Showing posts with label northern vietnam. Show all posts
Showing posts with label northern vietnam. Show all posts

Saturday, June 28, 2014

Quang Ninh urged to fully tap its potential — TalkVietnam

Quang Ninh urged to fully tap its potential


Nhan Dan Online – Deputy Prime Minister Hoang Trung Hai has suggested the northern province of Quang Ninh mobilize domestic and foreign resources to develop a system of planned and modern infrastructure, with a focus on upgrading its transport networks, in order to fully tap its strengths and potential.

Deputy PM Hai gave this instruction while attending and chairing a June 28 conference held in Ha Long city to reform Quang Ninh’s investment promotion and improve the province’s competitiveness.

He praised the great efforts and outstanding achievements made by Quang Ninh authorities and people, affirming that the province possessed every factor for rapid and sustainable growth with its specific advantages in natural conditions and geographic location.

He urged the province to promote socio-economic development in combination with national defence, facilitate administrative procedure reform and develop highly qualified human resources as well as to promote the application of technological and scientific advances and implement drastic measures to remove difficulties for local enterprises.

Quang Ninh was also asked to quickly improve its investment environment and national competitive capacities and actively facilitate international integration, to make effective use of its strengths and potential.

At the conference, the provincial authorities introduced a series of projects calling for investment in transport, technical, tourism and recreation infrastructure. Participants including domestic and foreign managers, investors, enterprises and experts also discussed investment opportunities in Quang Ninh, while proposing policies and solutions to help the province make best use of opportunities brought about by globalization.

On the occasion, Quang Ninh leaders signed several co-operative agreements and memoranda of co-operation with both domestic and overseas businesses, and granted investment licenses to projects worth hundreds of millions of dollars.

(Source: VGP/ Translated by Nhan Dan Online)

Saturday, July 11, 2009

Flash floods leave at least 38 dead or missing in Vietnam : Environment

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Flash floods leave at least 38 dead or missing in Vietnam : Environment: "Hanoi - Three days of flash floods have killed at least 20 people, left 18 missing and damaged many homes and roads in northern Vietnam, the country's Central Steering Committee for Flood and Storm Control said Monday. Thirteen people were killed when landslides buried their homes following heavy rains Friday night in Bac Kan province.

Heavy rains started on Friday and were still falling on Monday, hitting the six northern provinces of Bac Kan, Cao Bang, Ha Giang, Lai Chau, Lao Cai and Son La.

The rain swept away crops and houses, caused landslides and disrupted traffic.

Local television and Vietnam Television on Monday broadcast pictures showing many houses flooded to their roofs.

The state-run Vietnam News on Monday reported many districts in these provinces had been completely cut off due to washed out roads, and severed electricity and telephone lines.

Rescue teams were deployed to some isolated communities to evacuate flood victims.

Vietnam's Central Hydro-Meteorological Forecast Center said the floods were caused by rainfall topping between 100 and more than 250 millimeters in some areas in three nights since Friday.

The center said that the heavy rains would continue, so water levels in rivers such as the Red River would continue to rise"

Sunday, April 12, 2009

2009 Cultural and Tourism Week to kick off in Sapa



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The 2009 Cultural and Tourism Week will begin in the northern tourist resort town of Sapa on May 1, and is expected to attract a large number of visitors.

The 2009 Cultural and Tourism Week will begin in the northern tourist resort town of Sapa on May 1.
Various activities will take place during the week, including the love market in Sapa town and the cloud festival on Ham Rong mountain, which spotlights the traditional culture of ethnic minority groups, such as the Xa Pho, Dao, Mong, Giay and Tay.

A photography exhibition, “The Color of Sapa”, will also be on show during the week together with a musical program and a culinary arts fair.

The week will feature nearly one 100 types of orchid which are indigenous to Hoang Lien forest and mountain range in Sapa – the city in the fog.

VietNamNet/VOV