Binh Dinh: The Department of Culture and Sports of Binh Dinh province and the Indian Embassy in Ho Chi Minh City jointly held an art exchange programme on January 21.
The event is part of activities to celebrate the 52nd anniversary of Vietnam-India diplomatic ties and the 74th anniversary of India’s Republic Day (January 26, 1950 – 2024).
Director of the provincial Department of Culture and Sports Ta Xuan Chanh said the programme offers a chance for local residents to access the culture of a country with a long-lasting civilisation in the Asian region and the world. It is an opportunity for Indian people to understand more about the culture of Binh Dinh in particular and Vietnam in general, contributing to strengthening the good traditional friendship between the two countries in the new period.
Binh Dinh province hopes that in the coming time, the Indian Consulate General in HCM City will continue to strengthen people-to-people exchange activities and connect the business community, thus promoting multi
faceted cooperation between Binh Dinh and Indian partners, he said.
Within the framework of the programme, visitors were treated to a Tuong (classical drama) performance by artists from the Binh Dinh Traditional Theatre as well as Punjabi dances, an array of folk and religious dances of the indigenous people of the Punjab region, along the border of India and Pakistan./.
Source: Vietnam News Agency
MANILA: A lawmaker on Monday proposed the construction of two light rail lines on C5 Road and Metro Manila Skyway to ease the traffic congestion in Metro Manila.
Manila Rep. Joel Chua, vice chair of the House Committee on Metro Manila Development, said he is willing to support through future national budgets the conduct of feasibility studies for these new light rail lines.
Chua further suggested that all the light rails be under just one unified management and have one electronic ticketing system.
“Edsa is too congested, so to give commuters options other than Edsa, there should be another light rail line on C5 and under the Skyway,” Chua said. “Having these two light rail lines will decongest Edsa and make the commute easier for residents near C5 and Skyway.”
He said there should also be more bridges over the Pasig River for the decongestion of major roads parallel to Edsa.
To decongest the chokepoint at the Guadalupe Bridge area connecting the cities of Makati and Mandaluyong, he said the bridge shoul
d have a second level.
“By the way, where is the retrofitting project for Guadalupe Bridge? That already has a signed loan agreement. DOF (Department of Finance) and DPWH (Department of Public Works and Highways) should update Congress soon on the status of the retrofitting project,” he said.
The Philippines has secured an official development assistance loan of around 4.409-billion Japanese yen (more than PHP2 billion) from Japan to rehabilitate Guadalupe and Lambingan bridges.
According to the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), the objective of the project is to strengthen the resilience of the transport network in Metro Manila by replacing and strengthening the Guadalupe and Lambingan bridges utilizing improved bridge seismic design specifications.
“This will contribute to a more secure and sustainable economic and social development of Metro Manila and to realizing speedy recovery in case of large-scale earthquakes in the National Capital Region,’ JICA said.
Source: Philippines News Age
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