Thousands of apartments and land lots for the resettlement of residents in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City have been left deserted for years, causing huge waste. While many laborers are in dire need of accommodations, solutions to these abandoned resettlement apartments and the resettlement in the future to prevent similar cases are needed. Abandonment and untidiness According to the Hanoi Department of Construction, the capital city is now home to nearly 18,000 resettlement apartments. Most of them have been sold and allocated for projects. Only over 400 units remain unused. However, in reality, thousands of these apartments are presently empty. Some projects with hundreds of apartments each are complete but their wastewater treatment and fire prevention and control systems have yet to be approved. Most of these projects are now degrading and facing a shortage of facilities, such as playgrounds for children, sport facilities, and parks. More than 3,700 … [Read more...] about Thousands of resettlement apartments abandoned in Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City
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PM chairs nationwide virtual conference reviewing digital population data project
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh (centre) speaks at the event. (Photo: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) – Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on August 9 chaired a national virtual conference to review six months of implementing a project on developing the application of population database , e-identification, and e-authentication for the national digital transformation in the 2022-2025 period with a vision to 2030 (Project 06). Addressing the event that gathered more than 130,700 delegates nationwide, Chinh, also Chairman of the National Steering Committee on Digital Transformation, said the project aims to organise public services to serve the people through a digital environment. The Government leader stated the difficult and far-reaching work requires great concentration, determination, and efforts coupled with drastic actions. As heard at the function, the Government has so far held 16 meetings, issued one decree, one dispatch, and seven notifications, with four resolutions of its … [Read more...] about PM chairs nationwide virtual conference reviewing digital population data project
People and businesses urged to take part in the digitalization: PM
Digitalization is seen as a major instrument for Vietnam to promote an independent and self-reliant economy. Businesses and people should be the main beneficiaries and the driving force for the national digital transformation, so the Government encourages them to take an active part in this process. Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh at the meeting. Source: VGP Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh stressed the goal during a meeting of the National Committee on Digitalization today [August 8]. According to Chinh, efforts from Government agencies and localities have been translated into strong progress in Vietnam’s digitalization and contributed to the socio-economic recovery. The prime minister, however, pointed to the incompleted legal environment as the reason hampering the digitalization process, while a lack of investment in digital infrastructure, including the mobile and fixed broadband internet speeds behind the world average, means it has failed to create … [Read more...] about People and businesses urged to take part in the digitalization: PM
☕ Afternoon briefing on August 8
Hanoi (VNA) - The following is a brief review of the day’s events as reported by the Vietnam News Agency on August 8. - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on August 8 described digital transformation as an important tool for the building of an independent and self-reliant economy and the extensive and effective integration into the world. He made the remark while chairing the third meeting of the National Committee on Digital Transformation in Hanoi. Read full story - Issues in the areas of public security and culture, sports and tourism will be the focus of the upcoming question-and-answer session of the 15th National Assembly (NA)’s 14th session on August 10, according to a freshly-released plan of the NA Standing Committee. Read full story - A delegation of the Royal Cambodian Armed Forces (RCAF) led by Lt. Gen. Hun Manet, Deputy Commander-in-Chief of the RCAF and Commander of the Royal Cambodian Army, is making an official visit to Vietnam. Following an official welcome … [Read more...] about ☕ Afternoon briefing on August 8
All four Vietnamese students win gold at IChO 2022
The four students are Nguyen Viet Phong, a 12th grader from Le Hong Phong High School for the Gifted in Ho Chi Minh City; Tran Duc Minh, a 12th grader from Bien Hoa High School for the Gifted in Ha Nam province; Phan Xuan Hanh, a 12th grader from Ha Tinh High School for the Gifted; and Pham Nguyen Minh Tuan, a 11th grader from the High School for the Gifted of Natural Sciences under the University of Natural Sciences, Vietnam National University, Hanoi. This is the second time that all Vietnamese members have won the gold medal at the competition, after the first one in 2020. IChO 2022 was hosted by China from July 8 to 18 with the participation of 326 contestants from 84 countries and territories. The Vietnamese students competed online at the Hanoi National University of Education. Also according to the Ministry of Education and Training, four Vietnamese students participating in the International Biology Olympiad 2022 (IBO 2022) clinched one silver and three bronze medals. IBO … [Read more...] about All four Vietnamese students win gold at IChO 2022
14th session of 15th N.A. Standing Committee to open on August 9
The resolutions target the establishment of Binh Phu town in Cai Lay district in the Mekong Delta province of Tien Giang, and Chon Thanh township and its wards in the southern province of Binh Phuoc, the N.A. Office said on August 8. The committee will also discuss and make a final decision on the inclusion of the draft Law on Management and Use of State Capital Invested in Production and Business at Enterprises (amended) into the law and ordinance building program in 2023. The lawmakers are scheduled to offer opinions on socio-economic issues regarding the middle-term public investment plan for the 2021-2025 period, and the Government’s proposal for policies aimed at employers and employees affected by COVID-19. A Q&A session will be held on August 10 focusing on matters under the charge of the Ministry of Public Security and the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism. Deputy Prime Ministers Pham Binh Minh and Vu Duc Dam, along with other ministers, will be responding to … [Read more...] about 14th session of 15th N.A. Standing Committee to open on August 9
Key priorities for healthcare sector amid challenging time
In addition, I will strive to do my best and make efforts, together with the staff at the Ministry of Health, to deploy the works of the sector in the upcoming time. Acting Minister of Health Dao Hong Lan was welcomed by Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh into her new role, Photo: Duc Thanh Vietnam’s healthcare sector is facing a number of challenges, requiring more efforts to increase its resilience and sustainable development. There are a lot of tasks ahead. At the appointment ceremony, the prime minister directed 7-8 main tasks and I think that all are necessary to carry out at the same time for the sake of people’s health. Therefore, the most important thing is the assignment of the ministry’s units to enable them to do better in terms of pandemic prevention and control, as well as in vaccinations, preventive health, and general diagnosis and treatment. They are all equally important and their development and improvements could enable the sector’s development as a … [Read more...] about Key priorities for healthcare sector amid challenging time