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The workshop on April 12 discusses the development of an “innovation urban area” in HCM City (Photo: VNA) HCM City (VNA) – An international workshop was held in Ho Chi Minh City on April 12 to discuss the development of an “innovation urban area” in the southern metropolis. The innovation urban area will be at the core of the city’s industrial revolution 4.0, Vice Chairman of the municipal People’s Committee Tran Vinh Tuyen told the workshop titled "An Innovation District in HCM City: Towards a Strategic Roadmap". Governance of the innovation hub would be done online and be transparent and without red tape, he said, adding it would strongly develop smart transport and environmental protection. The idea for the hub had been mooted by the city’s Party Secretary Nguyen Thien Nha, who had suggested basing it around the High-tech Park in District 9, the National University in Thu Duc District and the proposed Thu Thiem Urban and … [Read more...] about HCM City studies innovation urban area development

Tay Ninh (VNA) – An auxiliary border gate in the southern province of Tay Ninh, the Tan Nam on the border with Cambodia, will be upgraded into an international border gate. The upgrade is approved in Resolution 111/NQ-CP which was signed into issue by Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc on December 3. The Tan Nam border gate is located in Tan Binh communie, Tan Bien district. Its Cambodian counterpart is the Mon Chay border gate, which was upgraded to international level in 2014. The Tan Nam-Mon Chay border gates are 150km from Ho Chi Minh City and 130km from the Cambodia capital Phnom Penh. The border gate is accessible via a cement road connecting with provincial road 791. The Cambodia border gate has already been connected to routes to Phnom Penh and northern Cambodian provinces. According to the Tay Ninh People’s Committee, the upgrade of Tan Nam into an international border gate will facilitate trade and people’s travel between the two countries, thus … [Read more...] about Tay Ninh has one more international border gate

Hanoi (VNA) – Police recently cracked down on a major transnational ring that trafficked heroin from Cambodia to Taiwan (China) through Vietnam, the Ministry of Public Security said on December 5. On March 27, police examined a truck moving in District 12 of Ho Chi Minh City and discovered 895 heroin bricks on the vehicle. A Taiwanese named Chen Tsen Wei, born in 1986, was detained. Given the large amount of the seized heroin, the police decided to expand investigation into the case. After Chen was arrested, Taiwanese ringleaders in Cambodia ordered two other Taiwanese named Yang Po Hung and Yang Kai Chen to enter Vietnam and continue transporting drugs from Cambodia to HCM City.  The two took advantage of several Vietnamese’s names to rent five places in Binh Chanh district of HCM City, which they used as homes and production facilities and warehouses to disguise the storage and transport of heroin. Heroin was hidden inside containers of goods like adhesive tapes, … [Read more...] about Major transnational drug trafficking ring busted