A map shows the route of the under-construction Ring Road No. 3 passing through HCM City and Đồng Nai, Bình Dương and Long An provinces. — Photo plo.vn HCM CITY — The HCM City Department of Transport is seeking approval from the administration to auction land along the under-construction Ring Road No. 3 to raise funds for speeding up work. Now identified as a key and urgent traffic project in 2021-25, it was approved more than 10 years ago, will be nearly 92 kilometres long and run through HCM City and Đồng Nai, Bình Dương and Long An provinces. It will be built in four sections and have four lanes. Some sections have been completed, but the city wants to complete it by 2025. It is expected to help ease traffic congestion in the city and transport of goods from Cửu Long (Mekong) Delta provinces to the Nhơn Trạch Industrial Zone in Đồng Nai Province and Cái Mép-Thị Vải Port in Bà Rịa-Vũng Tàu Province. The four localities are finalising the pre-feasibility study to submit … [Read more...] about HCM City transport department seeks to raise funds for Ring Road No.3 construction
Vietnam, France hold seventh high-level economic dialogue
The event was co-chaired by Director of the External Economic Department under the Ministry of Planning and Investment Pham Hoang Mai, and on the French side head of the Bilateral Affairs and International Business Development Department at the French Treasury Magali Cesana. In opening the dialogue, Director Pham Hoang Mai thanked the French Government and people for aiding Vietnam with vaccine and medical supplies in the battle against COVID-19, which he said reflect the close ties between the two countries. For her part, Cesana affirmed that despite the negative impacts of the pandemic, cooperation with Vietnam is still among priorities of France. She cited the official visit to France by Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh, saying that it demonstrates France’s commitment to enhancing investment, economic and trade cooperation with Vietnam. The two sides took note of achievements in bilateral economic ties, including France’s cumulative investment worth a total 3.6 billion USD in … [Read more...] about Vietnam, France hold seventh high-level economic dialogue
Trillanes: Proposed military service shows Sara’s misunderstanding of security issues
Former Senator Antonio Trillanes IV. FILE PHOTO MANILA, Philippines — Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio’s recent proposal to make military service mandatory for those aged 18 and above shows her lack of understanding regarding security concerns, former senator Antonio Trillanes IV said on Friday. According to Trillanes — a former military officer who grabbed headlines in 2003 after being one of the leaders of a coup attempt to protest alleged corruption in the armed service — Duterte-Carpio’s proposal is wrong on so many levels. Trillanes, a staunch critic of the mayor’s father, President Rodrigo Duterte, said that both father and daughter are merely power-tripping. “Sara Duterte’s mandatory military service proposal is wrong on so many levels. It shows her lack of understanding on national security matters. Like her father, everything is about power tripping,” the former senator said in a statement. If he manages to win a seat in the 2022 senatorial elections, Trillanes … [Read more...] about Trillanes: Proposed military service shows Sara’s misunderstanding of security issues
Barclays, Deutsche join bank rush to reopen offices in England
LONDON : Barclays and Deutsche Bank have told staff they can return to the office in England, joining a growing number of banks reopening their buildings after COVID-19 restrictions were eased this week. Deutsche Bank has told employees they can start coming back to the office from Jan. 31, a spokesperson said. Barclays will also resume hybrid working in England from next week, a source familiar with the matter told Reuters. Some staff including traders had continued to use Deutsche Bank offices, but now others will be able to return, with most working on average around three days a week in the office, the spokesperson said. The banks join others including Standard Chartered, Citigroup, Goldman Sachs and HSBC in moving quickly to get people back in the office after the British government scrapped work from home guidance for England. (Reporting by Iain Withers and Lawrence White , Editing by Alexander Smith ) … [Read more...] about Barclays, Deutsche join bank rush to reopen offices in England
Mitra issue: Company director, association president among 22 detained by MACC
- A + A PUTRAJAYA (Jan 21): A company director and an association president were among 22 individuals detained by the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) in operations carried out in seven States on Thursday to assist in investigations into the misappropriation of funds from the Malaysian Indian Community Transformation Unit (Mitra). According to MACC sources, the 22, who also comprised the secretaries of associations and organisations, were arrested in operations carried out in Perak, Selangor, Kedah, Johor, Kuala Lumpur, Negeri Sembilan and Melaka. Six of the individuals arrested on Thursday have been remanded for four to six days from Friday after the MACC made an application at the Magistrate's Courts in Selangor, Kedah and Putrajaya, while the rest were released on MACC bail. The sources added 337 companies, associations and non-governmental organisations (NGOs) had earlier been identified to have been approved for grant allocations by MITRA from 2019 … [Read more...] about Mitra issue: Company director, association president among 22 detained by MACC