nguyen
Thi Hoa, the food provider, said she had bought the dish's ingredients from a
shop in Thuan Giao market in Thuan An Town.
The
ingredients were produced by the HCM City-based Au Lac Vegetarian Food Co.,
Ltd.
An
inspection team later found that 19 vegetable boxes of the Au Lac Company, or
approximately 190kg, which were seized from Thuan Giao market and the
company's warehouse contained maggots and insects.
The
expiry date of the food is due later this year.
Au Lac
Company CEO Nguyen Thi Ai Trinh said the packaging of the maggot-infested
ingredients was "very similar" to those of her company.
However,
she refused to take the blame, suggesting that insects and maggots could have
entered the packages during the delivery or the preservation stages.
Trinh
said her company would give Hoa VND30 million (US$1,400) to compensate for
the loss she had incurred after the workers refused to eat and their company
suspended the food contract with Hoa following the incident.
On
Saturday, the HCM City Food Hygiene and Safety visited Au Lac Company to take
samples for testing. But they could not do so because the company had not
stored any products that were produced at the same time as those found
infested with maggots and insects.
Quang
Tri gets VND28 billion as drought relief
The
Government will provide Quang Tri with VND28 billion (US$1.3 million) to
fight a severe drought in the central province.
The
decision on the financial aid was made during Deputy Prime Minister Hoang
Trung Hai's field visit to the drought-affected region today.
The
amount will be used to make urgent supplies of clean water and other
provisions to residents in drought-hit areas and dredging of canals and
reservoirs to preserve water for local needs.
A
prolonged period of heat, which lasted a couple of months, has affected the
area, with temperature touching 42oC in some places. Water in reservoirs is
lower than the dead level, contributing to the spread of the critical
drought, especially in the province's Huong Hoa District.
The
district's clean water plant is operating at 20 per cent of its capacity due
to water shortage and it has halted regular water supplies for a month. Local
residents are buying well water at high costs for daily use; but
overexploitation is said to soon exhaust water in wells.
Some
10,000ha of rice and vegetables have withered because of prolonged heat and
drought. Other 3,700ha of farmland are chapped and uncultivated. The
summer-autumn crops in the province are losing 20 per cent of their total
production.
Deputy
PM Hai has encouraged the locality to stand strong against this hard
situation as the heat and drought have been forecasted to last until September.
Following
Hai's directive, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development will work
with local authorities to plan the irrigation and reservoir system here in
order to improve the province's reaction capacity to overcome the drought
situation.
The
ministry will also take charge of seeking crop varieties to help local
farmers choose their next crop for cultivation.
Hai
Phong's largest coach station shut down
Tam Bac
Coach Station, once the largest station in the centre of the northern coastal
Hai Phong City, has been closed down to make way for a green space project.
After
several delays, the crowded station was closed at midnight yesterday as part
of a city plan to build a park there. Its closure has caused deep regret
among local citizens and passengers.
"I
have travelled a lot from Hai Phong to Ha Noi, so I have nice memories of the
station," said Nguyen Thi Thuy, 38, one of the last passengers to travel
from the Hai Phong station to Ha Noi.
While
waiting at the station yesterday afternoon, Thuy praised the convenience the
station provided to her and many other visitors who wanted to travel from Hai
Phong to other cities and provinces, including Hai Duong, Quang Ninh and the
coastal tourist city of Ha Long.
Hoang
Tu, a passenger from Hai Duong Province, said he was really sad to know the
coach station had been closed forever. Tu used to travel from Hai Duong to
Hai Phong to visit the nearby Sat Market, where he could find all electronic
items that he wanted to purchase.
Hai
Phong traffic police officer Tran Trong Van said he was proud to be among the
first policemen to work at the coach station and now the last person to leave
the station before it was closed down.
Van had
worked in the station for 25 years and felt very sorry to leave it.
Hai Phong
City People's Committee last month decided to close Tam Bac Coach Station
after approving a proposal by the city's transport department to that effect.
Coaches
running on the Ha Noi – Hai Phong route will move to other stations in the
city, such as Thuong Ly and Niem Nghia Stations.
