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The Can Tho airport in the Mekong Delta province of Can Tho will be capable of taking in jumbo jets when a project to upgrade the airport is finished at the end of this year. According to the airport's authority, 94 percent of the project has been completed and builders are putting final touch to their last work. Once completed, the airport is expected to handle between 2-3 million passengers every year. Source: VNA Photo: baovietnam … [Read more...] about Can Tho airport to receive larger aircraft

The HCM City Football Federation's third annual tournament for the Navibank Cup will take place from January 4 to 13 at the city's Thong Nhat Stadium. Seven Vietnamese teams - Navibank Saigon, Khatoco Khanh Hoa, Hoang Anh Gia Lai, Dong Thap Rubber, Megastar Nam Dinh, HCM City FC, and SQC Binh Dinh - will be joined by a club from the Republic of Korea 's ChungangUniversity . They have been divided into two groups with Groups A comprising Navibank Sai Gon, SQC Binh Dinh, Khatoco Khanh Hoa, and Rubber Corporation Dong Thap, and Group B the rest. Two teams from each group will qualify for the semi-finals. The winner will get the trophy and a cash prize of 250 million VND (13,800 USD). The runners-up will get 150 million VND and the third-place team 100 million VND. Defending champions Becamex Binh Duong and last year's runners-up Dong Tam Long An are noble absentees this year. Both refused to play because they competed in a tournament last month. Source: VNA … [Read more...] about HCM City to hold annual football tourney in January

Motor vehicles must have their exhausts inspected regularly, starting next year. In accordance with the master plan of the Vietnam Register, the inspections have been mandated in order to make sure that vehicles are not emitting too many pollutants. According to General Director of the Vietnam Register Trinh Ngoc Giao, the plan, which has been approved by the Prime Minister, will be implemented in Hanoi and HCM City on a trial basis on motor vehicles that are more than 10 years old. The plan will be expanded to other localities if the trial is successful. "The plan will focus on vehicles that are 10 years old or older because they pollute more," he said. "It will then target vehicles that are more than seven years old. Motor vehicles that have passed yearly inspections will receive a stamp and verification certificate. For vehicles that fail to pass inspections, they must be repaired and fined 300,000 VND (15.7 USD), which is six times more than the cost of a simple check-up, … [Read more...] about Exhaust checks to start next year

More than 100 overseas Vietnamese business people from many countries in the world will take part in a congress on establishing the Overseas Vietnamese Business Association, to be held in Hanoi on August 9-10. Representatives from domestic financial organisations and economic groups will also attend the event, the State Committee for Overseas Vietnamese said. … [Read more...] about Congress on establishing overseas business association

A US$3.9 million project funded by the Japanese government started this month to help citrus fruit growers in the Mekong Delta region improve their farming system and cultivation techniques. The project provides technical assistance and experience in planting citrus fruit trees to farmers in the five Mekong Delta provinces of Tien Giang, Vinh Long, Soc Trang, Tra Vinh and Ben Tre, said Nguyen Minh Chau, Director of the Southern Fruit Research Institute (SOFRI). A number of nurseries, model farms and farming promotion networks will be set up in these provinces as part of the six-year project. The Mekong Delta region currently has more than 73,000 ha of citrus fruit trees, making up 27.4 percent of its total 282,000ha of fruit trees. Source: VOV … [Read more...] about Japan supports farmers in Mekong Delta