Drought brings saline water deep into Mekong Delta

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Ho Chi Minh City, April 29 (VNA) - More than 377,000 people in the Mekong Delta face a fresh-water shortage because of saline water intrusion in the area as a result of a long and severe drought, a

HCM City to measure citizen satisfaction with services

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Hanoi, April 29 (VNA) - The Ho Chi Minh City People’s Committee has asked the Department of Home Affairs and local authorities in all the 24 districts citywide to launch surveys on the citizen sati

Institutional reform needed to kick-start development

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Quang Ninh, April 29 (VNA) – Institutional reform was emphasised as the driving force of development at the 2014 Spring Economic Forum held in the northern province of Quang Ninh on April 28.

PM promises progress for domestic businesses

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Hanoi, April 29 (VNA) – Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has requested ministries, agencies and local authorities to improve the domestic business climate.

WB Group member aids financial access in Vietnam

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Hanoi, April 29 (VNA) - The International Finance Corporation (IFC) of the World Bank Group on April 28 said it will work with a Vietnamese partner to better micro-enterprises’ access to finance se

Hanoi to push Japanese infrastructure projects

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Hanoi, April 29 (VNA) – Hanoi will work with Japanese partners to speed up the progress of four of their infrastructure projects underway in the capital city, Deputy Chairman of the municipal Peopl

Vietnam, UK work in agriculture, wildlife conservation

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Hanoi, April 29 (VNA) – The UK has hoped that collaborations with Vietnam in agriculture and the conservation of rare wildlife species would be stepped up, according to Lord De Mauley, UK Parliamen

Another measles death confirmed in Hanoi

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Hanoi, April 29 (VNA) – Hanoi recorded another measles-linked death at the National Hospital of Paediatrics on April 28, pushing the fatalities from measles and its complications to 128 so far this

4 bln USD of FDI capital disbursed in four months

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Capital disbursement by foreign-invested projects reached about 4 billion USD in this year’s first four months, representing a year-on-year increase of 6.7 percent, according to the Foreign Investm

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