However,
transport firms have complained they would be unable to manage the change at
such short notice, Secretary of the municipal People's Committee office Pham
Huu Thu said early this month.
Tam Bac
Coach Station was built in 1989 at the centre of Hai Phong City. It was
located opposite Tam Bac Lake and next to Sat Market, a major market in the
city. The location of the station was quite convenient for local residents
and visitors to the city.
About
106 coaches were operated on the Ha Noi – Hai Phong route daily and 37
coaches travelled to and from other provinces.
The city
planned to close the station four years ago as the coaches reportedly picked
up passengers on crowded streets in the inner areas of the city, causing
traffic jams and threatening road safety.
Blind
seek jobs plus diversity
The
Vietnam Blind Association (VBA) has called for help from international
organisations to bring a better life to the blind in Vietnam.
VBA
president Cao Van Thanh made the call at a workshop held in Hanoi on June 16
to spotlight a common predicament of many blind people in Vietnam. Many,
especially those living in mountainous and rural areas, are unemployed and
are dependent on their families.
Phan
Thanh My, who is with the (State-owned) People's Aid Co-ordin-ating Committee
(PAC-COM), said last year, there were 213 projects funded by international
organisations involving people with disabilities in Vietnam, but only 20 had
anything to do with the blind.
She said
these projects did not directly give support to the blind, but to projects
related to healthcare, social affairs and employment that also included the
blind.
My
suggested that the VBA should come up with ideas to diversify livelihoods for
the blind by placing them in jobs other than conventional ones.
She also
suggested the VBA beef up its work on fund-raising and model them on the
operations of other international non-governmental organisations or countries
that have good practices of caring for the blind.
Dinh Thi
Nguyet, from Catholic Relief Services (CRS), cited information technology as
a job suitable for the blind.
At the
workshop, the VBA praised international organisations that had given
assistance to it over the past years.
Among
them were the Norwegian Association of the Blind and Partially Sighted, the
Swedish Association of the Visually Impaired and the Embassy of Japan in
Vietnam.
The
workshop was held with the Vietnam Union of Friendship Organisations.
Life
insurance group grants bicycles to poor children
The
Vietnam Children Sponsor Fund and the Bao Viet Life Insurance Corporation
signed a cooperation agreement in Hanoi on June 16 to grant 1,200 bicycles to
poor children to support them in pursuing education.
Deputy
Minister of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs Dao Hong Lan said about
200,000 Vietnamese students forced to quit school each year.
One of
the reasons is that they live too far away from school, with many having to
walk around 5-10 km or even further to reach their school, she added.
After 10
years of cooperation, via the Vietnam Children Sponsor Fund, the Bao Viet
company has granted nearly 9,000 scholarships and 12,000 gift packages worth
nearly VND7 billion (US$324,800) to needy children across the country.
Dong
Nai aims at sustainable agricultural development
The
southern Dong Nai province has adopted a master plan for agricultural
development through 2020 with a vision to 2030 which emphasizes sustainable
growth.
The plan
zones off two agricultural areas, the northeastern and the southwestern areas
each with specific development directions.
The
northeast zone, which covers Cam My, Xuan Loc, Dinh Quan and Tan Phu
districts together with a number of communes in Vinh Cuu district with a
total area of more than 376,000 hectares, is dedicated to protection and
production forests, industrial plants such as rubber, pepper and coffee,
fruit trees and safe vegetables.
Priority
will also be given to developing aquaculture, animal breeding and hi-tech
agricultural zones, in the zone.
Meanwhile,
the southwestern zone will cover more than 214,000 hectares, spanning Bien
Hoa city, districts of Long Thanh, Nhon Trach, Trang Bom, Thong Nhat, Long
Khanh town, and a number of communes in Vinh Cuu district.
The zone
will focus on hi-tech agriculture serving urban areas and tourism, such as
the cultivation of special vegetables, flowers, bonsai, and decorative
plants.
Director
of the provincial Department of Agricultural and Rural Development Pham Minh
Dao said incentives will be offered to projects in line with the plan.
