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Children at the Linh Trung 1 Export Processing Zone Kindergarten in Thủ Đức District. — Source http://nld.com.vn Viet Nam News HCM CITY — Two more HCM City districts have extended hours at kindergartens for the upcoming 2017-18 academic year for children of factory workers who work overtime at industrial parks and export processing zones in HCM City. Workers who have kids at nurseries and kindergartens in Tân Thuận Export Processing Zone in District 7 and Tây Bắc Industrial Park in Củ Chi District will be able to send their children to kindergarten at 5:30pm or later. Kindergartens in the two districts extended hours to 5:30pm and to Saturday this academic year, instead of the previous 4pm Monday through Friday. In the previous school year, overtime services began at kindergartens in the Linh Trung 1 and 2 export processing zones in Thủ Đức District and the April 30 Kindergarten in Vĩnh Lộc Industrial Zone in Bình Tân District. The total number of children … [Read more...] about Kindergartens extend opening hours for kids of factory workers

First casino for Vietnamese gamblers opened By Huynh Kim A view outside Corona Casino & Resort on Phu Quoc Island- PHOTO: BAO CHI CAN THO - Corona casino, which is part of Corona Resort & Casino on Phu Quoc Island off Kien Giang Province and the first to allow the Vietnamese to gamble, was officially opened on January 19. To gain entry into the casino, gamblers must buy a ticket at VND1 million for 24 hours. The revenue from the fee collection will go into the budget of Kien Giang Province. Casino visitors must meet a number of conditions. Specifically, they must be 21 years old or above and have regular income of at least VND10 million a month. The first phase of the Corona Resort & Casino complex project was invested VND25 trillion (US$1.1 billion). Daily casino operations will be overseen by Upffinity Gaming Management, a casino management firm of the Netherlands. The complex provides lodging and entertainment services, with 2,000 five-star hotel … [Read more...] about First casino for Vietnamese gamblers opened

The Cốc Pài Bridge in Hà Giang Province’s Xín Mần District officially opened to traffic last Sunday - VNS Photo Hồng Minh Viet Nam News By Hồng Minh HÀ GIANG – Teacher Nông Thị Vá is early riser. She has no choice because her 12km daily commute to work involves driving her motorbike through rough mountain roads and crossing the local river on a small suspension bridge. She has to do all this to get to a class of 12 Tày ethnic minority students in Thèn Phàng Commune, Ha Giang Province. As someone belonging to an ethnic minority community (La Chi) herself, Vá knows how important education is for people like herself. It is a ticket out of poverty, so she does not want to miss a class or be late for one. Last Sunday, life got much easier for Vá, 46, a resident of Cốc Pài Town in Hà Giang. A new bridge over the Chảy River opened to traffic that day. “The old bridge was narrow and dangerous. On rainy days, it got really bad. I would have to wait for hours to get across,” … [Read more...] about A bridge opens up ‘a new world’

Vehicles and visitors used to be stuck at Gót ferry terminal earlier. Now, they can ferry from Hải Phòng to Cát Bà Island 24 hours a day, throughout the week. —VNA/VNS Photo Hoàng Ngọc Viet Nam News HÀ NỘI — Hải Phòng City’s Department of Transport has decided to allow the Gót ferry terminal to operate for 24 hours throughout the week. According to the decision on May 12, 2018 on the temporary traffic flow at Gót ferry terminal in Cát Hải District, the ferry terminal will operate round the clock every day from May 12 to serve the increasing tourist demand during the summer vacation, director of the city’s Department of Transport Vũ Duy Tùng confirmed to vietnamplus.vn online newspaper. The terminal from Tân Vũ Bridge across the island will ferry tourists to Cát Bà tourim island 24 hours a day, so there are no time constraints for visitors to get back to the mainland. However, two-way trucks passing through the terminal are prohibited from 2pm to 9pm on Fridays and from … [Read more...] about Gót ferry terminal to remain open 24 hours

The Đà Nẵng - Tam Kỳ Highway, which opened last year, is part of the Đà Nẵng - Quảng Ngãi Highway. — Photo baogiaothong.vn Viet Nam News HÀ NỘI — The entire length of the Đà Nẵng-Quảng Ngãi highway, connecting the two central provinces, will open for traffic from National Day, September 2. The highway, stretching over 139 km and linking with National Highway No1, cost about US$1.64 billion, of which $798 million was loaned from the Japan International Co-operation Agency and $590 million from the World Bank. The rest is allocated from the State budget. The highway allows speed limits of up to 120km per hour, which helps reduce travel time from Đà Nẵng to Quảng Ngãi to one hour and a half instead of the usual 3 hours using National Highway No1. Besides helping relieve traffic pressure on National Highway No1, the Đà Nẵng-Quảng Ngãi Highway is also expected to boost socio-economic development of the localities it runs through. According to the project manager, in August … [Read more...] about Đà Nẵng-Quảng Ngãi Highway to open for traffic on National Day

