Around two kilometers from the Ong De neighborhood, the landslide also killed Ho Thi Ha’s 56-year-old father. Before the storm hit, she had sent her two daughters to her parents’ house, thinking the house, which had survived many storms, was solid. … [Read more...] about Unbearable grief grips landslide survivors in central Vietnam
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Australian Open to plough ahead despite players’ quarantine anger
MELBOURNE -- Australian Open tournament director Craig Tiley has confirmed the year’s first Grand Slam will go ahead from Feb. 8 despite anger from players forced into hard quarantine in Melbourne due to positive COVID-19 cases on their charter planes. … [Read more...] about Australian Open to plough ahead despite players’ quarantine anger
Private sector development to enhance FDI efficiency
In 2017, to enhance the role and the responsibility of private enterprises, the Government issued Resolution 98/NQ-CP dated October 3, 2017 on the action program to implement the Party’s Central Committee’s Resolution 10-NQ/TW dated June 3, 2017 on the development of the private sector economy to an important driver of the socialist oriented market economy. Later, the Politburo issued Resolution 50-NQ/TW dated August 20, 2019 on foreign investment. These are two important documents, which need coordination for synchronous implementation to rectify the shortcomings in FDI attraction and to develop the private sector economy for alliance with FDI to bring about the best benefit for the country. … [Read more...] about Private sector development to enhance FDI efficiency
URC Vietnam accelerates green turn
As a leading food and beverage producer, URC’s operations are bound to be heavily reliant on materials and produce waste. What initiatives have you launched to tackle this? Putting sustainability at the core of our business, we are fully aware of our responsibility to care for the environment and society while growing our business. For several years now, we have been implementing initiatives to improve the efficiency of water, energy, and waste management. All URC factories have reverse osmosis systems and reuse the water cleaned by it, as well as utilise clean energy such as compressed natural gas and biomass energy to protect the environment. Besides that, industrial waste is treated by contractors for recycling and is used as raw materials to produce pavement bricks and fertiliser, among others. Our facilities are certified with ISO 14001:2015 – an industry-leading accreditation for environmental management systems. … [Read more...] about URC Vietnam accelerates green turn