HCM
City develops sports movement
The
People’s Committee of Ho Chi Minh City has recently approved a plan to
develop sports through 2020 with a vision to 2025.
The plan
places importance on promoting sports practice among the community and in
schools as a base to develop professional sports.
The city
sets a target for 97% of local schools to organize regular sporting
extracurricular activities for their students in addition to official
physical training lessons.
By 2020,
the city will ensure that one-third of the population exercise regularly and
one quarter of all families practise some kind of sports.
About
70-80% of schools and all communes in the city will possess playing fields
and sports grounds.
In order
to boost the development of sports at schools, the city will build and
experiment a physical training syllabus.
Furthermore,
extracurricular activities at schools will be developed logically with a
focus on universalisation of swimming classes.
Sports
clubs at schools will be developed as basic units of physical education
system.
Besides,
the city will establish sports centres to offer more possibilities for
youngster to play sports and discover new talents.
Greetings
on Iceland’s National Day
On June
16, Vietnamese leaders on June extended greetings to their Icelandic
counterparts on the occasion of the country’s 71 st National Day (June 17).
State
President Truong Tan Sang extended congratulations to President Ólafur Ragnar
Grímsson, while Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung sent his greetings to Prime
Minister Sigmundur Davíð Gunnlaugsson.
On this
occasion, Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh also sent
a letter of congratulations to Foreign Minister Gunnar Bragi Sveinsson.
Vietnam
and Iceland established their diplomatic ties on November 15, 1996.
Dong
Nai aims at sustainable agricultural development
The
southern Dong Nai province has adopted a master plan for agricultural
development through 2020 with a vision to 2030 which emphasizes sustainable
growth.
The plan
zones off two agricultural areas, the northeastern and the southwestern areas
each with specific development directions.
The
northeast zone, which covers Cam My, Xuan Loc, Dinh Quan and Tan Phu
districts together with a number of communes in Vinh Cuu district with a
total area of more than 376,000 hectares, is dedicated to protection and
production forests, industrial plants such as rubber, pepper and coffee,
fruit trees and safe vegetables.
Priority
will also be given to developing aquaculture, animal breeding and hi-tech
agricultural zones, in the zone.
Meanwhile,
the southwestern zone will cover more than 214,000 hectares, spanning Bien
Hoa city, districts of Long Thanh, Nhon Trach, Trang Bom, Thong Nhat, Long
Khanh town, and a number of communes in Vinh Cuu district.
The zone
will focus on hi-tech agriculture serving urban areas and tourism, such as
the cultivation of special vegetables, flowers, bonsai, and decorative
plants.
Director
of the provincial Department of Agricultural and Rural Development Pham Minh
Dao said incentives will be offered to projects in line with the plan.
GMS
countries promote tourism via social networks
On June
16, travel agency representatives from the Greater Mekong Sub-region (GMS)
gathered in central Danang City to discuss ways of promoting tourism via
social networks.
The
promotion model has become prevalent thanks to the current boom of IT, an
effective tool for publicizing areas to tourists.
Participants
presented the prospects for tourism marketing for small and medium-sized
enterprises, ways to make full use of social pages to become more interactive
with travelers, and how to use mobile phone technology to popularize
post-trip photos.
Also
high on the agenda was how to use digital technology and social media to
promote the Greater Mekong Sub-region’s tourism.
Matthew
Zatto, a Destination Marketing Sales Manager at Tripadvisor, said before
visiting a place, tourists will learn all relevant information on social
networks.
He said,
“Vietnam has gained many prestigious awards from TripAdvisor. For example,
Hanoi was ranked second among the top 25 Asian destinations last year.
Meanwhile Da Nang tops the world's 10 most-visited destinations in 2015. Ho
Chi Minh City or Hoi An are also destinations much sought after and praised
by tourists on TripAdvisor’s website.”
RoK
companies sponsor social activities in the south
Twenty
major businesses from the Republic of Korea (RoK) including the Shinhan Bank,
Hanwha Life Insurance and Hana Tour have pledged to sponsor social activities
in the south of Vietnam, reported the Sai Gon Giai phong (Liberated Saigon)
daily.
