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Costing VND100 trillion ($4.3 billion), Ring Road No. 4 will run in a circle with six-eight lanes through the southern metropolis and provinces of Binh Duong, Dong Nai and Long An, which are all home to major industrial hubs, and Ba Ria – Vung Tau, which hosts the major seaport hub of Vung Tau, according to a final plan agreed recently by the five localities. The plan was developed after then Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc allowed the city and four provinces to make decisions on the road last September. Ring Road No. 4 will span 18 kilometers in Ba Ria – Vung Tau, 45 kilometers in Dong Nai, 71 kilometers from Long An’s Ben Luc Town to Hiep Phuoc Port complex in HCMC’s Nha Be District, 17 kilometers in HCMC and 49 kilometers in Binh Duong. Each locality will be responsible for the section as assigned. In a statement sent to the four provinces Monday, HCMC's Transport Department said the city will complete the pre-feasibility study report to decide the investment policy for its … [Read more...] about Ring road linking HCMC, four neighbors to be built in 2024

Truong Quoc Thinh, 18, received seven years in prison for robbery and snatching, as sentenced by the Family and Juvenile Court under the HCMC People's Court on Monday. It is the harshest sentence for crimes committed by people aged under 16. Nguyen Chi Cuong, 19, received 7.5 years in prison for robbery. Five others, aged 17-21, received between four to six years in prison. Thinh said he met Cuong and the rest of the convicts as he wandered around the park near Ben Thanh Market in downtown District 1 back when he was 16. To get money for personal use, Thinh convinced the whole group to go robbing. On March 25, 2020, Thinh brought a knife and a group member to the park to look for someone to rob. They saw Reigger, a French tourist, walking with her husband in the park, snatched her phone and then escaped. When Reigger's husband held them back, Thinh threatened him with a knife, while the other member ran away. Thinh was later apprehended by a patrol group of District 1. Thinh … [Read more...] about HCMC teenage gang jailed for robbing French tourist

An ethnic minority woman is vaccinated with a booster shot against COVID-19 in Thượng Thôn Commune in the northern mountainous province of Cao Bằng. — VNA/VNS Photo Chu Hiệu HÀ NỘI — Việt Nam saw a slight increase in new COVID-19 infections on Tuesday with 1,322 cases detected, bringing the national total to 10,711,389. The number of new transmissions registered was an increase of 143 compared to Monday. The capital Hà Nội again had the most daily infections with 321. The other localities reporting new transmissions were Vĩnh Phúc (98), Phú Thọ (94), Yên Bái (58), Quảng Ninh (52), Nghệ An (50), Hải Dương (50), Tuyên Quang (44), Bình Phước (40), Lào Cai (39), Hà Nam (38), Hải Phòng (36), Thái Bình (33), Thái Nguyên (32), Nam Định (28), Hòa Bình (27), Bắc Kạn (27), Hưng Yên (24), HCM City (22), Hà Giang (19), Lâm Đồng (16), Quảng Bình (16), Sơn La (16), Hà Tĩnh (15), Bắc Giang (14), Điện Biên (13), Quảng Trị (12), Ninh Bình (11), Cao Bằng (11), Đà Nẵng (10), Thanh Hóa (8 … [Read more...] about 1,322 new coronavirus transmissions reported on Tuesday

Agri-tourism will be a dominant tourism trend in the Mekong Delta. VNA/VNS Photo HCM CITY — Ecotourism, especially agri-tourism will be a dominant trend as the Mekong Delta strives to develop its tourism industry, experts say. At the second forum on tourism connections between HCM City and the 13 Mekong Delta localities held on Friday, May 20, in Đồng Tháp Province, experts also said that stronger coordination was necessary to better tap the region’s natural strengths. Hà Văn Siêu, deputy general director of the Việt Nam National Administration of Tourism, said the Mekong Delta has a lot of potential and resources to develop agricultural tourism products. In recent years, its tourism cooperation programme with HCM City has opened up multiple opportunities for investment and innovative startups that have led to the creation of a variety of agricultural tourism products, he said. In developing such products, “we need to focus on the three … [Read more...] about Agri-tourism: Mekong Delta targets two birds with one stone

The new infections include 1,322 domestic transmissions detected in Hà Nội (321), Vĩnh Phúc (98), Phú Thọ (94), Yên Bái (58), Quảng Ninh (52), Nghệ An (50), Hải Dương (50), Tuyên Quang (44), Bình Phước (40), Lào Cai (39), Hà Nam (38), Hải Phòng (36), Thái Bình (33), Thái Nguyên (32), Nam Định (28), Hòa Bình (27), Bắc Kạn (27), Hưng Yên (24), Hồ Chí Minh City (22), Hà Giang (19), Lâm Đồng (16), Quảng Bình (16), Sơn La (16), Hà Tĩnh (15), Bắc Giang (14), Điện Biên (13), Quảng Trị (12), Ninh Bình (11), Cao Bằng (11), Đà Nẵng (10), Thanh Hóa (8 ), Lai Châu (8 ), Quảng Ngãi (8 ), Lạng Sơn (7), Bình Dương (6), Gia Lai (4), Bình Thuận (4), Bến Tre (3), Tây Ninh (2), Bà Rịa - Vũng Tàu (2), Hậu Giang (2), Đồng Tháp (1), and Bạc Liêu (1). Details will follow shortly. … [Read more...] about Việt Nam confirms 1,323 new cases on Tuesday

