In the 2026-2030 period, the city will enhance predictions about flooded areas to take the initiative in responding to climate change, invest in upgrading the drainage system and waterway tourism projects and build wastewater treatment plants in the north, west and south of the city. … [Read more...] about A quarter of HCMC at risk of being flooded in late 21st century
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Vietnam, Netherlands target sustainable agri-business development
Flood-based System: Let It Float, Let It Hold, Let It Grow – proposed by Clear Rivers, HZ University, Hogeschool Arnhem Nijmegen, and Institute for Circular Economy Development – Vietnam National University – Ho Chi Minh, Kim Delta and Can Tho University. … [Read more...] about Vietnam, Netherlands target sustainable agri-business development
Netherlands and Vietnam promotes sustainable business for Mekong Delta
With $2 million invested from the Dutch government and another $2 million from the Dutch private sector, the project aims to make the citrus sector of the Mekong Delta more sustainable and efficient (reduce the negative impacts of agro-chemicals to the environment), and more profitable (50 per cent increase in income) for 150,000 citrus small-holders in the area, by developing a sustainable citrus value chain – in which the local farmers will be contracted and supported in combination with the private sector’s extension system, fertiliser advisory service, virus-free citrus seedlings, and financial support programme. … [Read more...] about Netherlands and Vietnam promotes sustainable business for Mekong Delta
Da Nang’s administrative reform efforts pay off
Da Nang (VNA) - Administrative reform outcomes in the central city of Da Nang have helped the city secure foreign investors’ confidence, contributing to attracting more FDI in the locality. According to the municipal Department of Home Affairs, Da Nang has simplified more than 300 administrative procedures over the past 10 years while implementing 15 projects linking procedures in different sectors and shortening the time for responding to administrative requests by 20 percent in many areas. Thanks to this success, the city has enjoyed fruitful results in FDI attraction. Most recently, authorities granted an investment licence to a semiconductor manufacturing project worth 110 million USD - the second largest foreign-invested project at the Da Nang Hi-tech Park. Called United States Enterprises, the factory will cover a total area of 102,200 sq. m, with the first stage covering more than 61,000 sq. m and costing 66 million USD. Construction is scheduled to commence in the … [Read more...] about Da Nang’s administrative reform efforts pay off
Bình Dương is a magnet for foreign investors
Workers inside TPR Việt Nam Limited Company at the VSIP II Industrial Park in Bình Dương Province, which is among the locomotives driving the southern key economic zone.—VNA/VNS Photo Hải ÂuViet Nam News BÌNH DƯƠNG – As one of the fastest growing provinces in the key southern economic zone, Bình Dương is among the hottest investment destinations in the country. … [Read more...] about Bình Dương is a magnet for foreign investors