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New bridge over Sài Gòn River opens to traffic

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A view of the newly opened Thủ Thiêm 2 Bridge in HCM City. — VNA/ Photo Tiến Lực

HCM CITY — The Thủ Thiêm 2 Bridge that spans the Sài Gòn River, connecting District 1 and Thủ Đức City, officially opened to traffic on Thursday.

The 1.5-km, six-lane bridge links the city’s downtown area with the Thủ Thiêm New Urban Area, designated as the new financial and innovative hub of the city. After seven years of construction, the bridge is open to use by all vehicles except container trucks.

Speaking at the bridge’s inauguration ceremony, HCM City Chairman Phan Văn Mãi said the project will complete the city’s main traffic axis and attract investments needed to fully develop the new urban area before 2030.

“The completion of Thủ Thiêm 2 Bridge is meaningful, especially at a time that HCM City is trying to recover from the impacts of COVID-19,” he said.

Lauding the efforts of the city and investors who have overcome difficulties caused by the pandemic to complete the project, Deputy Prime Minister Lê Minh Khái said that in the near future, the Central Government will focus investments on strengthening the region’s transport infrastructure with major projects such as Ring Road 3, HCM City – Chơn Thành expressway and other significant works connecting with the Mekong Delta region.

At VNĐ3.1 trillion (US$134.54 million), the bridge is easily the most expensive of all bridges that have been constructed in the city in recent years.

The build-operate project starts at the Tôn Đức Thắng – Lê Duẩn intersection in District 1, crosses the Sài Gòn River and connects with the Arc Boulevard (route R1) in the Thủ Thiêm New Urban Area.

On the District 1 side, vehicles can go straight in the direction of Tôn Đức Thắng onto Thủ Thiêm 2 Bridge from Lê Duẩn Street. From Đồng Khởi Street, they can follow Tôn Đức Thắng Street, turn to Võ Văn Kiệt, go under Khánh Hội Bridge and turn back to Tôn Đức Thắng before following N2 branch to the new bridge.

On the Thủ Thiêm side, cars and other vehicles will go on Mai Chí Thọ Street, cross Tố Hữu Street to the R12 line to get to the Thủ Thiêm 2 bridge. From the direction of the Thủ Thiêm 1 bridge, vehicles will go straight from Nguyễn Cơ Thạch Street to Tố Hữu Street and then turn into R12 street.

HCM City has approved plans for a total of four bridges, besides the existing tunnel under the river, to further connect its downtown with the Thủ Thiêm Area. —

Source: https://vietnamnews.vn/society/1176704/new-bridge-over-sai-gon-river-opens-to-traffic.html

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NA Chairman meets Vietnamese community in Indonesia

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National Assembly (NA) Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue on August 4 met with officials and staff of the Vietnamese Embassy in Jakarta, the Vietnamese Permanent Mission to ASEAN and the Vietnamese community in Indonesia.

NA Chairman meets Vietnamese community in Indonesia hinh anh 1National Assembly Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue and representatives of the Vietnamese community in Indonesia (Photo: VNA)

Jakarta – National Assembly (NA) Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue on August 4 met with officials and staff of the Vietnamese Embassy in Jakarta, the Vietnamese Permanent Mission to ASEAN and the Vietnamese community in Indonesia.

According to Vietnamese Ambassador to Indonesia Ta Van Thong, about 500 Vietnamese people are living in Indonesia. Over the years, the embassy had focused on protecting Vietnamese citizens in the country, he said.

He noted that despite the global economic recession, two-way trade between Vietnam and Indonesia has still increased 10% each year to 14 billion USD in 2022. He held that the goal of 15 billion USD set by the two sides can be reached before 2028.

Many Vietnamese people have chosen Indonesia for travelling, while many Vietnamese businesses have invested in the country, he added.

Meanwhile, Ambassador Nguyen Hai Bang, Permanent Representative of Vietnam to ASEAN, and ASEAN Deputy Secretary General Tran Duc Binh said that Vietnam and Indonesia are important partners of each other in ASEAN. The Vietnamese top legislator’s participation at the 44th General Assembly of the ASEAN Inter-Parliamentary Assembly (AIPA-44) is an important external activity in both bilateral and multilateral aspects, they underlined.

Representatives from Vietnamese businesses in Indonesia proposed that the NA and Government continue designing policies and measures to promote economic, trade and investment cooperation between the two countries.

Addressing the meeting, NA Chairman Hue highlighted the sound relations between Vietnam and Indonesia, initiated by President Ho Chi Minh and President Sukarno.

