Inaugurates the Cai Mep-Thi Vai International port (17/02/2013)
The Cai Mep-Thi Vai International Port was inaugurated Monday during a ceremony attended by the Ministry of Transport and the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) The deep-sea port, which received investment from the transport ministry, broke ground in late 2008 and cost VND12,891 trillion ($619.76 billion), an amount provided by the JICA and reciprocal capital from the Vietnamese government.
Fertilizer makers forced to boost urea exports (17/02/2013)
Given the foreseen saturated urea fertilizer demand at home and increasing output, companies in the local fertilizer industry will have no other choice but to ship products overseas this year despite the challenging conditions.
Overseas students collect books for children in rural areas (17/02/2013)
A group of Vietnamese students studying in Germany has launched a program called “Sach cho nong thon” (Books for rural areas) to give poor children in their home country greater access to reading material.
Solutions sought for energy security (07/02/2013)
Viet Nam is looking for solutions to ensure energy security after scientists warned that climate change would have strong impacts on energy demand and supply in the country....According to scientists, climate change would cause rising sea levels, rising temperatures, changing rainfalls and growing frequencies and intensities of extreme weather conditions. Viet Nam was one of countries to be hardest hit by climate change. Nguyen Ba Cuong, deputy head of the Ministry of Industry and Trade's Institute of Energy, said at a workshop yesterday that climate change impacts could cause an increase in demand for energy.
Con Dao in top nine of world's most mysterious islands (07/02/2013)
Con Dao, an island district in Ba Ria – Vung Tau southern province, has been included in Lonely Planet's travel magazine as one of the top nine of the world's most mysterious islands. The nine most mysterious islands include Torres Strait (Australia), Yaeyama (Japan), Con Dao (Vietnam), Iles du Salut (Guiana, French), Ulleungdo (the Republic of Korea), San Blas (Panama), Penghu (Taiwan), Bay and Hog islands (Honduras) and Ssese (Uganda).
Project helps farmers deal with climate change (23/01/2013)
Vietnam is at risk of becoming one of the most adversely affected countries by climate change, which could seriously affect the country’s booming economic growth. To help address this issue, a bilateral project was launched by the Vietnamese Association for the Conservation of Nature (VACNE) and the Stockholm International Water Institute (SIWI) to “strengthen farming’ resilience to climate change in the country’s Mekong and Red River deltas.
Telecoms industry leads development (22/01/2013)
Development of Viet Nam's wired and wireless broadband internet infrastructure can progress ahead of schedule, despite the country setting a target of becoming a modern industrial nation by 2020.
100 calligraphers gather in Vung Tau (15/01/2013)
More than 100 people from 12 famous calligraphy clubs throughout the country grouped up in the southern coastal city of Vung Tau on January 12. The event is a cultural activity to look towards to the roots and honor the traditional cultural values, elite culture in the art of calligraphy. On this occasion, the Vietnam Record Book Center recognized and presented eight calligraphy-related records.
With the event of winning the Second Prize of International Asia-Pacific Association (IAPQA), Ba Ria - Vung Tau Urban Sewerage and Drainage Company (Busadco) has just been voted by science and technological journalist Club – the Vietnamese Journalists Association voted one of the top ten science and technology events in 2012. Ten events were voted for five areas: Policy mechanism; social sciences, humanities and nature; engineering science and technology; honoring scientists; international cooperation.
Priority to supporting industries, seaports (15/01/2013)
After three years of implementation, the Japan - Vietnam Economic Partnership Agreement has expanded trade and strengthened economic relationship between the two countries. On this basis, in order to attract more investment from Japan, Ba Ria - Vung Tau has defined priority areas of calling for investment.
