Morning news 14-3: Bien Hoa airport will be built; Ho Chi Minh City hospitals are overloaded due to slow construction

Chuối xuất khẩu đã tăng giá trở lại — Banana export prices have increased again.

Banana export prices to China increase again

On March 13, many export businesses said that banana exports have increased again and fluctuated around 10,000 - 12,000 VND/kg.

Mr. Vo Quan Huy - Chairman of Huy Long An Company Limited (FOHLA) specializing in exporting bananas to China, Japan, and South Korea - said that before Tet, the price of bananas exported to the billion-people market was about 2,500 - 3,000 VND/kg, but now it is 10,000 - 12,000 VND/kg.

"Other markets have stable prices, but in China prices have increased 5-6 times. I sell about 20 containers a week," said Mr. Huy.

Another banana export factory owner in Dong Nai province exports 8 containers per week. Because export prices have increased, this company buys good quality bananas at 10,000 - 11,000 VND/kg.

Explaining the reason, Mr. Dang Phuc Nguyen - General Secretary of the Vietnam Fruit and Vegetable Association - said that in China, the domestic supply of bananas has run out, the time when banana consumption is strongest is during the hot summer, and banana prices have continuously increased again in recent days.

According to Mr. Nguyen, bananas are in the top 10 major export items to China. It is forecasted that in 2024, banana exports will reach about 310 - 312 million USD, of which the Chinese market alone will reach about 200 million USD.

Ho Chi Minh City: Why is it proposed to rent automatic ticket vending machines on buses?

The Ho Chi Minh City Department of Transport has just issued a document explaining the opinions of members of the Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee on hiring a service to provide an automatic ticket collection system on buses. The Department recommends that the Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee consider and approve the policy of hiring a service to provide an automatic ticket collection system on buses to implement the next steps.

This is to ensure the roadmap for applying smart tickets in the public passenger transport system on 100% of bus routes by 2025.

The Ho Chi Minh City Department of Transport also explained that hiring from an IT specialist helps to ensure high data security.

Complete endoscopic surgery for complex congenital heart disease

The surgery for 3-year-old HA (in Khanh Hoa province) was performed at Vinmec Hanoi Hospital. According to Dr. Dang Quang Huy - the main surgeon of the surgery, currently there are only a few cardiovascular centers in Vietnam and the world that can perform complete endoscopic treatment of congenital heart diseases in children.

Dr. Huy said that baby A. was discovered to have congenital heart disease combined with multiple lesions (atrial septal defect with ectopic pulmonary veins) in January 2024. If not treated, it could cause dilated heart chambers, right heart failure, and early pulmonary fibrosis.

The doctors decided to perform a complete endoscopy with an incision the size of a pen tip or a fingertip, the scar similar to a laparoscopic appendectomy. After the surgery, the baby recovered very well.

This technique can also be applied to treat many congenital heart diseases such as ventricular septal defect, atrioventricular septal defect, ectopic pulmonary veins..., with a faster recovery time than traditional methods, reducing pain for patients and ensuring aesthetics, especially for women and girls.

Khách ngồi chờ chuyến bay khởi hành tại lối ra cửa máy bay cảng hàng không quốc tế Tân Sơn Nhất, khi có thêm sân bay sẽ giảm tải cho sân bay hiện có tại TP.HCM - Ảnh: CÔNG TRUNG — Passengers wait for their flight to depart at the exit of Tan Son Nhat International Airport. When there is another airport, it will reduce the load on the existing airport in Ho Chi Minh City - Photo: CONG TRUNG

Assign Dong Nai Provincial People's Committee to deploy investment in Bien Hoa airport project

Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha has just signed document 175 on March 13 to invest in Bien Hoa airport under the PPP method.

The Deputy Prime Minister agreed to assign the People's Committee of Dong Nai province as the competent authority to implement the project investment under the public-private partnership model as proposed by the People's Committee of Dong Nai province, the Ministry of Transport and the opinion of the Ministry of Planning and Investment.

At the same time, request the Ministry of National Defense, Ministry of Planning and Investment, Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment and relevant agencies to coordinate and support Dong Nai Provincial People's Committee in the project implementation process.

According to the Ministry of Transport, recently, a number of localities have reported and been assigned by the Prime Minister as the competent authority to invest in new airports under the public-private partnership model, such as Van Don International Airport, Quang Tri Airport, and Sa Pa Airport.

Of which, Van Don airport has been put into operation since 2018; Quang Tri airport has selected investors and is implementing. Sa Pa airport is organizing the selection of investors. According to the planning for the development of the airport system, airports 2021 - 2030, vision 2050, Bien Hoa airport is one of the airports planned to be a domestic airport serving dual-use exploitation in the period 2021 - 2030.

Bien Hoa Airport is located in Tan Phong ward, the center of Bien Hoa city, Dong Nai province; conveniently located, near large residential areas, about 25km from Tan Son Nhat international airport; about 32km from Long Thanh international airport.

Ho Chi Minh City: Hospital overloaded due to project delays

The prolonged construction of the new building has caused many difficulties for medical examination and treatment activities at Gia Dinh People's Hospital, Ho Chi Minh City.

The project uses capital from the Ho Chi Minh City budget, the career development fund and loans, with a total investment of more than 600 billion VND. The project is being constructed by Thanh Do Construction Group Joint Stock Company. According to the plan, it will be put into use after 2 years, however, even though 4 years have passed, the project has not been completed.

Doctor Vo Hong Minh Cong, deputy director of Gia Dinh People's Hospital, said that since 2020, when the construction of the inpatient treatment building began, the hospital was forced to demolish part of the departments and rooms to make room for construction.

Departments and rooms have been significantly reduced. The outpatient clinic is always crowded, and inpatient rooms, patients sometimes have to lie in the hallways. The hospital has tried to take advantage of empty spaces in the campus to set up clinics, patient rooms, and add more beds for examination and treatment.

The hospital also organizes midday medical examinations, extending the examination time from 6:30 to 18:30 every day; implementing medical examinations on Saturday and Sunday mornings in all departments and rooms, but the scale of the hospital has been reduced by nearly half compared to before, it is necessary to speed up the construction progress of the inpatient treatment area, hand over the project soon, and serve medical examination and treatment.