Enjoy your breakfast while reading the brief news items on today’s Vietnamese media:
Politics
– Minister of Transport Dinh La Thang said during the National Assembly meeting on Tuesday afternoon that the construction of 7,811 bridges over springs will be completed in three years’ time to make sure residents in rural areas won’t have to cross streams or rivers using life-risking approaches including nylon bags or home-made ziplines.
Society
– Vu Ta Tung, general director of the state-owned Vietnam Railways Corporation (VRC), said Tuesday that his corporation will offer home delivery of train tickets to those in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City who buy tickets online.
– According to a transport researcher said in a seminar on motorbike use jointly held by the World Bank on Tuesday, a recent study revealed that motorbikes will likely continue to be in use in Vietnam for the next 30 to 40 years or more while the growth of facilities and public transport has yet to meet expectations.
– Vast areas of several forest plantations in Tri Ton District in the Mekong Delta province of An Giang have recently been transformed into rice paddies, sold or rented, leaving relevant agencies at a loss at how to handle the situation.
Business
– An agricultural expert reported at a seminar on Tuesday that Vietnamese cattle farmers suffer losses of US$1 billion on average each year due to exorbitant animal feed costs, which are determined by traders.
– Some hundred stall owners at Ben Thuy Market in Vinh City of central Vietnam’s Nghe An Province, continued to go on strike by closing their stalls on Tuesday. They also flocked to the city’s People’s Committee to voice their complaints about the wrongdoings committed by the market’s cooperative management.
– A rumor is spreading quickly in Taiwan, China that tea made by producers in the Central Highlands province of Lam Dong is infected with dioxin, a highly toxic substance which the US sprayed over certain Vietnamese localities during the Vietnam War. This rumor is seriously hurting hundreds of export producers in Vietnam, including 30 Taiwanese firms.
Sports
The race tracks in My Dinh Stadium in Hanoi have seen serious damage and sunk in the past two years, and no athletic events have been held there since. …
Education
– Ceremonies were held on Tuesday in HCMC to honor outstanding, dedicated teachers in celebration of Vietnam Teachers’ Day on November 20.
Lifestyle
In less than 10 years, almost 100 limestone mountain in the central province of Quang Binh, which boasts the resplendence likened to that of the “on land Ha Long Bay.” have been spoilt due to the construction of cement plants and other works.
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Đăng ký: VietNam News
