The Lung Kim School site is about 8km from the Na Kieng Nursery School. To reach the site, however, one can go by motorbike on a mountain road for only 3km, then walk on rocky ascents. The school currently has 17 students and one teacher. Its wood plank classroom is roofed with simple materials and has no access to electricity and water. Due to lack of a separate room for the teacher, the classroom is used not only for teaching purposes but also as the teacher’s room. The project uses funds totaling VND220 million from the Oil and Gas Exploitation Department of PVN, HLHVJOC, PV Gas and SWPOC to build a new classroom and a teacher’s room at the Lung Kim School site. Addressing the groundbreaking ceremony for the project, Vu Dao Minh, Deputy Head of the PVN’s Oil and Gas Exploitation Department, said, “Taking a tough journey to reach the Lung Kim School site, we have been touched to see the difficult working condition of the teacher in this Central Highlands … [Read more...] about PV Gas supports school construction in Cao Bang
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Poor construction blamed as Vietnam’s new expressway undergoes repairs
The entire expressway fully opened to traffic just last month, but the section that had opened in August 2017 is now undergoing repairs. Officials have blamed the investor for poor quality construction, but the latter has tried to pass the buck on to inclement weather. Construction of the first ever expressway in the central region, connecting Da Nang City and Quang Ngai Province, began in 2013. A part of it was opened to traffic last year and the new road fully opened to traffic just last month. However, early this month, cracks and potholes were seen in the aftermath of a heavy downpour in the area. They were hundreds of square centimeters wide and 5-10 centimeters deep. On the Transport Ministry’s orders, Vietnamese construction firm Tuan Loc, began repairing the road on Sunday. The ministry has blamed both the project’s main investor, Vietnam Expressway Corporation (VEC) and the contractor for the damage. “The VEC and relevant parties’ incapability to … [Read more...] about Poor construction blamed as Vietnam’s new expressway undergoes repairs
Hanoi construction sites pose risk
Construction sites in the capital pose dangers, due to unsafe working practices. Hanoi construction sites pose risk In November 2014, an iron bar fell from Cat Linh-Ha Dong metro project killed one person instantly and severely injuring several others. In mid-2015, at a railway construction site on Ho Tung Mau Street in Hanoi, another 10-metre-long scaffolding bar almost killed two motorbike drivers when it dropped right in front of them. It took place during rush hour and could have turned out to be deadly. Most recently, on September 27, a scaffolding pole fell from the 16th floor of a building under construction on Le Van Luong Street in Hanoi’s Thanh Xuan District, killing a woman. A construction site in Ha Dong District Traffic participants under an underway metro project in Cau Giay District Cranes and other construction equipment pose dangers to people On October 11, an iron bar fell from a construction … [Read more...] about Hanoi construction sites pose risk
Central Vietnam’s 1st expressway undergoes repairs year after construction
By Dac Thanh  October 16, 2018 | 09:28 am GMT+7 A section of the Da Nang - Quang Ngai Expressway has been damaged with potholes after a heavy downpour. Photo by Dac Thanh Dozens of workers began to repair the Da Nang-Quang Ngai Expressway Monday after it had been badly damaged by rain. The builder and operator of the highway between Da Nang and Quang Ngai Province, Tuan Loc, began the work on a 65-kilometer stretch from Da Nang to Tam Ky in the neighboring Quang Nam Province on orders from the Ministry of Transport. If the weather holds the work would be completed by Wednesday, according to a company supervising unit. On October 5 cracks and potholes formed in the expressway after a heavy downpour in the area. The rain and the fact heavy trucks used the expressway caused the damage, according to Nguyen Tien Thanh, director of the expressway management board. It was not due to poor construction, he claimed. The first ever expressway in the central region had cost … [Read more...] about Central Vietnam’s 1st expressway undergoes repairs year after construction
Huế is to take land of national park for tourism construction
Viet Nam News THỪA THIÊN-HUẾ — A fresh controversy has broken out as local authorities in the central province of Thừa Thiên-Huế plan to take almost 400 hectares from the core zone of local Bạch Mã National Park to develop a tourism complex. The park is a protected area under Vietnamese environmental laws and is a typical biosphere centre of the country. At a seminar on Saturday, the provincial People’s Committee introduced to environmental, construction and cultural experts a proposal to build a 387.8ha ecotourism complex on the top of Bạch Mã Mountain, which is part of the rich biodiversity park. The complex will also include two cable lines. According to Wimberly Allison Tong & Goo, an architectural firm headquartered in the US, the complex would have two sections. The first serves as a transit area connecting the park with the National Highway’s section in the province’s Phú Lộc … [Read more...] about Huế is to take land of national park for tourism construction