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Hai Phong People Council approves free education plan

The People's Council in Hai Phong City has approved a resolution to offer free education for children from pre-school to high school level.

Farmers earn big from sandworms

Every year, between the 9th and 10th months of the lunar year, farmers in the northern city of Haiphong earn big money from harvesting sandworms.

Keep your head on a swivel

Danger is everywhere even when you think you are keeping a watchful eye.

 

Trade war heats up Vietnam’s realty market

Foreign firms usually apply the ‘China+1’ model, which means that they build a facility in China and then look for a new destination to become an intermediary location or to serve as a target for expansion and relocation in the future.

Female international drug trafficker arrested in Hai Phong

Police in Haiphong have successfully arrested a Vietnamese woman suspected of being the gang leader of an international drug trafficking ring between the northern port city and the Republic of Korea (RoK).

Hai Phong draws visitors to Cat Ba island

In the first nine months of 2019, the district welcomed 2.5 million tourists, a year-on-year rise of 12 percent, including 626,600 foreigners.

 

Two international container terminals to be built in Hai Phong

Nearly VND7 trillion (US$300.8 million) will be invested on building two international container terminals in the northern city of Hai Phong’s Lach Huyen Port next year.

Hai Phong orders police probe into gangsters' land theft

Hai Phong authorities have demanded the police investigate and handle criminal gangs who allegedly destroyed houses on military land and threatened residents.

Vietnam’s first recycled plastic-made road being built in Hai Phong

Vietnam’s first asphalt road containing recycled plastics is being constructed at the Deep C Industrial Complex in the northern port city of Hai Phong with technological consultancy from Dow Vietnam.

 

Cat Ba island - A pearl of northern Vietnam

Located 45 km east of Hai Phong port city, Cat Ba boasts a typical ecological system in Vietnam, including tropical rain forests, limestone islands, mangrove forests, coral reefs and sea grass.

Hai Phong investigates illegal dumping of waste in Da Do River

The People’s Committee of northern Hai Phong City has called for an investigation into the illegal dumping of 27 barrels of suspected chemical waste into the city's Hoa Binh Canal.

Residency management must be tightened

General Nguyen Thanh Hong, a standing member of the National Security and Defense of the National Assembly Commission talks to Tiền Phong newspaper on the need to tighten the control of temporary resident cards for foreigners in Vietnam.

Over 380 Chinese involved in online gambling to be handed over to China

More than 380 Chinese nationals involved in a multimillion-dollar gambling ring in the northern port city of Hai Phong will be handed over to the Chinese side on August 1.

 

Factories in residential area blamed for water pollution

Some small factories in the northern city of Hai Phong have been blamed for polluting local water resources with untreated wastewater.

Vietnamese, Japanese artists to join Toyota Concert this August

Renowned Vietnamese and Japanese musicians will take stage at the Toyota Concert 2019, which is scheduled to run in Hanoi, northern Hai Phong city, and Ho Chi Minh City in three nights this August.

Industrial real estate in Hai Phong setting new standards

The time when IPs could attract investors with infrastructure and incentives is over, as now IPs need to be designed and operated according to new standards.

Search for nine missing fishermen continues in Hai Phong

Authorities in Hai Phong have called for greater efforts to seek for nine missing fishermen after a collision between a fishing boat and a freight ship.

 

Vietnam boosts marine economic development

Vietnam has boosted its marine economic development, with Hai Phong city and Quang Ninh province expected to become marine economic hubs by 2030.

 

Hai Phong pavement project sees damage after 10 days

New pavements that have been laid down as part of Haiphong City’s attempt to improve its environment have already shown cracks some 10 days after being put into use.

 

Temple statue stands for the proud history of artisans

Seven-hundred years after it was constructed, a sculpture continues to surprise visitors to Bao Ha Temple in Bao Ha Village, Dong Minh Commune, Vinh Bao District in the port city of Hai Phong.