In a document recently sent to Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh, the municipal People’s Committee proposed the leader assign the Ministry of Transport to work with the committee and relevant agencies to assess advantages, opportunities, and possibility of an international transit terminal. The terminal will be able to handle the world’s largest cargo vessels (Photo: VNA) The HCM City administration said with a view to shifting part of the global container transit activities to Vietnam, the world’s largest sea shipping company MSC/TIL, the Vietnam Maritime Corporation, and Saigon Port have submitted a proposal to develop an international transit terminal in Can Gio. With about 7.2km of wharves, this project is expected to be able to handle 10-15 million TEUs (twenty-foot equivalent units) of cargo and serve the world’s largest container ships (24,000 TEUs) at present. The project will be implemented in seven phases, the first of which is hoped to start in 2024 and … [Read more...] about Ho Chi Minh City proposes international transit terminal in Can Gio
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Vietnam to compete in 4 World Games events
The delegation includes Vietnam's number one cueist Tran Quyet Chien (billiards), Hoang Thi Phuong Giang, Duong Thuy Vi and Pham Quoc Khanh (wushu), Nguyen Tran Duy Nhat (muay Thai) and the women's beach handball team. At the previous event hosted in Poland in 2017, Vietnam scored one gold medal thanks to muay athlete Bui Yen Ly. This year's event will take place from July 7 to 17 in Birmingham, Alabama, the U.S., having been delayed one year due to the Covid-19 pandemic. It features 30 sports in 54 disciplines. Athletes from 110 nations will participate in this competition. World Games is an international multi-sport event that includes sports that are not contested in the Olympics. The event is hosted every four years, usually one year after the Summer Olympics. Although World Games comprise non-Olympic sports, it's still supported by the International Olympic Committee. … [Read more...] about Vietnam to compete in 4 World Games events
American actress enters best-dressed celebs list with Cong Tri design
The actress sported a bright yellow gown from Cong Tri's Fall-Winter 2022 collection launched in May when attending an event in London on June 28. To complete the look, she paired the satin long-sleeve dress with thick gold hoop earrings. Tracee Ellis Ross in Cong Tri's design. Photo courtesy of RCFA's website RCFA wrote on its website that the dress was "the perfect choice" for Ross. "It’s giving boss lady vibes; oozing plenty of charm and charisma...Tracee is radiant here," it wrote. The Best Dressed This Week also included singer Chloe Bailey in Nicolas Jebran, actress Saniyya Sidney in a Giorgio Armani, Indian actress Deepika Padukone in Monsoori and others. Ross, the daughter of famous singer Diana Ross and music director Robert Ellis Silberstein, is best known for her lead roles in the television series Girlfriends and Black-ish. In 2020, she was honored as a Fashion Icon in the People's Choice Awards. Cong Tri, born in Da Nang in 1978, is a member of … [Read more...] about American actress enters best-dressed celebs list with Cong Tri design
HCM City proposes int’l transit terminal in Can Gio district
Illustrative image (Photo: VNA) HCM City – Ho Chi Minh City has proposed an international transit terminal worth about 6 billion USD be built in Can Gio district, and this terminal will be able to handle the world’s largest cargo vessels at present. In a document recently sent to Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh, the municipal People’s Committee proposed the leader assign the Ministry of Transport to work with the committee and relevant agencies to assess advantages, opportunities, and possibility of an international transit terminal. The HCM City administration said with a view to shifting part of the global container transit activities to Vietnam, the world’s largest sea shipping company MSC/TIL, the Vietnam Maritime Corporation, and Saigon Port have submitted a proposal to develop an international transit terminal in Can Gio. With about 7.2km of wharves, this project is expected to be able to handle 10 - 15 million TEUs (twenty-foot equivalent units) of cargo and serve the … [Read more...] about HCM City proposes int’l transit terminal in Can Gio district
Vietnamese Gov’t targets GDP growth of 7% in 2022
Vietnam’s economy has been firm on the recovery track, with the GDP growth in the second quarter at 7.72% year-on-year, the highest second-quarter growth since 2011. Based on Vietnam’s economic performance in the first six months of the year and expectations for the remainder of 2022, the Ministry of Planning and Investment (MPI) expected the economic expansion rate may hit 7% this year, 0.5 percentage points higher than the Government’s target of 6.5%. Minister of Planning and Investment Nguyen Chi Dung at the meeting. Source: VGP MPI Minister Nguyen Chi Dung forecast at the monthly Government meeting held today [July 4]. According to Dung, Vietnam’s economy has been firm on the recovery track with the GDP growth in the second quarter at 7.72% year-on-year, the highest second-quarter growth since 2011. This lifted the overall six-month GDP growth to 6.42% year-on-year, higher than the 5.74% rate in the same period of 2021, and equivalent to the … [Read more...] about Vietnamese Gov’t targets GDP growth of 7% in 2022
US-led Pacific Partnership 2022 wraps up in Phu Yen
USNS Mercy, a hospital ship of the US Military Sealift Command (Photo: VNA) Phu Yen (VNA) – The Pacific Partnership 2022 (PP22) concluded on July 3 on USNS Mercy, a hospital ship of the US Military Sealift Command anchored at Vung Ro Port in Dong Hoa town, the central province of Phu Yen. PP22 countries like Australia, the UK and Japan, along with those from foreign countries such as the Philippines, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea and Fiji, and international organisations. Participants at the event (Photo: VNA) In his remarks, US Ambassador to Vietnam Marc E. Knapper expressed his delight at results of the PP22, calling them a message to promote the extensive and intensive cooperation between the two countries. VNA … [Read more...] about US-led Pacific Partnership 2022 wraps up in Phu Yen