Regarding pork, the Ministry of Industry and Trade said at the meeting held in December enterprises in livestock breeding and distribution have committed to reduce the price of pork, which is subject to heavy inflation due to either shortage or traders' withholding their stock as the country's herd is still reeling from the aftermath of the devastating African swine fever outbreak that saw many pigs culled. … [Read more...] about PM asks for sufficient supply of goods for Tết
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Sixty-four schools in Ben Tre get clean water systems
Representatives drink clean water from a water purifying system, which has been installed at Huynh Tan Phat High School in Chau Hung Commune, Binh Dai District In 2020, the program will be expanded to many other districts in Ben Tre Province and the south-central province of Binh Thuan. … [Read more...] about Sixty-four schools in Ben Tre get clean water systems
Ca Mau facing affordable houses crisis for low-income people
These employees have no choice but buy houses in small alleys without legal document and poor infrastructure. Accordingly, through checking, the local government has discovered that 1,451 land plots have been sold and 1,003 houses have been built without permission. … [Read more...] about Ca Mau facing affordable houses crisis for low-income people
HCM City to put forth programme on building AI application ecosystem
HCM City (VNA) – Ho Chi Minh City will roll out a programme on building an ecosystem of artificial intelligence (AI) application for 2019-2020, heard a press conference in the Vietnamese southern metropolis on September 17. According to Duong Anh Duc, Director of the municipal Department of Information and Communications, since 2018, the city has proposed and issued mechanisms and policies on AI research and application in production, daily activities and smart city building. In 2019 and 2020, the southern hub plans to launch a contest aiming to seek solutions of AI application in management and production in knowledge-intensive sectors, thus bringing about high economic benefits, he said. The official said the city will identify priorities in AI application such as transport, health care, high-tech agriculture, tourism, environment, water supply and sewage, and electricity in order to overcome challenges to urbanization. Duc told the press conference that the municipal … [Read more...] about HCM City to put forth programme on building AI application ecosystem
Dry season in 2020 to be more severe, extensive than usual
Currently, water level in the Northern region’s small- large sized hydroelectric reservoirs is at 60 percent of the designed capacity. According to Electricity of Vietnam (EVN), the volume of water shortage this year could climb up to seven billion cubic meters compared to last year. It will be 15- 45 percent lower than the average of many years, even the Hoa Binh Hydropower Reservoir is suffering the lowest water level in the past 30 years since it was put into the operation. Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Nguyen Hoang Hiep said that the current water shortage in the Northern region happened just once every 30 years. According to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, localities in the Red River Delta are expected to take fresh water from the Red River to irrigation ditches and canals to cultivate the winter-spring crop of 2019-2020. Although water shortage for electricity generation, irrigation water for farming must be ensured. … [Read more...] about Dry season in 2020 to be more severe, extensive than usual
