Trucks arrive at Cat Lai port (Photo: SGGP) Director of the USAID-funded Trade Facilitation Project Claudio Dordi revealed that according to a survey of the current state of Cat Lai port operations conducted by USAID, four main difficulties have been threatening the stability and port performance including traffic congestion around the port, overload of administrative procedures, incomplete information technology infrastructure. Additionally, he said the city’s canal system is not capable of receiving a container ship capacity of over 3,000 TEUs. Many businesses also said that the clearance time at Cat Lai port has improved, but compared to other ports in the region, it takes 6.37 days to clear the shipment. As international trade recovers from the impacts of Covid-19, addressing congestion at Cat Lai Port has become a priority. However, this is difficult to improve because the volume of containers passing through Cat Lai port is about 6 million TEU (in 20-foot containers) each … [Read more...] about Action plan to be implemented to reduce congestion at Cat Lai port
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HCMC expects to soon implement Ring Road No.3
Map of Ring Road 3 Project in HCMC After the site survey at the Ben Luc intersection (HCMC - Trung Luong expressway in Ben Luc District of Long An Province), Deputy Director of the Department of Transport of Long An Province Tran Thien Truc said that the over-6.6-kilometer long Ring Road No.3 will travel through the locality with an area of 4.95-hectare land for site clearance and 350 affected households from the project. With the site clearance plan, the People's Committee of Long An Province assigned Ben Luc District to perform investment, survey and collect opinions from the affected households. The District People's Committee has prepared 20 hectares for on-site resettlement in Ben Luc Town. The site clearance is expected to finish in the second quarter of 2023 and the entire route will be opened to traffic in 2027 as scheduled. Currently, the Provincial Department of Transport has coordinated with the Department of Transport of Ho Chi Minh City, Binh Duong and Dong Nai … [Read more...] about HCMC expects to soon implement Ring Road No.3
Hà Nội needs to combine green growth with urban development
Bảy Mẫu Lake and Thống Nhất Park in Hai Bà Trưng District, Hà Nội. — VNA/VNS Photo Thành Đạt HÀ NỘI — The capital Hà Nội is focusing on urban development towards green and sustainable growth and building a smart and modern city. According to the Hà Nội Construction Department, the city has paid attention to implementing environmental protection and improvement toward green and sustainable urban development. The city has also invested in and completed the environment monitoring system in polluted areas and publicised monitoring results in the media to improve the capacity and efficiency of management, forecasting and control of environmental pollution. Accordingly, the city has put 10 automatic air monitoring stations, one mobile monitoring vehicle, one wastewater and air monitoring station at the Nam Sơn Waste Treatment Complex, and six automatic water surface monitoring stations. The station data is transmitted to management centres for monitoring and processing. The work … [Read more...] about Hà Nội needs to combine green growth with urban development
This year’s economic growth target of 6 percent-6.5 percent huge challenge
Deputy Prime Minister Le Van Thanh speaks at the third session of the 15th National Assembly On the morning of May 23, at the opening session of the third session of the 15th National Assembly, Deputy Prime Minister Le Van Thanh delivered a report on an additional assessment of the results of the implementation of the socio-economic development plan and the state budget in 2021 and that in the first months of 2022. Regarding additional results in 2021, the Government stated that 5/12 targets failed to meet the set goal. For instance, the gross domestic product growth rate reached 2.58 percent compared to the target of about 6 percent. Plus, GDP per capita reached US$3,680 against the target of $3,700, the contribution of total factor productivity to growth is about 37 percent compared with the target of 45 percent-47 percent, and the percentage of poor households with a multidimensional approach decreased by 0.52 percentage points compared to the target of 1-1.5 percentage … [Read more...] about This year’s economic growth target of 6 percent-6.5 percent huge challenge
Deputy defense minister visits Military Hospital 175
The defense leader was accompanied by leaders of several departments and functional agencies of the Ministry of National Defense. During the visit, General San inspected task performance of several departments and progress of some ongoing projects of the hospital. According to Major General Nguyen Hong Son, Director of Military Hospital 175, the hospital has completed its training programs and developed and applied many new medical techniques to treating patients as well as ensured health consultancy for the medical station in Truong Sa (Spratly) island district, Khanh Hoa province. The hospital is also implementing various projects such as a general hospital with 1,000 beds. After listening to a report delivered by the hospital’s leaders and paying a fact-finding tour to their affiliated units, General San expressed his delight at seeing outcomes of the hospital’s task performance over the past time. He applauded efforts of the hospital’s medical personnel in conducting the … [Read more...] about Deputy defense minister visits Military Hospital 175
Smoothing The Path For Capital Inflows
More than 300 participants took place in the Vietnam Industrial Property Forum 2022 Deputy minister of Planning and Investment Tran Duy Dong at the forum Deputy minister of Planning and Investment Tran Duy Dong Vietnam has been preparing the necessary conditions to receive a new wave of investment. The nation has put itself in a strong position to become an important global production base by continuing to perfect its institutions and policies and giving priority to projects that use modern and environmentally friendly technologies. Industrial parks and economic zones have improved their infrastructure to reach international standards. Pilot studies on a number of industry-specialised clusters have been implemented to formulate production and supply networks, allowing them to participate more in global value chains. Since 2015, the Ministry of Planning and Investment has coordinated with the United Nations Industrial Development Organization and a number of … [Read more...] about Smoothing The Path For Capital Inflows