The RoK
Consulate General and the RoK Chamber of Commerce and Industry inked a
memorandum of understanding on June 16 with Vietnamese media outlets
communicating the firms’ corporate social responsibility in the southern
region.
The
Vietnamese side includes Sai Gon Giai phong, the Vietnam-Korea Times of the
Vietnam News Agency, and the Tien phong (Vanguard) daily newspaper.
At the
signing ceremony, RoK Consul General Park Noh-wan said more than 3,400
companies from his country are doing business in Vietnam and employing over 1
million local workers. About 2,000 enterprises are running projects in HCM
City and neighbouring provinces, specifically.
A number
of RoK businesses have been donating to charitable work in Vietnam, he noted,
adding that he hopes the communications will encourage contributors and
advocate for more corporate social responsibility.
Vietnam
holds int’l seminar to protect child rights
Vietnam
held an international seminar on abolishing harmful activities towards
children on June 16, on the sidelines of the 29th session of the United
Nations Human Rights Council (HRC).
The
event, which drew representatives from 40 countries, international agencies
and non-governmental organisations, was to carry out the country’s
commitments in connection with its bid for HRC membership.
Speaking
at the event, Ambassador Nguyen Trung Thanh, Head of Vietnam’s Permanent
Mission to the United Nations and other international organisations in
Geneva, highlighted efforts made by nations to protect women and children’s
rights through implementing relevant international conventions.
He
called on countries worldwide to pay attention to convention committees’
recommendations on eliminating infringements on children’s rights.
In
regards to Vietnam’s status on gender quality and child rights, the
Ambassador affirmed the country’s strong commitments in building legal
regulations and implementing specific policies to address challenges to
protecting children’s rights, adding that comprehensive education and
consultations have been carried out in remote areas to eradicate unsound
customs on women and children.
He
suggested countries and related convention committees foster communication
and education of international and national legal documents on women and
children.
A number
of harmful customs to women and children were also overviewed at the
conference, including early marriage, forced marriage and child abuse.
International
representatives spoke highly of Vietnam’s contributions to the general
discussions of the HRC.
Women
and children’s rights have been among Vietnam’s key priorities and are one of
the main HRC discussion topics at the 29 th session.
The 29
th HRC session, which will run through July 3, will address several urgent
global issues concerning human rights, and touch on migration and the
situation in Ukraine, South Sudan, and Syria.
Ba
Ria-Vung Tau: 26 poor families have new houses
The
first phase of the POSCO Vietnam village project in Tan Hoa commune, the
southern province of Ba Ria – Vung Tau, has been inaugurated after seven
months of construction, with the transfer of 26 newly-built houses to poor
households.
The village
of 85 homes costs nearly 8.1 billion VND (386,000 USD), each worth 95 million
VND (4,523 USD) and covers an area of 53.6 sq.m.
The
first phase commenced from November 2014- June 2015 at a cost of around 2.5
billion VND (119,000 USD) while the second phase will start this July.
Sponsored
by the POSCO Vietnam Ltd Company and Habitat for Humanity Vietnam (HFH
Vietnam), the project is also helped out by a group of Vietnamese and Korean
volunteers who engaged in the construction.
The HFH
Vietnam will develop livelihood models designed for beneficiaries via
community development projects.
Tan Hoa
commune is the poorest locality in Tan Thanh district, recording the highest
household poverty and unemployment rates.
Multi-trillion-VND
credit programme offered for healthcare sector
A
State-owned bank is offering a credit programme worth 20 trillion VND (over
930.2 million USD) to assist the development of the healthcare sector.
The Bank
for Investment and Development of Vietnam (BIDV) said the programme provides
financial supports to speed up the implementation of targets set in the
Government’s Decision 93/NQ-CP on mechanisms and policies for healthcare
development.
The
programme will provide concessional loans for the maximum term of around 20
years to hospitals to upgrade facilities and purchase medical equipment with
the goal of easing patient overload and improve health care service quality.
Both
central and local hospitals can borrow from the programme.
