Phnom Penh (VNA) - Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen has decided to allocate an additional 800 million riel (196,000 USD) and 200 million riel to Oddar Meanchey and Battambang provinces, respectively, to prepare, supply and maintain quarantine accommodations for Cambodian workers returning from Thailand. As of January 13 evening, there had been 2,235 migrant workers under quarantine in Oddar Meanchey and over 300 workers had completed their quarantine period. Meanwhile, as of January 14, more than 3,000 migrant workers had returned from Thailand via the international checkpoints of Banteay Meanchey province and nearly 1,000 had completed their quarantine. Ministry of Interior Secretary of State Chou Bun Eng said on January 12 that more than 130,000 migrant workers had left Thailand for Cambodia but Cambodian authorities believe they have successfully stopped almost all of them and required them to do quarantine for 14 days. In recent days, the Cambodian Health Ministry confirmed … [Read more...] about Cambodia supports border provinces’ quarantine of migrant workers
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VIETNAM NEWS JANUARY 16
In order to carry out the flood prevention project, about 280 households must be relocated and the river bank must be repaired. The authorities must also dredge the river. Quy Nhon City People's Committee will be responsible for organising the resettlement areas and compensation fund. The Binh Dinh People's Committee will be responsible for the funding of the construction and any renovation. … [Read more...] about VIETNAM NEWS JANUARY 16
Vietnam witnesses 10-15 flash floods each year
Hanoi (VNA) - Vietnam records from 10-15 flash floods each year, mostly in the northern mountainous, central, Central Highlands and southeastern regions, Deputy Director of the National Centre for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting Vu Duc Long said on January 15. He informed that the country is building a project to assess disaster risks in regions and make a flash flood and landslide warning map in the mountainous and midland regions. Accordingly, the project will be carried out in 37 mountainous provinces and 34 main river basins and 95 sub-basins. It will offer flash flood risk maps for 14 northern mountainous provinces at the 1:100,000 scale and 19 central and Central Highlands localities at the 1:50,000 scale, while providing data of cross-section measurements in 36 small river basins in the northern mountainous region and topographic maps at the 1: 5,000 scale for 58 residential areas at risk of flash floods in 19 central and Central Highlands localities./. … [Read more...] about Vietnam witnesses 10-15 flash floods each year
‘Lair’ of Vietnam’s ‘King Cobra’ fighter jets – P1: A country prepared
Col. Nguyen Van Thuan, the division’s flight overseer, who had his eyes fixed on every maneuver during that morning’s drill, said that Col. Hoi, the instructing pilot, and his student, Nguyen Van Ba, had performed the drill session’s most technically intricate task, which involved a ‘somersault’ carried out at a low altitude over the sea. … [Read more...] about ‘Lair’ of Vietnam’s ‘King Cobra’ fighter jets – P1: A country prepared
Cement exports unlikely to enjoy robust growth in 2021
According to figures released by the Vietnam Cement Association, despite recording a low growth rate in the local market due to the impact of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic during 2020, the Vietnamese cement industry enjoyed robust growth in terms of export volume during the 11-month period with an annual increase of 15%. … [Read more...] about Cement exports unlikely to enjoy robust growth in 2021