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Hanoi (VNA) – The Ministry of Public Security’s Security Investigation Agency has proposed prosecuting Dinh La Thang, former Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Vietnam Oil and Gas Group (PetroVietnam) and nine accomplices on charges of violating regulations on construction works, causing serious consequences at the Petrochemical and Bio-Fuel JSC (PVB) - a subsidiary of this group.  According to the investigation result, Thang signed a decision approving an ethanol factory project in the northern province of Phu Tho. A year later, PetroVietnam estasblished a steering committee led by Thang to launch bio-fuel projects. PVB later invited bidding for a package TK05 named “Design, procurement, supply of equipment and construction of ethanol factory in the north”. Though six contractors were unqualified, Thang and his subordinates signed many documents directing joint venture PVC/Alfta Laval/Delta-T to join the project. During the implementation, … [Read more...] about Ex-PetroVietnam Chairman to be prosecuted for violations in Phu Tho ethanol case

The number of free masks sites is growing in Hanoi. Free masks are available at 70 Thai Ha, Dong Da district, 66 Chua Lang, Dong Da district, 226 Ba Trieu, Hai Ba Trung district, and many other places. Ms. Bui Niem works at Pizza Home at 168 Trung Kinh street. She says she will give away free masks until the end of the epidemic.  … [Read more...] about Free face masks offered amid COVID-19 outbreak

Vietnamese citizens arrive from Wuhan at Vân Đồn International Airport in Vân Đồn Island in Quảng Ninh at 5am on February 10.  Việt Nam has flown home 30 citizens from Wuhan in China’s Hubei province, the epicentre of COVID-19. — VNA/VNS Photo Dương Giang       … [Read more...] about ASEAN Chairman issues statement on response to COVID-19

According to Cheryl Ames, from Japan's Tohoku University Graduate School of Agricultural Science, the stinging water "causes a sensation that is itchy-to-burning and, depending on the person, can cause enough discomfort to make them to want to get out of the water." … [Read more...] about Jellyfish hurl venom ‘grenades’ to snare prey

The performers will play the guimbri (three-stringed skin-covered bass plucked lute), oud (short-neck lute-type, pear-shaped stringed instrument), doumbrek or goblet drum, tỳ bà (four-string and pear-shaped lute), tam thập lục (36-string zither), and a wide range of hand percussion. … [Read more...] about World music concert at Hanoi Social Club