Hospitals
advised to have area for suspected MERS-CoV cases
All
hospitals across the nation should set up a separate section giving medical
services to suspected cases of the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome
coronavirus (MERS-CoV) in order to prevent the spread of the virus inside the
hospitals, according to a Health Ministry’s official.
The
section will stay open for those who enter Vietnam from Middle East countries
and the Republic of Korea within 14 days, said Luong Ngoc Khue, Head of the
ministry’s Medical Examination and Treatment Management Department.
He added
that patients showing MERS-CoV symptoms should be isolated immediately and
their medical samples are sent to the National Institute for Hygiene and
Epidemiology in Hanoi or Pasteur Institute in Ho Chi Minh City for testing.
Meanwhile,
the department will collaborate with the Department for Preventive Medicine
to organise five training courses on MERS-CoV detection, treatment and
control in medical centres for doctors and nurses, Khue revealed.
The
department has also launched a hotline 098-437-1919 and website www.kcb.vn to
receive all reports on MERS-CoV in Vietnam, he said.
So far,
no MERS-CoV case has been reported in Vietnam.
Meanwhile,
according to the World Health Organisation, the virus has spread to 26
countries. As of June 16, four new cases were reported in the RoK, bringing
the total number of confirmed cases to 154 with 19 deaths.
Peat
reserves in southern forest roughly 13 million tonnes
Current
peat reserves of U Minh Ha forest in southernmost Ca Mau province are
estimated at 13 million tonnes, worth tens of millions of US dollars,
according to the Southern Geological Mapping Division under the General
Department of Geology and Minerals of Vietnam.
That was
just part of greater peat reserves that existed here in the past, said Nguyen
Tan Truyen - deputy head of the science-international cooperation section at
the U Minh Ha National Park.
He added
forest fires have ruined a considerable volume and area of peatland.
Peat is
a rare non-renewable natural resource with high economic value. The peatland
area in Vietnam is only 36,000ha with about 24,000ha in the Mekong Delta and
U Minh forests in Ca Mau and neighbouring Kien Giang province.
In U
Minh Ha forest, peat can only be found in 8,527ha out of the total area of
40,000ha.
Peat
acts as a filter helping refine water while peatlands are critical to easing
the seriousness of floods and sustaining river flows in the dry season. This
type of land also harbours a rich diversity of endemic species.
Tra
Vinh dredges channels to cope with drought season
The
Mekong Delta province of Tra Vinh is dredging 57 irrigational channels as an
effort of recovery from the current drought and salinisation.
The
dredge, costing 10 billion VND (465,000 USD) sourced from the Ministry of
Finance, will be carried out in the districts of Chau Thanh, Cau Ngang, Cau
Ke, Tieu Can and Tra Cu, said an official from the provincial Department of
Agriculture and Rural Development.
According
to the department, drought and salinity intrusion dried up over 10,000ha of
winter-spring rice.
About
1,000ha of summer-autumn rice are thirsty for water.
Worryingly,
the salinity levels in Co Chien, Hau and Cau Quan rivers are reaching higher.
Northern
and central regions, especially localities from Khanh Hoa to Ninh Thuan, have
suffered from prolonged drought and shortage of water in midday temperatures
hovering around 42 degrees C.
The heat
waves are expected to continue and result in more severe droughts and deep
salt intrusion in coastal and delta areas, according to the National Centre
for Hydrometeorological Forecasting (NCHMF).
Vietnam’s
modern patrol vessel in the spotlight
A patrol
and rescue vessel was officially launched and handed over to the High Command
of the Vietnam People’s Navy on June 16.
The
vessel FC624 was made in Vietnam basing on the UK and Russia’s design by Hai
Minh Company under the Ministry of Defence. The ship is over 63 metres long
and 12 metres wide. It is equipped with special facilities and information
system in line with GMDSS-A3 international standard.
RoK
companies sponsor social activities in the south
Twenty
major businesses from the Republic of Korea (RoK) including the Shinhan Bank,
Hanwha Life Insurance and Hana Tour have pledged to sponsor social activities
in the south of Vietnam, reported the Sai Gon Giai phong (Liberated Saigon)
daily.
