Highway 51 completed 70% only (22/09/2011)
Highway 51 project started in August 2009 and the whole building site has officially been constructed since November 2009. However, in the construction process, investors and contractors have had a lot of problems due to the increase of the material costs and problems with the clearance and technical infrastructure constructions. Up to now, there are still many places to be executed the work , that haven’t been cleared yet.
Hi-tech agricultural park lures over VND 450 bln (21/09/2011)
The Hồ Chí Minh City hi-tech agricultural park has lured 14 projects with a total registered capital of VND 452 billion after seven years of establishment.
Throughput at Vietnam ports declines (21/09/2011)
Ports have seen a decline in cargo throughput due to falling consumer demand in importing countries and overcapacity at the Cai Mep-Thi Vai deepwater port complex, according to the Vietnam Seaports Association.
PM Dung urges tighter controls on foreign projects (21/09/2011)
Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has signed issue No 1617/CT-TTg directing ministers, heads of Government agencies and chairpersons of provincial and municipal People's Committees to strengthen and tighten the management of foreign investment in the period 2011-2020.
VN, Indonesia look to strategic partnership (15/09/2011)
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Summer Arctic sea ice melt at or near record (14/09/2011)
Arctic sea ice this summer melted to a record low extent or will come a close second, two different research institutes said on Tuesday, confirming a trend which could yield an ice-free summer within a decade.
The five biggest melts in a 32-year satellite record have all happened in the past five years, likely a result of both manmade climate change and natural weather patterns.
Vietnam launches locally-made oil rigs (11/09/2011)
Two locally-made large oil rigs were put into operation on Saturday at the
A rare species of rock rat found in Quang Binh Province (08/09/2011)
A rare species of rock rat, thought to have been extinct for 11 million years, has just been found in the central
Vietnam to hold chemical and oils-spill exercises (30/08/2011)
Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has decided to organize the first-ever exercise on prevention of toxic chemicals and oil spills in Phu Tho and Ca Mau provinces, after the exercise on tsunami in Da Nang city this October.
The major goal of the exercise is checking the tsunami warning system of Vietnam, particularly the operation of the ten observatory stations which have just been installed in Da Nang, and to improve skills of the various groups and authorities in responding to a disaster.
Olympiad winners, university students honored (28/08/2011)
The Ministry of Education and Training and the Student Association held a ceremony yesterday to honor all students who won awards at the 2011 International Olympiad and also those students receiving the highest marks in university entrance examinations in
