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According to the World Health Organization (WHO), road crashes in Vietnam cause an estimated 24,970 fatalities and more than 499,400 injuries each year. Children are particularly vulnerable: 1,900 children perish on Vietnam’s roads each year. Road crashes are the second leading cause of death for Vietnamese children between the ages of 5 and 14. The WHO reports wearing a seatbelt reduces the risk of death among drivers and front seat occupants by 45-50% and the risk of death and serious injuries among rear seat occupants by 25%. … [Read more...] about AA Vietnam and AIP Foundation bring child car safety training to parents in Hanoi

Standing vice Chairwoman of the National Assembly Tong Thi Phong speaking at the meeting - Photo: VNA The city also needs to expand its urban space and complete its traffic, water supply and treatment, and electricity infrastructure, in addition to developing various types of tourism. … [Read more...] about Son La asked to review master plan on socio-economic development

Attendants were in agreement that foreign ODA and preferential loans must be used only for development investment purposes and not for regular expenses. However, the distinction between regular expenses and investments for development remains unclear in ODA projects. … [Read more...] about PM asks for unnecessary expenses in ODA projects to be cut

PM Nguyen Xuan Phuc speaks at the working session - Photo: VGP Addressing a working session with the province’s officials on March 23 on the occasion of the 44th anniversary of Quang Nam’s liberation (March 24, 1975-2019), the PM said Quang Nam should strive to become a new growth polar in the central-Central Highlands region along with Quang Ngai province and Da Nang city. … [Read more...] about Quang Nam should double economic scale in five years: PM

According to Director of the city’s Department of Planning and Investment Nguyen Manh Quyen, there was a surge in the inflow of foreign investment into Hanoi, with 4.04 billion USD worth of direct and indirect investment, a 10-time increase year on year. … [Read more...] about Hanoi reports 6.99 percent GDP growth in Q1

Vu Xuan Thanh – Deputy General Director of the Vietnam Disaster Management Authority under the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development and Deputy Chief of Office of the Central Steering Committee for Natural Disaster Prevention and Control – said that in recent years, the Party, State and Government have promoted concerted structural and non-structural solutions to minimise the impact of natural disasters. Relevant mechanisms, policies and laws have also been perfected. … [Read more...] about Seminar urges revision to laws on disaster prevention, control