HCM City authorities plan to reduce investment for the first bus rapid transit route (BRT No 1) by US$12.17 million (from $155.85 million to $143.68 million), with $123.6 million to be funded by World Bank loans and the rest from the city’s State budget funds. The city People’s Committee has asked the Prime Minister to assign the Ministry of Finance to work with relevant agencies to speed up the procedures for adjusting the funding so that construction of the BRT route can start in September. The city said the completion date for the BRT would be extended to 2023 due to funding adjustments made by the…
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Facebook has sued four people in Vietnam for compromising accounts and running unauthorized advertisements worth $36 million, it announced Tuesday. Them Huu Nguyen, Le Khang, Nguyen Quoc Bao and Pham Huu Dung need to be exposed for their conduct and held accountable for their actions, the social media giant said in a blog post. They compromised accounts of people employed at advertising and marketing agencies by misleading them into installing a mobile app called “Ad Manager for Facebook.” The app, created by the four themselves and made available on Google Play Store, tricks users into sharing their Facebook login credentials,…
The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and Danang City People’s Committee have just launched the project of promoting urban energy security in Danang, according to U.S. Embassy Hanoi. USAID Facilitates Private Sector Investment in Solar Energy_files USAID Vietnam Urban Energy Security is a four-year (2019-2023), 14 million USD project to promote deployment of advanced, distributed energy solutions in urban areas in Danang and Ho Chi Minh City. It addresses Vietnam’s rapidly growing energy demand and air pollution in urban areas by working with city governments and creating business opportunities for entrepreneurs. The project supports deployment of advanced distributed energy solutions such as rooftop…
Fourteen localities have gone 14 days without any new case, while 10 other localities have gone 30 days without any new case. Visit Vietnam Insider’s homepage for more stories Health authorities Wednesday evening reported 233 new local Covid-19 cases, bringing the total such cases in the day to 441. Among the new cases, HCMC led with 124, followed by Binh Duong (57), Dong Nai (12), Quang Ngai (10), Ba Ria-Vung Tau (6), Dong Thap (5), Nghe An (4), An Giang (4), Phu Yen (4), Bac Ninh (3), Da Nang (2) and Bac Giang (2). Health authorities are tracing contact history…
When it comes to social networks, few stand out amongst the many options. Some of them include Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and more recently, TikTok. With over 100 million daily active users and 689 million monthly users, it has become a force to reckon with in the battle of the social networks. With its short video format and many features to add to the videos, it has taken the world by storm and everyone is trying to discover how to increase their followers on the app. The best of the best have some ways you can get around increasing followers without…
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The novel coronavirus pandemic has taught us the importance of having funds at one’s disposal to tackle a medical emergency. With Covid-19 we have seen that costs can shoot up sharply not just during the treatment of the infection, but medical expenses can be high for treating post-Covid complications as well. Many think that having a health insurance policy can come to their rescue during such medical emergencies. However, with medical costs being sky-high, in many cases health insurance will not be enough and such people will be left running pillar to post trying to arrange for funds. To prevent…
Vietnam’s aviation industry could recover from the mid-third quarter with the number of air passengers reaching an estimated 70 million in 2021. The Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam (CAA) made the assessment in a recent report submitted to the Ministry of Transport. Visit Vietnam Insider’s homepage for more stories. According to the Hanoi Times, Vietnam can gradually resume regular international flights by late 2021 as the rollout of Covid-19 vaccination programs in the country and abroad is accelerated. This comes as Vietnam’s major markets for local airlines in Northeast Asia and Europe are putting the pandemic under control. Related: Foreign visitors…
Customers prefer to have goods delivered to their doorstep, rather than going outside and risking infection. Smartphones are the most popular device for going online, with two-thirds of people (66%) accessing the internet on their handset. Visit Vietnam Insider’s homepage for more stories. Vietnam’s e-commerce sector continued to grow during COVID-19, according to new data from YouGov. But there was significant variation in consumer behaviour, with notable differences in spending across platforms and categories. Meanwhile, social distancing is accelerating the trend toward cashless transactions. This opens up huge opportunities for companies in the e-wallet space. Now, with Vietnam in the…
Japan will gift around one million additional doses of the AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine to Vietnam in two different deliveries on July 1 and 8, the Health Ministry said Tuesday. The donation had been announced by Japan’s Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi last Friday. More stories at Vietnam Insider’s homepage. It will be the second donation from Japan after the first batch of 966,320 doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine on June 16. A majority of the first batch, or 806,000 doses, had been given to Ho Chi Minh City for its mass inoculation program, the biggest in Vietnam’s vaccination history. Between June…