HẬU GIANG INFRASTRUCTURE FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
The six projects will be located in three new urban areas in Vị Thủy and Châu Thành districts and Vị Thanh City. Three roads will be built, including one passing through Vĩnh Viễn A Commune in Long Mỹ District, one in Phú Tân Commune in Châu Thành District, and another in Phú Hữu Commune in Châu Thành District.
BA RIA-VUNG TAU CALLS FOR INVESTMENT IN 17 SEAPORT PROJECTS
Calling for investment into ports is one of the five sectors that Ba Ria-Vung Tau will focus on to realise its target to become one of the three provinces attracting the highest foreign direct investment this year.
VIETNAMESE CARRIERS NOT ALLOWED TO RESUME TICKET SALES YET
The four carriers – Vietnam Airlines, Jetstar Pacific, Vietjet Air and Bamboo Airways – were asked to submit their flight permit requests for the April 16-30 period Tuesday to the Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam for consideration.
GOV’T ANNOUNCES NEW FEED-IN-TARIFFS FOR SOLAR PROJECTS
Accordingly, feed-in-tariff for projects approved by competent authorities before November 23, 2019 and starting commercial operations (part of the project or the whole project) between Junly 1, 2019 and December 31, 2020 shall be:
HCM CITY TO CHECK MOTORCYCLE EXHAUST EMISSIONS FROM NEXT MONTH
An MOU – signed between the department and the Institute of Transport Science and Technology and the Vietnam Association of Motorcycle Manufacturers earlier this week – requires motorcycles more than five years old to be tested.
AIRLINE SERVICE FEES REDUCED FOR NEXT SIX MONTHS
On Friday, ACV reduced fees for a range of airline services at airports, including service fees for aircraft navigation (cut by 50 per cent); and pipe ladder services, carousel rentals, automatic baggage handling, check-in counters and ground services (by 10 per cent).
VIETNAM MAINTAINS THIRD RANK IN INTERNATIONAL LOGISTICS OPPORTUNITIES
China’s largest export items (in terms of volume) to the US by sea via container was furniture, bedding, and lamps in 2018. This accounted for 14 per cent of sea freight volumes exported to the US. Goods from this product category were hit in the tranche of tariffs applied on $200 billion worth of goods, initially 10 per cent in September 2018 before rising to 25 per cent in May 2019.
CUSTOMS CLEARANCE RESUMED AT LAO CAI BORDER GATE
Competent forces of Vietnam and China on February 8 resumed customs clearance for exports and imports at Kim Thanh International Border Gate No. 2 in the northern province of Lao Cai.
