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How green produce from China enters Vietnam

TUOI TRE NEWS
UPDATED : 11/28/2016 17:10 GMT + 7

A huge volume of Chinese agro-produce is being transported across the border on a daily basis to Vietnam, where they will be disguised as locally grown or Thai products before being sold to consumers.

Tuoi Tre (Youth) newspaper reporters have gone undercover, following dealers and truck drivers on routes thousands of kilometers long from an ‘open produce market’ in China to the wholesale markets in Vietnam, in order to see how Chinese green produce is able to penetrate so deeply into the Vietnamese market.

Sourcing and disguising

Tuoi Tre first visited Po Chai, an open agricultural produce market in Pingxiang City in the Chinese province of Guangxi.

Po Chai is considered the largest source of green produce for cross-border sales to Vietnam in southern China. Every day, several hundred metric tons of agricultural produce of all kinds are transported to Vietnam in container trucks.

Most signs at the market are displayed in both Chinese and Vietnamese. On the left hand side of the venue is a large plot of land zoned for suppliers of mushrooms, grapefruits, watermelons, peanuts, grapes, tangerines, oranges and apples. The other side is a multi-hectare parking lot for container trucks exclusively carrying dragon fruits.

At the back of the market is a place for onion and garlic sellers.

Every five or ten minutes, a container truck will leave the market, heading toward the Tan Thanh border gate to enter Vietnam.

Truck drivers claim that up to 80 or even 90 percent of garlic consumed every day in Vietnam originates from the Po Chai market.

Po Chai is an open market in that none of the goods bear any information regarding manufacturers or expiry dates, with mushrooms the only exception.

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Banks in Vietnam required to refund money stolen from ATM cards within 5 days

TUOI TRE NEWS
UPDATED : 11/28/2016 15:10 GMT + 7

A new circular issued by the State Bank of Vietnam now requires banks to refund money stolen from ATM cards within five days of a decision that the cardholder is not at fault.

The circular was issued last month as a modification and addition to previous circulars on the provision of payment services and intermediary payment services in Vietnam.

According to the new circular, card issuers are responsible for processing complaints and investigation requests made by cardholders concerning card fraud.

The time allowed for investigation is to be agreed upon in a written contract between the card issuer and the cardholder prior to issuance, with the period allowed for local banks not exceeding 45 working days.

The card issuer is to determine whether the cardholder is at fault, or whether any force majeure is at play in the loss of funds via their bank cards.

Should the cardholder be found not to be at fault, the issuer is to make a full refund within five working days.

In the case that the card issuer fails to come up with a conclusion within the allowed period for investigation, it must, within the next 15 working days, either seek a temporary deal with the cardholder or reimburse the cardholder fully until further information is made available by the relevant authorities.

The circular takes effect on Monday, November 28.

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Ho Chi Minh City allocates over $22mn to construct flyover near Tan Son Nhat

TUOI TRE NEWS
UPDATED : 11/28/2016 20:03 GMT + 7



Officials in Ho Chi Minh City will spend over US$22 million building a flyover at a crowded intersection to ease traffic around Tan Son Nhat International Airport next year.

Local traffic management authorities have said the new flyover will be constructed at the Nguyen Kiem-Nguyen Thai Son traffic circle, a bottleneck 2.5km from Tan Son Nhat, in Go Vap District.

Construction will begin in January next year and is expected to finish eight months later.

The flyover is designed to be in the shape of the letter N, including a 367.7m bridge connecting Nguyen Kiem Street and Nguyen Thai Son Street, another 367.7m bridge linking Nguyen Kiem Street to Hoang Minh Giam Street, and the third one measuring 362.8m long between Hoang Minh Giam Street and Nguyen Thai Son Street.

The project to build the flyover will also include the renovation and expansion of those roads leading to the traffic circle, installing LED lights, planting trees, and others.

The Ho Chi Minh City Department of Transport required in its approval that advanced technology be applied in making the flyover’s surface and supporting pills.

The project will cost VND504 billion ($22.2 million), with VND351 billion ($15.5 million) for the building works and the remainder for site clearance, compensation, project management, and consulting, among others.

