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U.S. Vice President Harris announces $20 million new clean energy funding for Mekong region

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10 months ago

November 22, 2022

U.S Vice President Kamala Harris announced $20 million in new funding for clean energy projects in the Mekong region, during the last day of her tour of Thailand on Sunday following a regional summit.

She spoke to civil society and business leaders in Bangkok after the close of a meeting of the 21-member APEC bloc a day earlier.

“Bold climate action is not only necessary to protect the people of our planet and our natural resources, but it is also powerful driver of economic growth,” she said.

In an earlier news release, she said the administration would request funding from Congress for the Japan-U.S.-Mekong Power Partnership (JUMPP), through which the two countries partner with regional nations to promote sustainable energy.

“In particular we know that the climate crisis presents a real threat to the communities who depend on the Mekong River in Thailand, in Vietnam, Laos.”

Source: https://tuoitrenews.vn/news/society/20221121/us-vice-president-harris-announces-20-million-new-clean-energy-funding-for-mekong-region/70120.html

Society

Energy director arrested for appropriating documents of state-owned power firm

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1 hour ago

October 1, 2023

TienphongNews

Energy director arrested for appropriating documents of state-owned power firm

Ngo Thi To Nhien, Director of the Vietnam Initiative for Energy Transition Social Enterprise (VIETSE). Photo courtesy of VIETSE

Ngo Thi To Nhien, director of the Vietnam Initiative for Energy Transition Social Enterprise, has been arrested for allegedly appropriating internal documents regarding state-owned Electricity of Vietnam.

Lieutenant General To An Xo, spokesman for the Ministry of Public Security, said Nhien was detained on September 20 for appropriating an organization’s documents.

Xo denied claims that she was arrested due to “environmental activism.”

Duong Duc Viet, 44, senior specialist of the investment management committee of the National Power Transmission Corporation under EVN; and Le Quoc Anh, 39, head of the system analysis department of the Power Engineering Consulting 1 company, were also arrested on the same charge.

Since 2020, Nhien knew Anh and Viet had the right to access information and documents regarding the planning for power grid development policies of EVN, authorities said. Nhien then “legitimized the appropriation of documents” by signing labor and expert contracts with Anh and Viet.

Anh and Viet later supplied the documents to Nhien.

“These are internal documents, which are not allowed to be shared or publicized,” Xo said.

Source: https://e.vnexpress.net/news/news/energy-organization-director-arrested-for-appropriating-evn-documents-4659583.html

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Samsung Hope School to be built in Binh Phuoc province

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3 hours ago

October 1, 2023

TienphongNews

A new school in the chain of Samsung Hope Schools in Vietnam will be built in the southern province of Binh Phuoc following the signing of a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on its construction on September 26.

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At the signing ceremony of the MoU. (Photo: VNA)

Binh Phuoc – A new school in the
chain of Samsung Hope Schools in Vietnam will be built in the southern province
of Binh Phuoc following the signing of a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on
its construction on September 26.

The document was inked by the People’s Committee of
Dong Xoai city in Binh Phuoc province, Samsung Electronics Vietnam Co., Ltd, and the
Korea Food for the Hungry International.

Choi Joo Ho, General Director of Samsung Vietnam, said
2023 marks the 10th year of the Samsung Hope School project in
Vietnam, which have come to different provinces like Bac Ninh, Thai Nguyen, Bac
Giang and Lang Son, benefiting more than 5,000 disadvantaged children.

Tran Tue Hien, Chairman of the Binh Phuoc People’s
Committee, noted that the project demonstrates the social responsibility of
Samsung, while opening up new, long-term cooperation opportunities between
Samsung Vietnam and Binh Phuoc.

The school will
be provided with modern equipment, with specialised rooms, aiming to facilitate
students’ comprehensive development. Its construction is scheduled to begin later this
year in Dong Xoai city./.

Source: https://en.vietnamplus.vn/samsung-hope-school-to-be-built-in-binh-phuoc-province/268631.vnp

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Foreign firms not allowed to join social housing project in Vietnam’s Cam Ranh

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8 hours ago

October 1, 2023

TienphongNews

The national government has required the administration of Khanh Hoa Province in south-central Vietnam not to join hands with foreign partners, including overseas Vietnamese people, during the execution of a social housing project in Cam Nghia Ward, Cam Ranh City.

Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha made the requirement following a proposal by the Ministry of National Defense.

The Khanh Hoa authorities have green-lighted Cam Ranh Salt JSC to convert over 87.6 hectares of salt fields for a social and commercial housing project.

The fields are part of the 124 hectares of land that Cam Ranh Salt JSC has leased from the Khanh Hoa authorities. The land lease contract will expire in August 2026.

Of the total area, the housing area will measure 30.1 hectares with 20 percent being used for the development of commercial houses and villas for sale.

The remaining 24.5 hectares will accommodate social houses.

In addition, the company can use over 3.33 hectares to make room for trade and service activities.

The project is expected to accommodate some 20,250 people and requires an estimated investment of nearly VND3.8 trillion (US$156.6 million).

Deputy PM Ha concluded that the project was subject to the government’s decree on the management of people and vehicles in maritime border areas of Vietnam and the prime minister’s decision on ensuring the security and safety of the Cam Ranh military base.

In a document on comments on the project sent to the Khanh Hoa People’s Committee in September last year, the Ministry of National Defense required the province to coordinate with military units in the province to strictly comply with the 2003 Law on National Borders and regulations on the management of people and vehicles within the country’s waters and the protection of Vietnam’s airspace.

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Source: https://tuoitrenews.vn/news/society/20230927/foreign-firms-not-allowed-to-join-social-housing-project-in-vietnams-cam-ranh/75828.html