In order to rein in air pollution and mitigate adverse health repercussions for the community, the PM assigned the Ministry of Resources and Environment to devise a plan on air quality monitoring in the 2021-25 period before submitting it to him in the first quarter of this year. … [Read more...] about Vietnamese PM urges Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City to revoke outdated motorbikes
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HCMC’s leaders offer Tet gifts to wounded soldiers, needy people
On the same day, city’s leaders also visited wounded soldier Vo Thi Tam in Go Vap District. The female soldier served in the army in many years and was one of the political prisoners of Con Dao prison. Ms. Tam was granted the title of "Hero of the People's Armed Forces" in 2011. … [Read more...] about HCMC’s leaders offer Tet gifts to wounded soldiers, needy people
The beauty of Tram Pagoda
Tram Pagoda is also known for a historical event during the war against the French. On December 19, 1946, the national resistance war broke out. Only one day after December 20, 1946 here, Radio Voice of Vietnam issued President Ho Chi Minh's call for national resistance. … [Read more...] about The beauty of Tram Pagoda
Proper sanction needed to reform HCMC urban planning
According to Mr. Tri, all general urban planning for HCMC signed by the Prime Minister from 1993 up to 2012 have the same basic content, which is developing Thu Thiem urban area and the multi-polar development with satellite cities as a whole. … [Read more...] about Proper sanction needed to reform HCMC urban planning
VN-Index suffers big loss, liquidity exceeds 1 bln USD
Hanoi (VNA) - Shares bounced back slightly in the afternoon trade but the VN-Index still lost 60.94 points, or 5.11 percent, closing the January 19 session at 1,131 points. This was the biggest daily retreat of Vietnam’s benchmark since the first quarter of 2020 and the second falling day this week. It inched down just 0.2 percent on January 18. On the Ho Chi Minh Stock Exchange, overall market breadth was pessimistic with 394 stocks falling, only 42 rising and 39 closing flat. Blue chips were the main drag when all of the top 30 largest shares by market value and liquidity (VN30) plummeted, of which eight hit the floor price of a 7-per-cent drop. All of them were banks and financial companies including BIDV (BID), Vietinbank (CTG), Military Bank (MBB), VPBank (VPB), Sacombank (STB), Ho Chi Minh Development Bank (HDB), Saigon Securities Inc (SSI) and Hoang Huy Investment Financial Services (TCH). Except Vincom Retail (VRE) rebounding near the reference price by the end … [Read more...] about VN-Index suffers big loss, liquidity exceeds 1 bln USD