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New technology at Ho Chi Minh City hospitals reduces wait time

TUOI TRE NEWS
UPDATED : 11/28/2016 18:05 GMT + 7

A new application at several hospitals in Ho Chi Minh City has allowed patients to arrange for their health check via a single text message, meaning they no longer have to wait hours before seeing a doctor.

The Ho Chi Minh City Oncology Hospital in Binh Thanh District and the Go Vap Hospital in the namesake district have both been providing their patients with the new service, allowing them to register for a doctor’s appointment via an SMS.

Many patients have expressed their joy as they are no longer required to wait for their numbers to be called as in other public infirmaries in the southern city.

Ho Thi Anh Nguyet, a 62-year-old patient from the Central Highlands province of Lam Dong, has spoken of her experience at the Oncology Hospital on November 18.

Nguyet sent a text message to 19001000 at 8:00 am before receiving a reply stating that her number was 20 and that her health check was confirmed for 9:00 am.

The message cost VND1,000 (US$0.04), Nguyet said, adding that the service was extremely convenient and saved her a lot of time.

According to Dr. Diep Bao Tuan, deputy director of the infirmary, the ‘smart’ service was initiated in early October.

A survey was later conducted on 1,263 users of the application, with 96 percent responding that they were satisfied and were able to manage their time more effectively because of it, Dr. Tuan said.

The service has also been vital in preventing overloading at the facility, the deputy director said, adding that about 1,800 people came to the hospital on a daily basis, 75 percent from other provinces across Vietnam.

Many patients arrived very early in the morning but still had to wait long hours before being able to see their doctors.

Some people had also been taking advantage of the situation, selling their patient numbers to others at between VND200,000 ($8.87) and VND300,000 ($13.3), Tuan reported.

People are currently able to use the service between midnight and 4:00 pm, he said, adding that the window would be expanded to facilitate patients who would like to register for their health check a day in advance.

Benefit for both patients and doctors

According to Pham Huu Quoc, director of the Go Vap Hospital, they had offered a similar service for about a year.

Thanks to the new application, patients no longer have to waste their time waiting or risk getting infected by other sick people.

In addition, doctors can estimate the number of patients they see in a day, enabling them to relax at work, Quoc continued.

The management of patient records has also improved with the new service, he added.

The municipal Department of Health has urged other hospitals in the southern city to apply the use of similar technologies to enhance convenience and service to patients.

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Public consultation on Long Thanh International Airport design

By Chau Nhu Quynh | dtinews.vn | November 28, 2016 05:42 PM


A design for the Long Thanh International Airport displayed in Hanoi

The designs which will be displayed until December 12 at the Vietnam Exhibition Centre for Culture and Arts at.2 Hoa Lu Street, Hanoi.

Visitors to the exhibition are encouraged to offer their opinions and make suggestions.

se designs to display in Danang from December 16-25, Dong Nai from December 28 to January 11, 2017 and HCM City from January 13-23, 2017.

The nine designs were selected from a contest held recently by ACV to find the best design for the passenger terminal of the Long Thanh International Airport in the southern province of Dong Nai.

Contestants were required to design a passenger terminal with total floor space of around 400,000 square metres and handle 25 million passengers a year in the first phase. It should meet the requirements of the International Civil Aviation Organisation and the International Air Transport Organisation for services at leading airports around the world.

The passenger terminal should also be connected consistently with infrastructure facilities at the airport and in line with the approved master zoning plan for the multi-billion airport, which is envisioned becoming an aviation hub in Southeast Asia.

The long-awaited project is expected to start in 2019 with total investment amounting to USD16.03 billion. The project will be divided into three phases and is planned to handle 100 million passengers and 5 million tonnes of cargo a year.

The project will be financed by the State budget, official development assistance loans, capital contributed by enterprises, proceeds from equitisation of state-owned enterprises and other sources.

Eight other designs for the Long Thanh International Airport being displayed:

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Breakfast @ Tuoi Tre News – November 29

TUOI TRE NEWS
UPDATED : 11/29/2016 08:30 GMT + 7

Here are the leading news stories about Vietnam you should not miss today, November 29:

Politics

-- Vietnam will hold a day of national mourning for Fidel Castro this Sunday, December 4, to express condolences and gratitude to the Cuban revolutionary leader, who passed away on November 25.