He said that Vietnam with a population of 100 million and Indonesia with nearly 300 million people have great cooperation potential, asking Vietnamese businesses, diplomatic agencies and community to continue to promote bilateral collaboration in promising areas towards the goal of 15 billion USD in two-way trade. Indonesia is currently the third largest of Vietnam among ASEAN members, he noted.

He said he hopes the embassy and Vietnamese community will continue to act as a bridge connecting the two countries. He also asked the Vietnam Trade Office to create optimal conditions for businesses of both sides to promote partnership.

He affirmed that the Party and State always consider the Vietnamese community abroad as an indispensable part of the Vietnamese nation, and expressed his hope that the Vietnamese community in Indonesia will maintain the language and culture of Vietnam.

He held that it is necessary to organise a Vietnamese Language Day abroad, along with the building of cultural facilities for Vietnamese people in other countries to gather./.

Source: https://en.vietnamplus.vn/na-chairman-meets-vietnamese-community-in-indonesia/265677.vnp

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Voluntary blood donation helps save lives

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Many people across Vietnam, regardless of their ages and jobs, have actively donated blood to save lives of many others.

Voluntary blood donation helps save lives hinh anh 1Tran Minh Men (L) and another blood donor. (Photo: tuoitre.vn)

Hanoi – Many people across Vietnam, regardless of their ages and jobs, have actively donated blood to save lives of many others.

In late July, 100 outstanding blood donors nationwide were honoured at a three-day programme in the capital city of Hanoi.

Among them, there are 20 female delegates, 16 representatives from the education sector, eight medical staff, seven from the armed forces and three ethnic minorities. The oldest delegate is 61 years old and the youngest is 22 years old.

There were 10 delegates who donated blood 19-29 times, 60 delegates 30-49 times, 20 delegates 50-69 times, eight 70-99 times, and two at least 100 times.

Tran Minh Men, a 52-year-old man, has donated blood 102 times over the past 22 years. He is now head of the Blood Bank Team in Nghi Duc commune, Tanh Linh district, the south central province of Binh Thuan.

He shared at a meeting with Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh that he has also encouraged more than 3,000 others to participate in blood donation campaigns.

According to him, the greatest joy of those who participate in those campaigns is that patients are healthy and return to a normal life.

Meanwhile, Ho Kim Phuong from Ho Chi Minh City is the female donor with the most times donating blood at 78 times. She has participated in blood donation once every 3 months since 1997.

“Having witnessed many difficult and extreme situations, I always think “I can give what I can give, I can help someone with what I can”. My blood is available in my body, I can help people, help life until there is no health left. My family has four members, and all of us have donated blood more than 250 times, my husband has donated 72 times and is now over the age to donate blood, my daughter 52 times, my son 48 times,” Phuong said.

Voluntary blood donation helps save lives hinh anh 2Illustrative image (Photo: VNA)

Over the past 15 years, as many as 1,500 voluntary blood donors nationwide have been honoured.

Last year, over 1.43 million units of blood were donated nationwide, 99% of which came from voluntary blood donors.

Since early this year, about 900,000 units of blood have been collected through various campaigns./.

Source: https://en.vietnamplus.vn/voluntary-blood-donation-helps-save-lives/265650.vnp

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Vietnam News Agency has third deputy general director

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Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has signed a decision appointing Nguyen Thi Su, head of the Domestic News Department of the Vietnam News Agency, to the position of VNA Deputy General Director.

Vietnam News Agency has third deputy general director hinh anh 1Nguyen Thi Su has become the third deputy general director of the VNA (Photo: VNA)

HanoiPrime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has signed a decision appointing Nguyen Thi Su, head of the Domestic News Department of the Vietnam News Agency, to the position of VNA Deputy General Director.

Su, born in 1972, has become one of the three deputy general directors of the VNA, the State-run news agency of Vietnam, along with Nguyen Tuan Hung and Doan Thi Tuyet Nhung.

Su graduated from the Hanoi University of Law. She started her career at the VNA in 1994 as a reporter. She was promoted to the head of the diplomatic news desk of the VNA Domestic News Department in 2006, deputy head of the department in 2011 and head of the department in 2019.

Currently, she is also a member of the VNA Party Committee and Vice President of the Union of Journalists of the VNA.

[Vietnam News Agency has new Deputy General Director]

The VNA is responsible for providing official information and documents of the Party and State, according to the Government’s recently-released Decree No 87/2022/NĐ-CP. It provides information in service of the Party leadership and State management; and collects and provides news through various forms of press and multimedia to be published by the mass media, and for the public and readers at home and abroad./.

Source: https://en.vietnamplus.vn/vietnam-news-agency-has-third-deputy-general-director/265688.vnp

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