HCM CITY — Inspectors from the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment on Wednesday began appraising golf courses in HCM City for their use of land and effect on the environment and water resources.
There are five courses and their inspection will last a month.
In 2008 HCM City was considering licensing 13 golf courses which required thousands of ha of land.
But following the ministry's inspection end of last year, only seven, with an area of 725ha, were licensed.
New centre for testing medicines, cosmetics
CAN THO — Construction of a state-of-the-art centre for testing medicines, cosmetics and food began on Tuesday in Can Tho City.
The centre, invested in by the Can Tho City Department of Health, costs VND218 billion (US$11.4 million), including VND102 billion for construction and VND77 billion for equipment.
Covering a total area of 5,000 sq. metres in Ninh Kieu District's An Khanh Commune, the centre will have five storeys and will open after 18 months of construction.
The centre is expected to meet the requirements of ISO/IEC 17025:2005, a certificate of standards for testing and calibration laboratories and the Ministry of Health's Good Laboratory Practice standards.
Tran Thanh Man, chairman of the Can Tho City People's Committee, said the centre would be the most modern of its kind in the Cuu Long (Mekong) Delta. — VNS
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