The information was revealed by the force at a press conference in the city on July 5. According to Major General Phan Anh Minh, Deputy Chief of the city’s Police, a big explosion occurred on June 20 at a police station in Tan Binh district, injuring one officer and damaging some property. After over 10 days investigating, the city’s police, in coordination with their counterpart from the neighbouring province of Dong Nai, arrested seven suspects. They seized nearly 10kg of TNT explosives, as well as other materials used to make explosives, together with eight explosives to be used for similar attacks. After his arrest, Nguyen Tuan Thanh – born in 1990 – confessed that his father Nguyen Khanh – born in 1964 and residing in Trang Bom district, Dong Nai province – told him to make explosives with remote activation detonators. Both admitted to having close relationships with Ngo Hung, the self-proclaimed commander-in-chief of the Viet Nguyen … [Read more...] about Seven prosecuted, arrested for explosion at police station in HCM City
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Transport Ministry decides to keep rail station in HCM City
Transport Ministry decides to keep rail station in HCM City (27-03-2008) HCM CITY — The Transport Ministry has said Hoa Hung railway station in downtown HCM City, which serves as a transit point for travelling to other provinces, should not be moved to a neighbouring province as part of a plan to upgrade the national railway network. The relocation of the station to Di An in Binh Duong would cause difficulties because it served as a major link for inter-provincial routes, urban railways, and suburban railroads, it said. Officials explained that the new location would not meet the primary requirements of an urban terminal – like being located on key routes and in a densely populated area. A study by the Japan International Co-operation Agency for developing the city’s transport system by 2020 envisages connecting Hoa Hung with the city’s proposed subway system, and said it would serve as a convenient connection point on the north-south route. But the city … [Read more...] about Transport Ministry decides to keep rail station in HCM City
All petrol stations in HCM City to be inspected
VietNamNet Bridge – According to the Ho Chi Minh City Fire-fighting Police Department, all petrol stations in the city will be checked from now to the end of July 2013. Under this plan, inspectors will consider the legality and anti-fire plans of all 514 filling stations in the city. 13 people injured in Hanoi’s petrol station fire A petrol station in fire in Tan Binh District, HCM City last December. Earlier, Mr. Le Tan Buu, deputy director of the Fire-fighting Police Department, stated that petrol stations found flouting fire safety laws could be shut down by the end of this year. According to Buu, 93 petrol stations had been closed for safety reasons since 2007 when a plan to relocate them took effect. Of the 514 left in the city, 107, some opened before 1975, do not meet safety regulations issued last year. To mitigate the threat of fire at petrol stations, the Fire-fighting Police Department has recommended that the city authorities should … [Read more...] about All petrol stations in HCM City to be inspected
Old petrol stations in city forced to upgrade
Old petrol stations in city forced to upgrade By Van Nam - The Saigon Times Daily HCMC – Owners of filling stations aged slightly over five years must repair and upgrade their premises in line with new standards within one year or will be forced to stop business, said a new decision issued by HCMC authorities last week. As per the new decision, owners of those gas stations which had been constructed and begun operating prior to March 16, 2007 must move facilities at least five meters from the street limitation lines. Those filling stations located near intersections have to relocate their entrances away from the intersection point and the width of the entrances must ensure convenient fuel supply. If gas stations are near to certain bridges, they must be relocated out of the bridges’ protection areas as well as from the approach road by at least 50 meters. Meanwhile, the city government allows local gas stations to operate as well as to upgrade their premises on the … [Read more...] about Old petrol stations in city forced to upgrade
Urbanization brings people next door to garbage stations in Vietnam city
People clutch their noses as they pass a waste transfer station in Ho Chi Minh City, where the rubbish is dumped on the ground instead of in containers, leaving a permanent stink lingering there. A worker said the site is sprayed three times a day but it does not seem to help. The site, in Tan Hoa Street, District 11, is the city's biggest transfer point for household waste, receiving around 400 tons a day. Unplanned urbanization is pushing people closer and closer to 47 transfer stations, city authorities admitted. They said 70 percent of the stations are not of ideal size or in ideal locations, and cause people to suffer. The city generates more than 8,000 tons of waste a day, not to mention toilet waste, and more than 2.2 million cubic meters of household and industrial sewage, according to the Department of Natural Resources and Environment. One transfer station is a small piece of land near Kha Van Can Street in Thu Duc District, which forces any vehicles drivers to drive with one … [Read more...] about Urbanization brings people next door to garbage stations in Vietnam city