The scheme to help 1,000 ethnic minority households get rid of
poverty each year has helped many local households rise from poverty (Photo: https://dangcongsan.vn/)
Binh Phuoc (VNA) – The southern province of Binh
Phuoc plans to mobilise resources to implement a plan to help 1,000 ethnic
minority households get rid of poverty in 2021.
The plan, which has been approved by the provincial People’s Committee, covers three
border districts of Bu Gia Map,
Loc Ninh and Bu Dop, and Dong Phu, Hon Quang, Phu Rieng, Bu Dang districts and
Binh Long township.
Currently, Binh Phuoc is calling for the engagement of the
Saigon metro line investor slammed for failure to renew consultant pact
By Trung Son March 16, 2021 | 09:23 pm GMT+7
Local people dismantle their houses to give up space for the construction of metro line No.2 in HCMC s Tan Binh District, August 2020. Photo by VnExpress/Huu Khoa.
The HCMC administration has severely criticized the investor of metro line No.2 for failing to renew an independent consultant contract in time for the project to proceed.
The criticism was made following advice from the municipal Department of Home Affairs.
As investor of the Ben Thanh – Tham Luong Metro Line, the second metro line of the city that will run 11 kilometers between districts 1 and 12, the HCMC Management Authority for Urban Railways (MAUR) was late in signing an Independent Consultant (IC) Agreement contract, causing capital disbursement delays that have affected the project’s progress, quality as also reflected badly on the city.
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Monday, March 15, 2021, 09:00 GMT+7
A file photo shows a stretch of Truong Chinh Street in Tan Binh District which is planned for the construction of the Ben Thanh – Tham Luong metro line, the second of its kind in Ho Chi Minh City. Photo: Tu Trung / Tuoi Tre
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The site clearance for metro line No. 2 is carried out along Truong Chinh Street in Tan Binh District, Ho Chi Minh City. Photo: Tu Trung / Tuoi Tre
The construction of Ho Chi Minh City’s metro line No. 2 is expected to begin in 2022, according to a report prepared by the municipal administration.
The project’s site clearance process has reached 74 percent of completion, the Ho Chi Minh City People’s Committee stated in the report submitted to the Ministry of Planning and Investment.
A total of 462 out of 603 households have agreed to hand over their land and relocate to other places, the administration continued, adding that site clearance will be finished over the next months.