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Workers set up a car ban pole on Giảng Võ Street, Hà Nội. - Photo zing.vn Viet Nam News HÀ NỘI — Hà Nội has decided to ban Uber and Grab cars on 13 streets during rush hours in an effort to tackle increasing traffic jams. The city’s Department of Transport has, so far, installed signs prohibiting taxis and nine-seater commercial cars and smaller ones, including those of popular transportation networks Uber and Grab, on nine out of 13 streets. The ban is due to go into effect from Thursday. Accordingly, commercial cars will not be allowed to run between 6 and 9am and from 4.30 to 7.30pm. The streets on which the cars are banned are Hoàng Hoa Thám, Mai Xuân Thưởng, Giảng Võ and Láng Hạ, as well as Lê Văn Lương, Trường Chinh, Khâm Thiên and Hàng Bài, in addition to Phủ Doãn, Xuân Thủy, Cầu Giấy, Giải Phóng and the Chương Dương Bridge on the lane from Long Biên District to the city centre. Department director Vũ Văn Viện said the ban was aimed at reducing the … [Read more...] about Uber, Grab cars banned on 13 streets

VEC must lift ban on vehicle circulation on expressways by February 28 The Saigon Times Daily A section of HCMC-Long Thanh-Dau Giay Expressway - PHOTO: LE ANH HCMC - The Directorate for Roads of Vietnam has asked Vietnam Expressway Corporation (VEC) to abolish its practice of banning vehicles from traveling on its expressways by February 28 as it does not have the mandate to issue such rules, the local media reported. VEC must eliminate unreasonable regulations in its Decision 13/2019, issued on January 10, such as temporarily banning drivers who park their vehicles or leave litter on expressways, for one to seven days, and banning those passing through tollgates without paying toll fees or hindering the work of the tollgates’ staff, for 30-60 days. On February 11, the Directorate for Roads of Vietnam asked VEC to report on the fact that its subsidiary, Vietnam Expressway Services Engineering JSC (VECE), had announced a permanent ban on two cars with number … [Read more...] about VEC must lift ban on vehicle circulation on expressways by February 28

VN supports Ban Ki-Moon for UN secretary general (13-10-2006) NEW YORK — Viet Nam supports the appointment of Ban Ki-Moon, Foreign Minister of the Republic of Korea (RoK), as the next UN secretary general. That was the message of Vietnamese Permanent Representative to the UN Le Luong Minh, who was speaking at a meeting between Ban Ki-Moon and representatives of Asian countries to the UN on Wednesday. He said that he welcomed the nomination of Ban, a representative of an Asian country that Viet Nam has a close relationship with, as the new UN chief. — VNS … [Read more...] about VN supports Ban Ki-Moon for UN secretary general

Downtown condo development ban may cause monopoly By Le Anh An aerial view of the downtown area of HCMC - PHOTO: THANH HOA HCMC - The HCMC government’s decision to stop licensing new multistorey apartment building projects in Districts 1 and 3 until 2020 could result in a monopoly among the few investors in projects currently under construction, paving the way for them to raise the prices of apartments, according to the HCMC Real Estate Association (HoREA). HCMC currently has more than 8,500 high-end apartments, accounting for 30% of the total, while low-cost ones make up only 24.7%, with nearly 7,000 units. This means that there is an imbalance in HCMC’s housing market. A balanced housing market should have the largest proportion of low-end apartments and the smallest proportion of apartments in the high-end segment. HoREA forecast a shortage of homes for low-income people but an abundant supply of high-end apartments. Investors in luxury apartments will have to … [Read more...] about Downtown condo development ban may cause monopoly

Herbicides 2,4-Dichlorophenoxyacetic acid and paraquat are officially banned in Việt Nam. — Photo laodong.com.vn Viet Nam News HÀ NỘI — The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development has issued a diktat prohibiting the use of plant protection products containing paraquat and 2,4-Dichlorophenoxyacetic acid (2,4-D) in Việt Nam. The decision to eliminate the two herbicides from the list of plant protection chemicals was made after scientific evidence showed that the chemicals posed a danger to both humans and the environment, Plant Protection Department said. Paraquat, a chemical weed killer, and 2,4-D, an organic compound, are used to control a broad range of weeds, but leaves cereals, lawn turf, and grasslands relatively unaffected. 2,4-D can be found in numerous commercial lawn herbicide mixtures, and is widely used as a weed killer for cereal crops, pastures, and orchards. Over 1,500 herbicide products contain 2,4-D as an active ingredient. According to the … [Read more...] about Govt bans 2,4-D, paraquat in Việt Nam