Bamboo Airways opens three air routes to Haiphong By Le Anh The first flight operated by Bamboo Airways lands at Cat Bi International Airport in Haiphong City – PHOTO: THE HUY HCMC – Bamboo Airways, Vietnam’s newest carrier, on May 10 launched three new air routes linking the northern city of Haiphong with HCMC, Can Tho and Quy Nhon. The carrier will operate two flights a day on each of the three routes. Passengers departing from Haiphong’s Cat Bi International Airport will take two hours to reach HCMC, while the Haiphong-Can Tho flight is two hours and five minutes long. The Haiphong-Quy Nhon flight is one hour and 35 minutes long. The launch of the three routes is part of the carrier’s plan to develop a flight network connecting Cat Bi airport with local destinations, such as Danang and Phu Quoc, and international destinations, such as Bangkok, Singapore and Seoul, in the years to come. Addressing the launch ceremony, Nguyen Van Tung, chairman of Haiphong City, … [Read more...] about Bamboo Airways opens three air routes to Haiphong

Drivers oppose high fees and the toll station’s inappropriate location at the Cai Lậy Build-Operation-Transfer toll station, causing traffic jams for nearly an hour on Thursday, the first working day after three months of being temporarily suspended from operation. — VNA/VNS Photo Minh Trí Viet Nam News TIỀN GIANG — Cai Lậy Build-Operation-Transfer (BOT) toll station was forced to open its gates Thursday night as drivers used small currency notes to buy tickets, as a protest against the high fees. To pay the VNĐ25,000 fee, several drivers used a VNĐ20,000 note, nine VNĐ500 notes, three VNĐ200 notes and insisted the BOT fee collectors provide them exact change of VNĐ100 ($0.0044), which is rarely used in daily transactions. They also shouted, recorded videos and took photos of BOT staff. At 1.45am on Friday, a traffic jam occurred on four lanes of Cai Lậy BOT toll station, from HCM City to Mekong Delta provinces. Therefore, fee collection had to be halted; however, four … [Read more...] about BOT Cai Lậy opens gates as drivers ask for small change

Leaders of the 21 APEC economies gather in Ha Noi yesterday to discuss a wide range of topics, including the Doha round and free trade agreements. — VNA/VNSPhoto APEC Economic Leaders Meeting opens (19-11-2006) HA NOI — Leaders of 21 APEC economies began their annual two-day meeting in Ha Noi yesterday afternoon with an informal retreat. During the two-hour meeting chaired by Viet Nam President Nguyen Minh Triet, leaders discussed the Doha round, regional trade arrangements and free trade agreements (RTAs/FTAs), the Ha Noi action plan to implement the Busan roadmap and ways to advance the Bogor goals. Following the retreat, leaders issued a statement on the Doha Development Agenda (DDA) round of WTO negotiations and then held a one-hour dialogue with the APEC Business Advisory Council (ABAC). Leaders meet again this morning when they are expected to discuss matters concerning human security, economic and technical co-operation, APEC reform, and other issues. A … [Read more...] about APEC Economic Leaders Meeting opens

Cả Pass tunnel reduces travel time through the pass by 50 minutes. — VNA/VNS Photo Thế Lập Viet Nam News PHÚ YÊN — Cả Pass tunnel road, Việt Nam’s most modern tunnel route, was opened to traffic on Monday morning, reducing travel time from one hour to 10 minutes. The tunnel linking Phú Yên Province’s Hào Sơn Commune to Khánh Hòa Province’s Cổ Mã Commune stretches over 13km, including two bi-tube tunnels – Cả Pass tunnel (4.1km in length) and Cổ Mã tunnel (500m). Each tunnel has two sides, each of which has two lanes for vehicles travelling in the same direction at the speed of 80km per hour. This is the first tunnel road project under Build-Operate-Transfer (BOT) using domestic funds of over VNĐ11 trillion (US$478.2 million) invested by Vietnamese investors and contractors. The tunnel is expected to solve traffic congestion, enhance traffic safety through Cả Pass and help connect the two provinces to boost socio-economic development. Service fee for the tunnel is … [Read more...] about Cả Pass tunnel road opened to traffic

A double-tunnel project at An Sương intersection is expected to reduce traffic congestion at HCM City’s northwest gateway. — VNA/VNS Photo Viet Nam News HCM CITY —  One of the two tunnels at the An Sương intersection located between HCM City’s District 12 and Hóc Môn District opened on Wednesday after nearly 13 months of construction. Work on the tunnel No 1 began on January 19 last year with a total cost of VNĐ149.9 billion (US$6.6 million). The tunnel extends from downtown to Củ Chi District and Tây Ninh Province. It is above ground on Trường Chinh Street for a distance of 140m, and on National Highway No 22 for 180m. The two-lane tunnel is 445m long, 9m wide and 4.75m high. Trịnh Linh Phương, deputy director of the Urban Transport Management Zone No 3, said: “This tunnel is expected to reduce traffic congestion at the city’s northwest gateway.” The maximum speed for automobiles in the tunnel is 50km per hour. Construction of Tunnel N1 at An Sương … [Read more...] about An Sương intersection tunnel opens in HCM City