Day: March 29, 2024

Macau: Vietnam is attending the 2024 Macao International Environmental Co-operation Forum and Exhibition (MIECF), which was kicked off in the Chinese special administrative region on March 28.

The event saw the participation of over 400 exhibitors from 30 countries and territories worldwide. Vietnam is part of the lineup of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)’s member nations.

Speaking to the Vietnam News Agency in Macau, Vu Thi Thuy, the head of the Vietnam Trade Office in Hong Kong-Macau, said that it had brought to the annual event various documents and images to promote Vietnam’s efforts in environmental protection as well as the development of economy, trade, and tourism.

Thuy expressed her confidence that thanks to its incentives and favourable cooperation environments, Vietnam will become an attractive destination for regional and international investors, with an increasing number of environmental friendly cooperation projects signed.

Themed ‘Reaching the Dual Carbon Goals through Gr
een Transformation’, the 2024 MIECF will last until March 30./.

Source: Vietnam News Agency

Hanoi: Hanoi welcomed about 6.54 million tourist arrivals in the first quarter of this year, of them some 1.4 million international, representing year-on-year rises of 10.9% and 40%, respectively, the municipal Department of Tourism said.

The office reported that the capital city earned 25.48 trillion VND (1.02 billion USD) from tourism activities, up 17.8% from the corresponding time last year, attributing the increase to the ongoing peak season in Hanoi.

To attract more visitors, the sector is developing products associated with heritages, relic sites, and craft villages, and others based on strengths of each locality like sports tourism in the outskirts district of Soc Son, and community and medical tourism in Soc Son and Ba Vi districts.

The city has also set up connectivity with other cities and provinces such as Ha Nam, Ninh Binh, Son La, Lao Cai, and Lai Chau to form travel routes where their key, reciprocal products are brought into full play.

At the same time, the department has coordinated with
districts and township to boost tourism at pedestrian streets like those in Hoan Kiem, Hai Ba Trung, and Son Tay, while opening new ones.

Attention has also been paid to tourism digitalisation, covering information about tourist sites, services, and market./.

Source: Vietnam News Agency

Hanoi: Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on March 29 acknowledged that key transport projects are progressing more effectively.

Chairing the 10th hybrid meeting of the State Steering Committee on key national transport projects, the Government leader, who is also the committee’s head, called for the engagement of the entire political system to fully address site clearance issues for the north-south expressway project for the 2021-2025 period before April 30, along with three East-West expressway and two ring road projects in the second quarter of this year.

The southern province of Dong Nai was singled out for attention, with PM Chinh urging an increase in workforce to accelerate land clearance for key projects such as Ho Chi Minh City Ring Road No.3’s Tan Van – Nhon Trach section, Bien Hoa – Vung Tau expressway, and the road to Long Thanh international airport which is now under construction.

Additionally, close collaboration with the Ministry of Planning and Investment was urged to expedite approval for adj
ustments to the site clearance project for the airport.

Each locality was tasked with collaborating with relevant ministries and agencies to address issues related to construction material supply, including sea sand, and to streamline investment procedures to hasten the progress of the road construction projects.

Furthermore, he directed Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City to oversee investors and contractors, closely work with relevant agencies to quicken necessary procedures for the completion of the Ben Thanh – Suoi Tien metro line and the elevated section of the Nhon – Hanoi railway metro line.

Specific tasks were also assigned to relevant ministries and units in attendance.

According to the Steering Committee, there are 34 major projects and 86 nationally important component projects, focusing on transportation across 45 provinces and centrally-run cities. Among them are five railway and two airport projects while the remainder are primarily road projects, including expressways and ring roads in the Hanoi Cap
ital Region and Ho Chi Minh City./.

Source: Vietnam News Agency

Hanoi: Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on March 29 acknowledged that key transport projects are progressing more effectively.

Chairing the 10th hybrid meeting of the State Steering Committee on key national transport projects, the Government leader, who is also the committee’s head, called for the engagement of the entire political system to fully address site clearance issues for the north-south expressway project for the 2021-2025 period before April 30, along with three East-West expressway and two ring road projects in the second quarter of this year.

The southern province of Dong Nai was singled out for attention, with PM Chinh urging an increase in workforce to accelerate land clearance for key projects such as Ho Chi Minh City Ring Road No.3’s Tan Van – Nhon Trach section, Bien Hoa – Vung Tau expressway, and the road to Long Thanh international airport which is now under construction.

