Deputy Prime Minister Vuong Dinh Hue has asked the Ministry of Planning and Investment to make a list of State-owned enterprises that refuse to publish information, so that appropriate punishment can be determined.

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Head of the National Assembly’s Economic Committee has said debt owed to contractors of construction projects under a rural development program in 53 provinces and cities had amounted to VND15.27 trillion (US$685 million) by end-January.

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Mekong Delta – the ‘land of rivers and water’  – is predicted to lack water in the future, experts warned at a conference on climate change and water resource management in late September. 

 Vietnam has a population of approximately 93 million people with, according to official reports, an average pork consumption of about 20 kg per capita annually that is on a trajectory to double over the next few years.

  Thanks to creativity and the spirit of environment protection, high school student members of the Relight project are turning used plastic items into beautiful lamps.

 As Vietnam looks to raise the nation’s renewable energy sources, foreign investors are sensing an opportunity for solar energy projects. But low feed-in-tariffs are slowing this movement, to the dismay of both local and international organisations.

 Former national midfielder Phan Van Tai Em on October 8 announced his retirement from football. 

 Remittances poured into Ho Chi Minh City through official channels are estimated at 3.25 billion USD from January to September, up 4 percent year on year, mostly sourced from the US and Europe. 

 Serious floods are likely to recur in Ho Chi Minh City, especially low-lying and inner areas, in the next 10 days as tidal surges will rise quickly from October 11-20, said the National Centre for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting. 

 Vietnam wants to further the traditional friendship and cooperation with Sri Lanka, Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam told Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena on their sideline meeting at the Asia Cooperation Dialogue Summit.

 Deputy PM Vu Duc Dam suggested enhancing bilateral cooperation in culture, education-training, human resources, transport, finance-banking, energy, health care, tourism during a meeting with Lao Prime Minister Thongloun Sisoulith.

 Vietnam hopes for Japanese investment in prioritised sectors in the country’s industrialisation strategy, along with infrastructure, energy, climate change response, and support industry, President Tran Dai Quang said.

 Deputy Prime Minister Vuong Dinh Hue has urged ministries, localities and State-owned enterprises (SOEs) to implement the Government’s Decree No. 81/215/ND-CP on disclosure of SOEs’ information.

 Members of the 12th Party Central Committee scrutinised a proposed scheme on promoting Party reinforcement on October 10, the second day of the committee’s fourth sitting. 

 The central city of Da Nang has opposed China’s organisation of an election for the so-called Sansha city in the East Sea. 

 The Ministry of Transport has submitted to the Government a project to build a four-lane expressway linking Ha Noi capital and Ho Chi Minh City for approval.