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Sydney (VNA) - The Vietnamese community in Australia expects the upcoming 13th National Party Congress to judiciously select competent leaders to lead the country over the course of the next five years, Tran Ba Phuc, President of the Vietnam Business Association in Australia, has said. In an interview granted to the Vietnam News Agency (VNA)’s reporter in Sydney, Phuc, who is also a member of the Vietnam Fatherland Front Central Committee, said that Vietnamese people living overseas have made substantial contributions to the country’s socio-economic development and culture. He expressed his hope that the Party and State will issue policies enabling representatives of Vietnamese communities abroad to participate in powerful State agencies and have their voices heard. Phuc proposed that the Party and State create the most favourable conditions possible for Vietnamese overseas who wish to keep their Vietnamese nationality or be re-naturalised in Vietnam. He also expected … [Read more...] about Vietnamese in Australia looks forward to 13th National Party Congress

HCM City (VNS/VNA) – The southern province of Binh Duong will spend around 9 trillion VND (388 million USD) on key transport projects this year to boost socio-economic development, Chairman of the provincial People’s Committee Nguyen Hoang Thao has said.  In order to efficiently use the money, funds will be spent on important, key projects that can be completed and put into use this year. Specifically, the province plans to build fly-over bridges at Phuoc Kien, Cho Dinh and Cho Cay Dua junctions. The provincial construction department said the fly-overs would reduce ground level junctions with the ring road and the My Phuoc - Tan Van expressway, while boosting traffic connections among industrial parks in the province and HCM City ports. The province also plans to expand and upgrade My Phuoc - Tan Van expressway and provincial highways No. 743, 747B and 746, which will improve transport to Dong Nai province and HCM City. … [Read more...] about Binh Duong to spend 388 million USD to improve transport connectivity

The provincial construction department said the fly-overs would reduce ground level junctions with the ring road and the Mỹ Phước - Tân Vạn expressway, while boosting traffic connections among industrial parks in the province and HCM City ports. … [Read more...] about Bình Dương to spend $388 million to improve transport connectivity

Over recent years, the performance of Vietnam’s e-government has been improving significantly, moving to 86th out of 193 countries and territories, 13 steps better than in 2014, according to the United Nations. The business environment ranking has improved 20 places to 70th out of 190, and ranks fifth in terms of ASEAN member states. … [Read more...] about Japanese expertise to accelerate e-government

This was a record loss in the history of Vietnam Airlines. The loss is expected to decrease by VND2.8 trillion when the carrier completes the procedures to adjust depreciation, and allocation of expenses on repair and maintenance in accordance with the government’s policy to help it overcome current difficulties. … [Read more...] about Earning VND10 trillion within two months, ‘boss Thuy’ enters top list of billionaires