Ethnic groups in the northern province of Điện Biên perform the traditional dances of xoè on the occassion of the Ban Flower Festival which opened on Sunday.—VNA/VNS Photo Trọng Đức Viet Nam News ĐIỆN BIÊN – The northwestern province of Điện Biên should capitalise on its advantages to develop tourism, National Assembly Chairwoman Nguyễn Thị Kim Ngân told provincial officials yesterday. Lauding local socio-economic achievements, the top legislator, who is visiting some northwestern provinces, told Điện Biên to use the special national relic site of the Điện Biên Phủ Victory for tourism development. As a province with 19 ethnic groups, it can offer diverse cultures for tourists to explore, she said. The province should plant more ban trees, whose flowers are considered a symbol of the northwest of Việt Nam, to improve local landscapes and create a tourist attraction. Chairwoman Ngân also asked the province to co-ordinate with other localities and businesses to … [Read more...] about Điện Biên advised to make use of advantages to foster tourism

Illegal fishing at Linh Đàm Lake in Hà Nội. VNS Photo Đoàn Tùng Viet Nam News HÀ NỘI — Along the canals andr lakes in Hà Nội and HCM City, passers-by are used to men gathering in large groups for hours with their fishing rods, patiently waiting for the fish to come. Sometimes, the street corner is crowded with cheerful noise and claps when someone has a big catch. Their fishing occurs day and night despite big warning signs nearby saying fishing is banned. Ngô Thị Yến, a resident of Hà Nội’s Tây Hồ District, said that hundreds of residents around West Lake make a living by catching fish. Some even catch up to ten kilograms of fish every day. The illegal fishing poses possible risks to passers-by. When fishermen cast their fishing lines, passers-by might be injured by the hook. Fishermen need to spend VNĐ500,000 (US$23) per month to buy a “ticket” for fishing at Thủ Lệ Park in Ba Đình District in order to legally catch fish there. A fisherman at the park said that he … [Read more...] about Police ignore illegal fishing

Firefighters extinguish flames. — VNA/VNS Photo Thành Chung Viet Nam News HCM CITY — Victims of a deadly fire on Friday early morning at a HCM City’s apartment building died from suffocation, said Senior Lieutenant Colonel Nguyễn Thanh Hưởng, deputy director of the city’s Department of Firefighting Police. Hưởng said the death toll was 13 as of 8am on Friday. Twenty-eight others were injured. Identities of only five victims have been confirmed so far, including Lưu Lê Bích Phượng, Party secretary and Chairwoman of People’s Committee of District 1’s Nguyễn Thái Bình Ward. There are three unidentified children among the dead, reported Tuổi Trẻ (Youth) newspaper. The fire started at a 20,000sq.m basement parking between blocks A and B of the Plaza. Thirteen cars and 150 motorbikes were burned. Hưởng said the fire-preventing door connecting the basement and the upper floor was open when the fire started and that many doors on the upper floors were also not closed, which … [Read more...] about HCM City’s fire victims die from suffocation

Traffic congestion at the Tạ Quang Bửu - Bạch Mai junction in Hà Nội. — VNA/VNS Photo Viet Nam News HÀ NỘI — Hà Nội authorities are drawing up plans to set aside additional streets for pedestrians only to “lessen public dependency” on private vehicles, especially motorbikes, the head of the municipal department of transportation, Vũ Văn Viện, said at a June 21 workshop on traffic safety. The event was organised by the National Traffic Safety Committee and South Korea’s Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport. Propelled by the success of the walking streets around Hoàn Kiếm Lake, considered the heart of the capital city,  replication of this model is just one of an array of measures that city authorities are considering in an ambitious attempt to stop the use of motorbikes altogether. According to the transport director, some countries in the region implemented a five to ten-year roadmap to purge inner cities of the (hitherto) ubiquitous presence of motorbikes. In … [Read more...] about More pedestrian-only streets coming in Hà Nội

The 11th National Congress of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) on January 18 elected 175 official members and 25 alternate members to CPV Central Committee (CPVCC) for the 11th tenure. The following is the list of the official members of the 11th CPVCC: I OFFICIAL MEMBERS 1. Hoang Tuan Anh, member of the CPVCC and Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism 2. Le Hong Anh, Politburo member of the CPVCC, General, Minister of Public Security 3. Le Thi Thu Ba, member of the CPVCC, member of the National Assembly's Standing Committee and Chair of the NA Committee for Justice 4. Ha Ban, Secretary of the Kon Tum Provincial Party Committee 5. Bui Quang Ben, Secretary of the Kien Giang Provincial Party Committee 6. Duong Thanh Binh, Secretary of the Ca Mau Provincial Party Committee 7. Nguyen Hoa Binh, Secretary of the Quang Ngai Provincial Party Committee 8. Nguyen Thai Binh, member … [Read more...] about Roster of new Party Central Committee