Before HCM City’s Party Secretary Dinh La Thang
stated the idea of turning HCM City into a special economic zone like
Shanghai, the city authorities asked for the central government’s
permission to build this model 20 years ago.
The newly-elected President, Tran Dai Quang, has pledged to make all-out
efforts to fulfill the duties of State leader, who also chairs the
Council for National Defence and Security and commands the people’s
armed forces.
Budget collection rises in March, Ocean tuna sells for record price in Japan, Mekong Delta businesses study impacts of AEC, TPP, 1,000 enterprises attend garment industry expo in HCM City, SBV ups anti-dollar efforts
Despite efforts of local authorities to stamp out
superstitious practices as well as publications of unsavoury reading
materials, sales of "mystical cultural” items and books of superstitious
practices boomed after the Tet holiday
VietNamNet Bridge – The rapid growth of the Internet has turned the
world into a smaller and more connected place. Postal services,
therefore, are getting less popular.
Dak Mil Lake in the central highlands province of Dak Lak is a place
that has little traffic and few tourists, but is rich in natural beauty
and the culture of minority hill tribes.
VietNamNet Bridge – While some districts in inner Ha Noi lack land
to build schools, dozens of pieces of land in the suburbs of the
capital city are left fallow, or used for other purposes.
VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam’s Mekong Delta is facing severe
drought and critical inland salination at the same time. El Nino and the
shortage of water to the delta due to dams built by countries in the
upper Mekong mainstream are the main causes
VietNamNet Bridge – The practice of martial arts, an integral part of
Vietnamese culture, is still being preserved and developed after
decades of existence.
The United States and China confirmed Thursday that they will sign
the Paris climate change agreement in New York on April 22, a move that
officials hope will help the accord enter into force this year.
In the severe drought that has lasted for several months, water levels of hundreds of reservoirs in the Central Highlands are at 30-40% of capacity. In Dak Lak, 250 lakes are dry and the numbers are 17-40-5 in Dak Nong, Kon Tum, and Gia Lai.
VietNamNet Bridge - Many people in Hong Van in the central province of Thua Thien – Hue still look for bombs and mines to sell as metal scrap, even though they risk injury or death.
A 20-year-old talented Korean guitarist Sungha Jung will perform two
concerts at Vietnam’s Youth Theatre in Hanoi on April 16 and at HCMC
Conservatory of Music in Ho Chi Minh City on April 17.