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A corner of New Binh Duong city (Photo: VNA) Binh Duong (VNA) – The southern province of Binh Duong surpassed Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City to top the nation’s per capita monthly income in 2020, the General Statistics Office (GSO) has said. According to the GSO’s survey on local living standards in 2020, which covered nearly 47,000 households across 63 cities and provinces, the province’s per capita income was more than 7 million VND (303.93 USD) per month, while that of the southern hub was 6.537 million VND, and Hanoi 5.981 million VND. The national average was 4.23 million VND, with the per capita income in urban areas reaching more than 5.5 million VND, rural areas 3.48 million VND. In terms of regions, the southeast region had the highest monthly per capita income, at over 6 million VND, 2.2 times higher than that of the northern midland and mountainous region which had the lowest monthly per capita income. The survey pointed out that housing quality played an … [Read more...] about Binh Duong’s per capita income highest in Vietnam

The bomb is moved to a safe place (Photo: VNA) Binh Duong (VNA) – The Military High Command of southern Binh Duong province on May 10 said its sapper force has safely handled a wartime bomb found while digging the foundation of a public facility. Unearthing during the construction of a cultural house in Bac Tan Uyen’s Hieu Liem commune, the huge bomb with its detonator intact was identified as a MK82 . Being 2.2m long and weighing up to 232 kg, the weapon contains 87kg of TNT explosives. The sappers had made efforts to remove the bomb from the ground, and then relocated it to another area for safe handling. MK82 is the bomb used by the US Army during the war, dropped from aircraft and caused great damage./. VNA … [Read more...] about Binh Duong safely handles wartime bomb

The Politburo proposed the Party Central Committee consider imposing a disciplinary measure against Tran Van Nam. Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong chaired meetings of the Politburo and the Secretariat of the Party Central Committee in Hanoi on June 18 to consider disciplinary measures against the Standing Board of the provincial Party Committee in the 2015-2020 tenure, the Party Civil Affairs Committee of the provincial People’s Committee in the 2016-2021 tenure and several former leaders of Binh Duong province. Tran Van Nam, member of the Party Central Committee and Secretary of the Binh Duong Provincial Party Committee (Photo: VNA). After considering a proposal put forward by the Party Central Committee’s Inspection Commission, the Politburo and Secretariat held that the Standing Board of the Binh Duong Provincial Party Committee in the 2015-2020 tenure and the Party Civial Affairs Committee of the provincial People’s Committee in the 2016-2021 tenure … [Read more...] about Disciplinary measures against Binh Duong province’s leaders

Central Retail Vietnam, a member of the Thai-based conglomerate Central Group, and Becamex IDC Corp signed an agreement on developing a shopping mall in Binh Duong on May 20. (Photo: VNA) Binh Duong (VNA) – Central Retail Vietnam , a member of the Thai-based conglomerate Central Group, will invest 35 million USD in a shopping mall in the southern province of Binh Duong. The group and Becamex IDC Corp signed a cooperative agreement regarding the project in Binh Duong on May 20. Covering 3ha in Ben Cat town, Binh Duong province, the GO! shopping mall is set to meet the demand of more than 300,000 residents and workers in local  industrial parks. According to the provincial People’s Committee, despite COVID-19, foreign investors have still pumped capital into the locality, with the total funding exceeding 1.25 billion USD as of May 15, up 59 percent year-on-year. Langlet Olivier Bernard, General Director of Central Retail Vietnam, said the project is expected to … [Read more...] about Central Retail invests 35 million USD in commercial centre in Binh Duong

Among the domestic cases, 53 were detected in Bac Giang, 34 in Ho Chi Minh City, 18 in Da Nang, 13 in Binh Duong, nine in Bac Ninh, and one each in Ha Tinh and Quang Nam, with 127 cases found in areas under quarantine or lock-down. The national tally rose to 13,117 as of 12pm June 20, including 11,419 domestic cases. Among active patients undergoing treatment, 395 have tested negative to coronavirus once, 127 twice and 131 thrice. A total of 5,054 patients were given the all-clear from the virus while the death toll related to the disease amounted to 64. Twenty one provinces and cities have gone free of new cases for at least 14 days. Meanwhile, donations to the national COVID-19 vaccine fund had totaled 5.775 trillion VND as of 5pm June 19. The money came from 323,178 organizations and individuals. Vietnam will need around 25 trillion VND to buy 150 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine in order to inoculate 70 percent of its population for herd community. Source: VNA … [Read more...] about Additional 139 COVID-19 cases announced at noon June 20

Vietnam logged 85 new COVID-19 cases, including 82 domestically-transmitted and three imported, in the past six hours to 6pm on May 31. (Photo: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) – Vietnam logged 85 new COVID-19 cases, including 82 domestically-transmitted and three imported, in the past six hours to 6pm on May 31, the Ministry of Health announced. Of the domestic infections, 43 were detected in Bac Giang – the country’s current largest pandemic hotspot , 34 in Bac Ninh, three in Binh Duong, one in Hanoi, and one in Tra Vinh. The imported cases have been quarantined upon their arrival in Quang Nam and Tay Ninh provinces. The new patients brought the total number of COVID-19 cases in Vietnam to 7,321, including 5,815 locally-transmitted infections, of which 4,245 were found since the fourth wave of outbreaks hit the country on April 27. Also on May 31, 80 patients were given the all-clear from coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, bringing the total number of recoveries to 3,030, with the … [Read more...] about Vietnam records 82 new domestically-transmitted COVID-19 cases