Crucial road project to get goods moving

Date: 10/08/2009

The expansion of a major arterial road is expected to ease the flow of goods in the southern region.

Coal exports hit 13.5 million tonnes

Date: 10/08/2009

Viet Nam exported more than 13.5 million tonnes of coal in the first seven months of this year, equal to the same period last year.

Kim Lien underpass gets upgraded

Date: 10/08/2009

Preparation for the waterproofing of Hanoi’s Kim Lien Underpass, the most modern underpass in Vietnam, starts on August 10.

Vietnam Industry and Energy Fund shuts down

Date: 10/08/2009

Vietnam Industry and Energy Fund Management Joint Stock Co. has been approved to close, according to Decision 463/QD-UBCK signed by the chairman of the State Securities Commission of Vietnam.

Construction ministry seeks to set up new industry groups

Date: 10/08/2009

The Ministry of Construction has proposed that the government grant permission for two new state-owned groups in the construction and engineering industries to strengthen local business competitiveness.

Vietnam’s pharmaceutical industry needs hi-tech investment

Date: 10/08/2009

Although Vietnam has a treasure of abundant and diverse sources of pharmaceutical materials, including nearly 4,000 herbal plants, the country’s pharmaceutical industry currently depends on material imported from China to make up medicines. To exploit its own resources, it is necessary for Vietnam to...

PPP model to be applied in Hai Phong International gateway port project

Date: 08/08/2009

Ministry of Transportation and Japanese International Cooperation Agency (Jica) has agreed to choose the project of Hai Phong International gateway port – the first phase as the model project to apply the PPP investment model (Public-Private Partnerships), in which the state would contribute capital...

Ninh Thuan hires foreign firm to draw master plans

Date: 08/08/2009

The Ninh Thuan Provincial People’s Committee has just assigned the Provincial Department for Planning and Investment to sign a contract on the consultancy of a provincial socio-economic development master plan with Monitor Group.

Investors pledge USD4 billion of investment in Red River Delta

Date: 08/08/2009

Ten local and foreign investors pledged to invest nearly USD4 billion in projects in the two northern provinces of Nam Dinh and Thai Binh in the Red River Delta at a conference on Wednesday, the Vietnam News Agency reports.

Phu Bai airport project opened up to foreign investment

Date: 08/08/2009

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has granted approval ’in principle’ for the establishment of a joint venture between Vietnamese and foreign investors to develop Phu Bai Airport in Thua Thien-Hue Province into an international airport.

More money requested to clean up toxic canal

Date: 07/08/2009

Ho Chi Minh City agency has asked the municipal administration to grant an additional VND437 billion (USD24.5 million) to a project to clean up a polluted canal that floods neighborhoods with untreated wastewater.

Inspection campaign aims to make waterways safer

Date: 07/08/2009

An inspection campaign to lower the high rate of deaths and accidents on Vietnamese waterways will get under way from the middle of this month and last until October.

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