-- Many Vietnamese leaders and local residents on Monday flocked to the Cuban embassy in Hanoi to pay their last respects to the late Fidel Castro, the Cuban revolutionary leader who passed away last week.


Society

-- Nine design plans for the multibillion-dollar Long Thanh International Airport, slated for construction in the southern province of Dong Nai, are being displayed for public feedback at the Vietnam Exhibition Center for Culture and Arts in Hanoi.

-- The number of criminal cases in Ho Chi Minh City has dropped 14 percent in the last 11 months to 4,690, the municipal police department said at a meeting with the city's Party chief Dinh La Thang on Monday.

-- A blaze engulfed a two-story house in District 9, Ho Chi Minh City, on Monday afternoon, killing two women who failed to join others in escaping from the fire.

-- As of 8:00 am on Monday, Ho Chi Minh City had had 83 locally acquired Zika cases on record, with nine cases in pregnant women, the municipal preventive health center said.

-- Storm Tokage, the ninth storm to hit Vietnam this year, weakened into a tropical depression on Monday, but still brought cold weather to northern Vietnam, and rainfall to the central regions, in the next three to four days.


Business

-- The Vietnam Standards and Consumers Association (Vinastas) issued Monday a public apology for the misleading findings about the safety of traditionally-made fish sauce stated in a survey it conducted last month.

-- Vietnam's State Capital Investment Corporation confirmed on Monday it will sell more than 130.63 million shares, or a stake of nine percent, in dairy firm Vinamilk at a minimum bidding price of VND144,000 dong ($6.34) apiece on December 12.

-- A VND504 billion ($22.5 million) flyover is slated for construction at the Nguyen Thai Son-Nguyen Kiem intersection in Go Vap District, one of the worst traffic bottlenecks in Ho Chi Minh City, in January 2017.

[Thom07]

Originally Posted by snipeshot08

You still SYT mah.........

Chey transit nia nia you heng liao, I always kena stuck in those stoopid NBSD places for at least 4 days

Cheerios......SS08 ^_^

Transit through Dubai.
Was posted to "Dammam" for that odd years of disappearance.
Hot and sweaty every day. No heng leh.

[Hurricane88]

Originally Posted by Thom07

Transit through Dubai.
Was posted to "Dammam" for that odd years of disappearance.
Hot and sweaty every day. No heng leh.

welcum back...What you mia in Dubai...niao by sheng dan...

[snipeshot08]

Originally Posted by Hurricane88

so far never encountered before...never been pulled over by cong an...

I kena 2 times liao when inside taxi poor fella have to pay at least 200K which is more than my fare on bike still lucky never kena before

Cheerios.....SS08 ^_^

[snipeshot08]

Originally Posted by Hurricane88

whose the clown...haha...

You never see the news meh, nowadays the "in" thing in this world is to have clowns as Presidents already got at least 3 liao and 2 is in Asia somemore

Cheerios.......SS08 ^_^

[snipeshot08]

Originally Posted by Hurricane88

Now you steady pun pi pi...only 2 posts daily...

Wee woo weet !!!!!

Cheerios......SS08 ^_^

[Hurricane88]

Originally Posted by snipeshot08

I kena 2 times liao when inside taxi poor fella have to pay at least 200K which is more than my fare on bike still lucky never kena before

Cheerios.....SS08 ^_^

is it...your driver never pray pray...

[Hurricane88]

Originally Posted by snipeshot08

You never see the news meh, nowadays the "in" thing in this world is to have clowns as Presidents already got at least 3 liao and 2 is in Asia somemore

Cheerios.......SS08 ^_^

a billionaire cannot never be a clown...he business man leh...

[Hurricane88]

Originally Posted by snipeshot08

Wee woo weet !!!!!

Cheerios......SS08 ^_^

meaning what...new words created...when inducted to oxford dict...

[snipeshot08]

Originally Posted by Hurricane88

Public consultation on Long Thanh International Airport design

By Chau Nhu Quynh | dtinews.vn | November 28, 2016 05:42 PM


A design for the Long Thanh International Airport displayed in Hanoi

Looks nice, machiam like a bird

Cheerios......SS08 ^_^