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17/07/2021 11:08 GMT+7
Vietnam s largest waste-to-energy plant to become operational next month
The Soc Son waste-to-energy project is located in Nam Son Waste Treatment Complex in Hanoi, the largest one in Vietnam will start operating this August.
The move came to help handle the issues of waste treatment in Hanoi, a very frustrating problem for residents living near the Nam Son Waste Treatment Complex.
In recent years, the Nam Son complex has been in the news several times for a long-running dispute over land compensation that repeatedly caused local residents to block entry to it, resulting in trash piling up around the city.
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13/07/2021 11:06 GMT+7
Home-quarantine to be piloted nationwide
Vietnam will pilot a nationwide home-quarantine programme for F1 people who had close contact with Covid-19 patients.
The move was made by Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam following the Ministry of Health’s proposal.
At an online meeting on HCM City’s Covid-19 situation held on Monday, Dam said that he had received many opinions suggesting the home-quarantine.
At present, the pilot home quarantine is being applied in HCM City. People who come into close contact with Covid-19 patients can quarantine themselves at home for 28 days, but strictly following regulations.
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03/05/2021 14:00 GMT+7
The painting Madame Phuong by painter Mai Trung Thu recently sold for US$3.1 million, a high point in Vietnam’s cultural life.
So far, seven Vietnamese paintings have sold for over $1 million. The first painting was Family Life by artist Le Pho, which was auctioned for over $1.17 million four years ago. This was the first time a Vietnamese painting sold for over $1 million at an international auction. Family Life by Le Pho
Over two years later, another painting by Le Pho, “Nude”, broke the record made by Family Life when it was sold for nearly $1.4 million when auctioned at the 20th Century & Contemporary Art auction held by Christie s in Hong Kong, China.
Hanoi, will be postponed
from its original date as outbreaks of
COVID-19 in the capital and the northern
province of
The project, located in Soc Son district’s Nam Son waste
treatment complex, is designed to be capable of handling 4,000 tonnes of waste
per day and generating about 75 MW.
The plant has an investment of about 291 million USD and uses
technologies from Europe.
Its investment licence was approved in 2017, with a foreign
investor being in charge of its construction and operation.
Vice Chairman of the Hanoi People s Committee (first line, second from right) inspects the plant s construction progress (Photo: VNA)