Additionally, close collaboration with the Ministry of Planning and Investment was urged to expedite approval for adj
ustments to the site clearance project for the airport.

Each locality was tasked with collaborating with relevant ministries and agencies to address issues related to construction material supply, including sea sand, and to streamline investment procedures to hasten the progress of the road construction projects.

Furthermore, he directed Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City to oversee investors and contractors, closely work with relevant agencies to quicken necessary procedures for the completion of the Ben Thanh – Suoi Tien metro line and the elevated section of the Nhon – Hanoi railway metro line.

Specific tasks were also assigned to relevant ministries and units in attendance.

According to the Steering Committee, there are 34 major projects and 86 nationally important component projects, focusing on transportation across 45 provinces and centrally-run cities. Among them are five railway and two airport projects while the remainder are primarily road projects, including expressways and ring roads in the Hanoi Cap
ital Region and Ho Chi Minh City./.

Source: Vietnam News Agency

Binh Dinh: Acting President Vo Thi Anh Xuan on March 29 asked Central Highlands and central coastal localities to pay due attention to emulation and reward work as it can stimulate motivation for the political system and people to perform their tasks.

Addressing a conference in the south central province of Binh Dinh that reviewed emulation movements in the central coastal and Central Highlands regions, the leader, who is also First Vice Chairwoman of the Central Council for Emulation and Rewards, said rewards must be given to the right person, at the right time, to create a pervasive effect in society.

As the localities all have advantages in socio-economic development and hold strategic positions in defence and security, they need to strive to create breakthroughs in socio-economic development and ensure national defence and security by making the most of their potential and advantages, and cooperate with and complement each other to create general strength for the whole region, she requested.

Last year,
economic growth rates of many localities in the region reached or exceeded the set targets, investment in construction produced effective results, industrial production values increased, and the investment environment continued to improve. Social welfare was ensured, and political security in the localities remained stable as well.

The localities have responded warmly to emulation movements launched by the Prime Minister and created campaigns of their own, through which many exemplary models and practices as well as individuals have been discovered and rewarded.

At the event, leaders of Central Highlands and central coastal localities signed a mutual agreement on emulation for 2024 with the witness of the Acting President./.

Source: Vietnam News Agency

Hanoi: Along with authorities of 28 coastal localities nationwide, relevant agencies and forces, including the Border Guards, have been actively promoting legal popularisation and education to raise fishermen’s awareness on the fight against the illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing, and the compliance with regulations regarding their offshore operation.

Law enforcement agencies have been stepping up inspections and imposing strict penalties on violations by Vietnamese fishing vessels to prevent and put an end to IUU fishing.

According to Thanh Hai Border Guard station in the south-central coastal province of Binh Thuan, the unit maintains 24/7 check and management of the vessel monitoring systems (VMS), thus providing timely assistance fishermen to address technical issues and take strict actions against violations.

Meanwhile, the force of the northern province of Thai Binh said during the peak of combating illegal fishing activities at sea, which will extend until later April this year, they
continue to prioritise popularisation activities and focus on detecting and strictly handling vessel owners who violate IUU fishing regulations, in a bid to swiftly have the ‘yellow card’ warning against Vietnamese seafood lifted by the European Commission (EC).

The Border Guard High Command has implemented concerted measures and plans to review, classify, and closely manage violating vessels, and fishing boat groups in high risk of violating foreign water, thus detecting early signs and behaviours of IUU violations to promptly take measures for preventing and addressing them.

In 2023, the command coordinated with local authorities and relevant agencies to disseminate information to nearly 460,000 fishermen, and send messages to 2,357 mobile phone subscribers. Furthermore, 26,583 leaflets and 7,095 documents were also distributed.

The force has closely coordinated with relevant agencies such as the Coast Guards, Navy, and Police, as well as other authorised agencies to advise local authorities on inspectin
g and urging the implementation of tasks in combating IUU fishing.

Recently, the command, in collaboration with the Military Industry and Telecoms Group (Viettel), organised training sessions to guide the use of software for managing and controlling fishing vessels under a project implemented by border stations in the 28 coastal localities.

Thanks to such efforts, the number of Vietnamese fishing vessels violating foreign waters has been gradually decreasing each year./.

Source: Vietnam News Agency