Shanghai metro line 7

On March 28, the HCMC Urban Railway Management Board said that HCMC People’s Committee has required the people’s committees in Districts 1, 3, 10, 12, Tan Binh and Tan Phu to work with the Management Board of Traffic Work Construction Investment to review the land fund along the metro line no.2, Ben Thanh-Tham Luong, within the radius of 1,000m from stations to arrange parking lots for current and future public transport systems. … [Read more...] about HCMC proposes ministries to attend its metro appraisal council

Nguyen Manh Thuy, vice-chairman of the provincial Former Youth Volunteers Association, recalled that each volunteer had been asked to take an oath at the beginning of each working day to pronounce their willingness to sacrifice their lives for the sake of their country – a risk so real that those in charge of the project had prepared eleven coffins just two kilometers from the construction site in case the cobweb of ropes strung along the cliffs as a safety net failed to do their job. … [Read more...] about Celebrating 55 years of exploring northern Vietnam on ‘Ha Giang Loop’

AFP and other media companies, including Reuters and the Associated Press, work with Facebook's fact checking program, under which content rated false is downgraded in news feeds so that fewer people see it. If someone tries to share such a post, he or she is presented with an article explaining why the information is not accurate. … [Read more...] about Why the novel coronavirus became a social media nightmare

For the first time over the past five years, the world gold price rocketed past the US$1,700 per ounce mark to stand at US$1,702.9 per ounce on March 8, 2020. Eight days later, on March 16, it slid to US$1,455.7 per ounce, a drop of almost 14.5%. The fluctuation of the gold price could therefore be likened to the erratic bounce of the stock market. The dramatic upsurge and plunge of gold price during a short period of time has driven the greed of speculators. Moreover, the lack of liquidity of the world monetary market—or more precisely, the fear that the market would become short of liquidity—coupled with the anticipation of a rising U.S. dollar against other strong currencies, has prompted investors to temporarily abandon this precious metal. … [Read more...] about The gold trap

All the four had returned to the country from abroad. The 64th patient is a 35-year-old woman living in HCMC’s District 8, while the 66th patient is a female student living in Park View apartment in District 7. The 79th and 90th patients are a 48-year-old female resident of Bac Lieu Province and a Vietnamese overseas student in Spain. … [Read more...] about Four more coronavirus patients discharged from hospital