The RoK
Consulate General and the RoK Chamber of Commerce and Industry inked a
memorandum of understanding on June 16 with Vietnamese media outlets
communicating the firms’ corporate social responsibility in the southern
region.
The
Vietnamese side includes Sai Gon Giai phong, the Vietnam-Korea Times of the
Vietnam News Agency, and the Tien phong (Vanguard) daily newspaper.
At the
signing ceremony, RoK Consul General Park Noh-wan said more than 3,400
companies from his country are doing business in Vietnam and employing over 1
million local workers. About 2,000 enterprises are running projects in HCM
City and neighbouring provinces, specifically.
A number
of RoK businesses have been donating to charitable work in Vietnam, he noted,
adding that he hopes the communications will encourage contributors and
advocate for more corporate social responsibility.
NA
to make insurance law change based on poll results
Most
Vietnamese National Assembly (NA) deputies have supported modifying the law
to give workers the option of a lump-sum social insurance payment one year
after their employment ends, instead of their having the fund suspended until
their retirement.
According
to an internal opinion poll, 87.45 percent of lawmakers agreed that Article
60 of the 2014 Law on Social Insurance should be revised so that laborers can
have the option.
The 2014
Law on Social Insurance was approved by the NA in November 2014 to revise the
2006 Law on Social Insurance and is slated to take effect on January 1, 2016.
Pursuant
to the article, which amended Article 55 of the 2006 Law on Social Insurance,
the scope of employees eligible to receive a lump-sum social insurance
allowance when they resign from work is narrowed.
Accordingly,
only a limited number of people are entitled to such lump-sum payments, while
other resigned employees must wait until they reach their retirement age (60
for men and 55 for women) to get or receive such lump sums.
The
above poll result was announced by Nguyen Hanh Phuc, chairman of the NA and
head of the secretariat of the ongoing ninth session of the 13th term.
The poll
was conducted after the NA failed to reach unanimity on two options raised
for discussion at their meeting on May 27.
One of
the options was that laborers take a lump-sum social insurance payment upon
their resignation, and the other option was for laborers to continue paying
insurance premiums – voluntarily or through their new employers – and receive
their social insurance payment upon retiring.
At the
end of the meeting, the NA’s deputy chairman, Uong Chu Luu, suggested a poll,
and on June 4, 470 ballots were given to deputies.
All the
ballots were returned, and 411 of them agreed to give workers the option of a
lump-sum social insurance payment one year after their employment ends.
Based on
this result, the NA Standing Committee has directed concerned agencies to
draft a resolution on “implementing the policy to pay workers a lump-sum
social insurance payment one year after their resignation,” as stated in Item
c, Clause 1, Article 55 of the 2006 Law on Insurance.
This
article has been amended by the above Article 60 (of the 2014 Law on
Insurance) that has recently faced strong responses from people, especially
workers in several plants in Ho Chi Minh City and neighboring Binh Duong
Province.
On March
26, tens of thousands of workers at Pou Yuen Vietnam Co. Ltd., a
Taiwanese-invested maker of sport shoes and garments for export in Binh Tan
District, Ho Chi Minh City, went on strike to protest the article.
The
strikers agreed to resume work on April 2 after competent agencies promised
to consider their aspirations.
These
workers argued that they likely could not continue to work until they retire,
so if they quit their job in the near future they would have to wait for a
long time to get such payment.
Some
workers said they might quit their current job and start a business on their
own in the future, so they wanted to get lump sums upon resignation as
capital for their new career.
Most
strikers requested that the law give them the right to decide on either
taking a lump-sum social insurance allowance or accumulating their periods of
payment of social insurance in order to receive a pension when they retire.
Foreigners
can call trilingual helplines to get MERS-related information in Vietnam
The
Hanoi health authorities have established a hotline in Vietnamese and English
and another in Korean to provide advice on Middle East Respiratory Syndrome
(MERS) caused by the coronavirus.
The
Hanoi Department of Health has announced the Vietnamese-English hotline at
0969082115 and another at 0949396115 in Korean through which callers can ask
any questions about MERS and receive replies from epidemic consultants.