Many streets in Hanoi were congested because of a torrential rain on Tuesday morning. As foreseen by the National Center for Hydro-meteorological Forecasting, Hanoi saw moderate rain in the morning in its inner areas, with rainfall of up to 30 millimeters during the three-hour rain. The rain came down mainly on such districts as Ba Dinh, Cau Giay, Hoan Kiem, Hai Ba Trung, Tay Ho, and Dong Da. Truong Chinh Street in Hanoi is seen packed with cars and motorbikes under the rain on May 24, 2022. Photo : Chi Tue / Tuoi Tre As noted by Tuoi Tre (Youth) newspaper reporters, due to the influence of the heavy rain, the traffic on various streets became jammed, especially during rush hours in the morning. Serious congestion was recorded on many inner streets such as Nguyen Trai, Lang, Truong Chinh, Tay Son, Thai Ha, and Huynh Thuc Khang. On the section from Nga Tu So Ward to Belt 3 of Nguyen Trai Street, the severe traffic jam stretched for up to a kilometer. … [Read more...] about Serious traffic congestion hits Hanoi streets due to prolonged rain

The curtain came down on the 31st Southeast Asian (SEA) Games on Monday evening with a closing ceremony at My Dinh Indoor Athletics Arena in Hanoi. About 3,000 delegates, spectators, and members of sports delegations participated in the ceremony. Performances at the event highlighted Vietnam as a country deeply imbued with traditional identity while intensively integrating into the global community. A performance at the 31st SEA Games closing ceremony in Hanoi, Vietnam, May 23, 2022. Photo: Nam Tran / Tuoi Tre Individual awards were handed out to the Games’ best athletes – Vietnam’s Nguyen Thi Oanh and Nguyen Huy Hoang, Thailand’s Joshua Robert Atkinson, and Singapore’s Jing Wen Quah. Oanh won three individual gold medals in athletics; Hoang earned five golds in swimming events, in two of which he broke SEA Games records; Atkinson claimed four golds in running with one record-setting achievement; and Jing pocketed six golds in swimming, including one that set … [Read more...] about 31st SE Asian Games close in Hanoi

A man was arrested by police in Ho Chi Minh City just four hours after he robbed a local gold shop with a hammer on Monday. Officers under the municipal Department of Public Security confirmed on Monday that they had coordinated with police in Binh Thanh District to apprehend Nguyen Viet Cuong, 23. At the police station, Cuong claimed he had lost about VND20 million (US$862) in online gambling on Sunday night. Afraid that his family would find out about the loss, the man planned on robbing a gold shop so that he could pay his debt. The gold shop that Nguyen Viet Cuong robbed with a hammer in Binh Thanh District, Ho Chi Minh City. Photo: Dan Thuan / Tuoi Tre About 11:00 am on Monday, Cuong bought a 30-centimeter-long hammer and scouted the streets in Binh Thanh District on his motorbike. The man targeted Son Trang gold shop on Xo Viet Nghe Tinh Street in Binh Thanh District when there were no customers there. Cuong hid the hammer inside his jacket and … [Read more...] about Ho Chi Minh City police capture man who robbed gold shop with hammer

A Russian man has been caught illegally growing nearly 30 cannabis plants at a rented house in Vietnam for personal use and to provide for other compatriots. Officers in Phan Thiet City, Binh Thuan Province confirmed on Saturday they were looking into the violation of Shedko Dmitrii, a 33-year-old Russian national. Police inspected Dmitrii’s tenanted house in Ham Tien Ward on Friday evening and discovered he was growing 27 cannabis plants, each about one to two meters tall, inside his bedroom. The plants were kept in a mini greenhouse with watering, artificial lighting, and temperature control systems. Officers also found three kilograms of dried cannabis and other relevant items. Dmitrii claimed he started growing the plants about two months ago after buying seeds, fertilizers, chemicals, and tools from online merchants. Shedko Dmitrii shows the dried cannabis inside his bedroom in Binh Thuan Province, Vietnam. Photo: Tuan Tu / Tuoi Tre The man added he … [Read more...] about Russian man caught growing cannabis plants at rented house in Vietnam

Torrential rains resulted in serious flooding along many streets in Bac Ninh and Bac Giang Provinces, northern Vietnam on Tuesday morning, leaving many cars almost fully submerged. In Bac Giang City, the capital of the namesake province, severe inundation was recorded on Hoang Van Thu and Ngo Gia Tu Streets, as well as at the Nguyen Van Cu-Nguyen Thi Luu intersection and Quang Minh Apartment Building. Floodwaters reached as high as 50 centimeters, posing difficulties for commuters and causing many cars and motorbikes to break down. Cars are submerged along a heavily flooded street in Bac Ninh Province, Vietnam, May 24, 2022. Photo: B.Ninh / Tuoi Tre A similar situation also occurred in multiple locations in Bac Ninh City under Bac Ninh Province, especially along the section of Lac Long Quan Street in front of Hoang Gia Apartment Building, where many cars were almost under the water. This location is the lowest point of the city, said Ngo Van Thuc, head of the … [Read more...] about Torrential rains sink streets in northern Vietnamese provinces