Ho Chi Minh City

The report was issued at a forum of seed management and the potentiality of plant varieties development within the exhibition framework of the seventh Ho Chi Minh City High-tech Agriculture. The application of many new varieties into production along with the application of suitable farming techniques have contributed to improving the productivity and quality of vegetables with an increase of average yield by 10 percent a year. Currently, there are 38 businesses in Ho Chi Minh City to produce and trade plant and animal varieties. In 2018, the city provided the large number of seeds for around 1.1 million hectares of cultivation and the agricultural production areas outside the city. Additionally, the city also has 20 plant tissue culture organizations, providing about 16 million tissue culture seedlings per year, being mainly tropical orchids such as Mokara, Dendrobium, etc for the expansion of ornamental flower production areas such as districts of Cu Chi, Hoc Mon and Binh Chanh. … [Read more...] about HCMC put into production of 55 new plant varieties

In particular, the city People’s Committee informed studying methods to organize traffic at both bridge piers, solutions to access transport for the project; combining between the existing transport system and the future one as soon as the construction project of Ton Duc Thang Street and Bach Dang Park will have been completed. Accordingly, the pedestrian bridge is expected to be located near the Ho Chi Minh Square.   BY HANH LE- Translated by Huyen Huong … [Read more...] about City to build pedestrian bridge across Saigon River

Thirty years ago, its only piece of equipment had been an x-ray machine. It currently gets 3,000 to 4,000 patients a day and provides emergency aid to over 400 of others, and was one of the city's first stroke treatment centres, said Dr. Phan Van Bau, the hospital’s director. (Photo for illustration: baoxaydung.com.vn) An investment stimulus program carried out by the city had enabled the hospital to acquire the most advanced technologies and equipment with loans under the program, he said. Tien Tuan Pharmaceutical Machinery Co., Ltd. was another to benefit from the program. A company spokesperson said it had got an interest-free loan of VN 45 billion (USD 1.93 million) for building a factory and buying advanced equipment to expand production. This enabled it to expand from having 40 workers and revenues of VND 40 billion (USD 1.72 million) a year to 200 employees and revenues of nearly VND 200 billion (USD 8.6 million), he said. It is awaiting approval to … [Read more...] about HCM City’s investment stimulus program yields solid results

This is an important bridge connecting Ly Nhon commune and the center of Can Gio District and Ho Chi Minh City which meets a demand of increasing transport, exploitation of tourism potentiality and socio-economic development of Can Gio District.  The Vam Sat No.2 bridge project consists of many items. Of which, the main item is construction of reinforced concrete bridge with a length of 432.7 meters, a width of 10 meters and 11 spans. The construction project has total investment capital of more than VND 342 billion from the city budget. It is expected to open to traffic in June 2020. The Vam Sat No. 1 Bridge had been built and put into exploited in 2015, being replaced a cable-stayed bridge with low allowable load and 4 meter- wide bridge for one lane only.  BY THIEN NHAN- Translated by Huyen Huong … [Read more...] about Closure joint of Vam Sat No. 2 Bridge installed

Available constructions leading to false assumptions Hundreds of people who have bought land within Tan Nhut commune Residential area and Mall (Binh Chanh) are crying for help as they are not allowed to build houses there. When reports came in, it turns out the owner of this project, Huynh Thong Company, was found to have neglected their duty towards the land. Despite not having land use rights, they still managed to erect some hundred buildings within the complex, luring people into a false sense of credibility. As a result, new houses are not authorized to be constructed. Upon filing complaints, people were dismayed to find that Huynh Thong Company also mortgaged the project and sell one single plot to many people. In Long Thanh district in the neighboring province of Dong Nai, there were also petitions from people who have not been handed over the lands they bought from Van An Phat Real Estate JSC, while those who have are not able to start housing construction. Regarding this … [Read more...] about Hoax projects strike residents in Southern areas