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Overview of Siem Reap Angkor International Airport (Photo: Khmer Times) Phnom Penh (VNA) - The State Secretariat of the Civil Aviation (SSCA) Mao Havannal has presented its master plan for the new Siem Reap Angkor International Airport, which is set to be the largest airport in Cambodia. The new airport will be located 51 kilometres southeast of downtown Siem Reap and 40 kilometres from Angkor Archaeological Park, covering an area of around 700 hectares at a total cost of 880 million USD. The plans were handed over to Lu Wei, Chairman of the Board of the Siem Reap Angkor International Airport (AIAI). Havannal said that construction on the new Siem Reap International Airport started on March 15, 2020 and will be scheduled to complete by March 14, 2023. “In regards to the construction process, the company has cooperated closely with the technical team of the State Secretariat of Civil Aviation, focusing on technical equipment and airport design,” he said. SSCA’s … [Read more...] about Master plan for Cambodia’s largest airport revealed

At the meeting (Photo: VNA) Jakarta (VNA) - The first ASEAN-France Development Partnership Committee (AF-DPC) Meeting took place on March 4 in the form of a video conference. The Vietnamese delegation was led by Vietnam’s representative to the ASEAN Ambassador Nguyen Hai Bang. At the meeting, the French side affirmed that France treasures cooperation with ASEAN, underlining that the organisation plays a significant role in maintaining political and economic stability in the region, and voicing a hope to further participate in ASEAN-led processes. France affirmed it will support the building of the ASEAN Community and implementation of the 2025 Vision, priorities in the ASEAN Comprehensive Recovery Framework, the Master Plan on ASEAN Connectivity (MPAC) 2025), and the Initiative for ASEAN Integration (IAI) Work Plan IV (2021 -2025); while actively contributing to maintaining peace, stability and development in Asia-Pacific and the world. For their part, ASEAN … [Read more...] about First ASEAN-France DPC meeting held virtually

Clip expresses gratitude toward doctors in COVID-19 fight A video clip comprising a series of paintings by children on doctors, who are called intimately as white blouse warriors during the COVID-19 fight, has been published recently by the Ministry of Health. The paintings by child artists are part of a campaign initiated by the Vietnamese Ministry of Health and United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF). They depict doctors as white-blouse soldiers who have relentlessly fought against the pandemic, through which children’s gratitude toward health workers is expressed. The video also conveys a message of solidarity in the fight against COVID-19./. 110 foreign experts to be isolated for COVID-19 combat The administration of Quang Ngai province, central Vietnam, has outlined plans to put a total of 110 foreign experts into isolation in concentrated places in an effort to prevent the potential spread of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. The foreign experts are … [Read more...] about VIETNAM NEWS HEADLINES MARCH 3

PM Nguyen Xuan Phuc at the tree-planting launch ceremony in Phu Yen Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc kicked off the spring launch ceremony of the tree-planting festival in Tuy Hoa city of Phu Yen on February 20. The festival is in line with the prime minister’s plan for Vietnam to plant one billion trees in total by 2025. “The government and I do believe that Phu Yen will be one of the localities taking the lead in implementing the plan,” the prime minister said. Phu Yen has set a target that over the next five years, 15 million trees will be planted, including 12 million in different areas and three million as protection forests which can mitigate or prevent the impact of natural hazards. On average, each year will see three million trees planted. In addition, forest management boards, economic organisations, households, and individuals will also plant about 6,000 forest trees, making contributions to protecting the environment, raising forest coverage, and further … [Read more...] about Tree-planting in Phu Yen lays roots for nationwide goal

>> Youth Month 2021 vibrantly responded nationwide >> Activities held nationwide for Youth Month 2021 On March 2, the Army Youth Department under the Vietnam People’s Army’s General Department of Politics launched a voluntary blood donation movement for the entire army in the presence of Sen. Lieut. Gen. Tran Quang Phuong, who is a member of the Party Central Committee and Vice Chairman of the General Department of Politics. The ceremony saw the participation of more than 700 officers, youth union members and young soldiers from forces in the whole army, expecting to receive about 550 blood units, thus contributing to meet the need for blood in emergency and treatment at hospitals. * On the same day, in Loc Hau District (Thanh Hoa Province), the Youth Union of the Central Business Bloc, in coordination with the Thanh Hoa Provincial Youth Union and the Joint Stock Commercial Bank for Foreign Trade of Vietnam (Vietcombank), kicked off Youth Month 2021 with … [Read more...] about Many practical activities held in response to Youth Month 2021