The
hotline in Korean was set up following a MERS outbreak that has raged in
South Korea since May 20.
South
Korea's health ministry on Tuesday reported that 154 people have been
infected with MERS and 19 of them have died, according toReuters.
Minister
of Health Nguyen Thi Kim Tien has sent a message to the people’s committees
of provinces and cities nationwide, asking them to strengthen MERS-related
communication activities toward foreigners in Vietnam, especially South
Koreans who are working at industrial parks and export processing zones.
Accordingly,
anyone coming to Vietnam from the epidemic-hit areas must fill out a health
declaration form and take care of themselves for 14 days – the incubation
period of the disease – and those who develop fever, coughing, or acute
respiratory inflammation must visit a heath facility for examination or
inform the hotlines of their case, Vietnam’s health ministry said.
Vietnam
has yet to detect anyone infected with MERS, which first appeared in Saudi
Arabia in 2012, but the virus may penetrate the Southeast Asian country via
people who come from areas affected by the epidemic, including the Middle
East and South Korea, Minister Tien said.
So far,
Vietnam has had 10 suspected MERS cases, tests on which have all proven
negative, according to the Vietnamese health ministry.
Globally,
since September 2012, 1,289 cases of MERS infection have been confirmed,
including at least 455 related deaths, the World Health Organization (WHO)
said in a recent disease outbreak update.
According
to the WHO, the following 25 countries have reported cases of MERS: Iran,
Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates,
and Yemen (Middle East); Austria, France, Germany, Greece, Italy,
Netherlands, Turkey, and the United Kingdom (Europe); Algeria, Tunisia, and
Egypt (Africa); China, Malaysia, the Republic of Korea, and the Philippines
(Asia); and the United States of America (Americas).
The vast
majority of these cases have so far occurred in Saudi Arabia, the WHO said.
Dr. Tran
Dac Phu, head of the Vietnamese health ministry’s Health Preventive
Department, noted that the disease transmits from ill people to others
through close contact, such as caring for or living with an infected person,
and the mortality rate is as high as 40 percent.
October
designated as action month for Vietnamese elderly
October
has been designated as Action Month for the Vietnamese Elderly, announced the
Central Committee of the Vietnam Association of the Elderly (VAE) in Hanoi on
June 16.
Ngo
Trong Vinh, VAE Vice Chairman and permanent deputy head of the Steering Board
for the month, said the month will promote the role of senior citizens while
providing timely and proper care for elderly living in need.
This
year’s action month will focus on raising public awareness and attracting
social resources to care for elderly living in especially difficult
circumstances.
The VAE
chapters will raise public funding to improve the lives of disadvantaged
older people in ethnic, border and island areas.
As a
joint effort with the health sector and other agencies, free health check-ups
and cultural and sporting events will also be made available.
CC1
suggests highway toll station in HCMC
Construction
Corporation No .1 (CC1) has proposed the government of HCMC allow it to collect
tolls on the National Highway 22 section from An Suong Intersection in
District 12 to An Ha Bridge in Hoc Mon District.
The
corporation made the proposal after the city called for investment in the
project to upgrade the 15-kilometer highway section under the
build-operate-transfer (BOT) format. The corporation wants to collect tolls
for 25 years, starting from March 2018, to recover capital for the upgrade.
CC1
plans to spend around VND2.85 trillion (US$130.86 million) building a tunnel
at An Suong Intersection, an overpass at Trung Chanh Intersection, and
upgrading the water drainage system and the surface of the highway between An
Suong Intersection and An Ha Bridge.
The
company will also be responsible for site clearance in An Suong area and
build an overpass in the direction from Cu Chi to Thu Duc districts.
All the
components of the project are scheduled to take 36 months.
CC1
wants to collect tolls immediately after the project is completed in March
2018 and build the tollgate near An Ha Bridge. The tolls are planned to
increase 18% three years after that.
The city
now has seven toll stations and the number could rise to 20 by 2025 as
planned by the city’s Department of Transport.
Experts
said there are many toll stations planned, which could cause transport costs
to surge.
Source: VNA/VNS/VOV/SGT/SGGP/TT/TN/Dantri
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