Global sea level rise data

However, the number of newly-established enterprises in the first six months was more than 62,000 with registered capital of a combined VND697.1 trillion, down 7.3 per cent in number and 19 per cent in value year-on-year. Average registered capital per newly-established enterprise was VND11.2 billion during this period, down 12.5 per cent year-on-year. … [Read more...] about VN records positive growth amid gloomy global forecasts

Since February, the Ministry of Public Security has been collecting recommendations for a new regulation outlining protecting users’ data in Vietnam. The regulation is planned to include several new sanctions for violations as administrative fines for stealing user data is currently set at around VND50-70 million ($2,150-3,000) – too small to threaten tech giants like Facebook and Google. … [Read more...] about Gripes persist regarding Google’s data collection

Global NGOs rap Google's Fitbit buyout (illustration photo/ TOBIAS SCHWARZ / AFP) Google's $2.1 billion acquisition of the maker of smartwatches and fitness trackers was unveiled in November and rang alarms among global regulators over antitrust and privacy worries. … [Read more...] about Global NGOs rap Google’s Fitbit buyout

Kien Giang (VNA) – The Mekong Delta province of Kien Giang has invested in a number of works to prevent coast erosion while improving livelihoods for local residents, using resources mobilised from all sources. According to the provincial Department of Agriculture and Rural Development, as of mid-June this year, the province was building dykes in An Bien district, Ha Tien city and Hon Dat district, along with barriers to trap mud and create alluvial ground for planting mangrove trees in Hon Dat, An Bien and An Minh districts. Kien Giang has also implemented a project on building a system of sluices along the sea dyke to the north of Ha Tien – Rach Gia, with 22 sluices completed so far, helping prevent saline intrusion, retain fresh water and regulate water supply for coastal fields in Rach Gia city, and Hon Dat and Kien Luong district. Six sluices have also been constructed in the sea dyke section to the south of An Bien – An Minh. At the same time, the … [Read more...] about Kien Giang mobilises all resources to counter coast erosion

Cao Tien Dung, chairman of the province People’s Committee, said he had proposed at a meeting with Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc last month that priority should be given to inter-regional infrastructure works, especially highways such as Ben Luc-Long Thanh, Dau Giay-Phan Thiet and Dau Giay-Lien Khuong and Ring Roads No 3 and 4 and logistics systems and ports. … [Read more...] about VIETNAM’S BUSINESS NEWS HEADLINES JULY 1