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Deputy Minister of Transport Le Anh Tuan inspects progress of construction work at Long Thanh Int’l Airport. According to ACV’s report, ground leveling with a volume of more than 12.9 million m3 of sandy soil has been completed. Engineering designs of runways, passenger terminals, parking areas along with other supporting facilities have been implemented under the directions of Deputy Prime Minister Le Van Thanh. Long Thanh District in Dong Nai Province handed over 1,746 hectares of land and 629 hectares of land for reserve for the project, said Chairman of the People’s Committee of the district Le van Tiep. Ground levelling at the construction site The People’s Committee of Dong Nai Province has delegated the provincial Department of Natural Resources and Environment to complete the site clearance compensation for Hong Phat Trade and Construction Company before July 15, resettlement for the remaining affected households and hand over the entire site in July, said … [Read more...] about Deputy Minister of Transport inspects progress of Long Thanh Int’l Airport

Nghi Son 1 power plant in Thanh Hoa (Source: baothanhhoa.vn) Thanh Hoa (VNA) – The central province of Thanh Hoa collected about 26.33 trillion VND (1.12 billion USD) to the State budget in the first six months of this year, completing 94% of its plan for the period. According to the provincial Department of Finance, domestic collection was estimated at 16.67 trillion VND, fulfilling 97% of the target for the whole year. Of the total, collection from land use fee was over 7.77 trillion VND. Meanwhile, collection from foreign-invested firms exceeded 3.25 trillion VND, and income from the non-State-owned sector topped 1.44 trillion VND. At the same time, income from import and export activities in the first six months of this year hit over 9.65 trillion VND, equivalent to 88% of the plan. Localities across the province also contributed over 10 trillion VND to Thanh Hoa’s State budget collection in the January-June period. Vice Chairman of the provincial People’s … [Read more...] about Thanh Hoa shows strong performance in State budget collection

Thousands of people wait for procedures for new passports. (Photo: SGGP) However, PA08 suggested that people, who do not have an urgent need, reschedule the passport application. As for urgent cases, applications should be submitted at the National Public Service Portal to limit overcrowding and long waiting. Thousands of people came to the headquarters of the Immigration Office of the HCMC Police and the Vietnam Immigration Department under the Ministry of Public Security to wait for procedures for the issuance of new ordinary passports on July 5. Nguyen Van Thanh, a resident in Go Vap District, came to the office of PA08 at nearly 7 a.m. to queue in line to wait for the ordinal number. Having arrived there quite early and waited for more than 5 hours, but it had not been his turn to carry out the procedure yet. Similarly, many people who came to the office in the early afternoon of July 5 had to return home because the authorities stopped issuing ordinal numbers. PA08’s … [Read more...] about Immigration agency gathers forces to meet huge demand for new passports

At the mid-term review meeting (Photo: MPI) Hanoi (VNA) – The Vietnamese Ministry of Planning and Investment (MPI), in coordination with the Japanese Embassy in Vietnam and the Japan-Vietnam Economic Committee under the Japan Business Federation (KEIDANREN), held a mid-term review meeting for the Vietnam-Japan Joint Initiative (eighth phase) in Hanoi on July 5. It was reported at the meeting that 47 out of the total 80 sub-items in the joint initiative have been well implemented as scheduled so far, 15 are underway, six make no progress, and work will start on 12 others in the time ahead. Do Nhat Hoang, head of the Foreign Investment Agency under the MPI, said Vietnamese ministries and agencies have coordinated with the Japanese side to implement commitments in the action plan of the initiative. Vietnam’s commitment to materialising the joint initiative manifests the government’s resolve to improve the domestic investment environment, he said. Many legal documents … [Read more...] about Vietnam, Japan review joint initiative