Philippines’ President Rodrigo Duterte arrives at the East Asia Summit in Vientiane, Laos September 8, 2016. Photo by Reuters/Jorge Silva The visit comes at a sensitive time for the Philippines, with the president's tough image raising eyebrows both at home and abroad. Filipino President Rodrigo Duterte starts a two-day visit to Vietnam on Wednesday, and likely on the agenda will be the South China Sea dispute, a lingering issue that has found Manila and Hanoi in the same boat and pitted the U.S. and China against each other. The visit comes at a tumultuous time for the Philippines, with the tough image of the new president and his rough talks raising hackles both at home and abroad. He has grabbed headlines for not holding back on verbal attacks against the world’s highest profile figures, among them Pope Francis and U.S. President Barack Obama. At home, the peso plunged to its lowest since 2009 on Monday, and foreign investors have dumped local shares for the sixth … [Read more...]
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ASEAN Broker Networking conference to be held in Vietnam
Vietnam will host the third ASEAN Broker Networking event in October, aiming to lure investment to the country’s stock market. During the event, the ASEAN Exchanges will provide necessary information on the ASEAN link as well as market development of the exchanges to prepare the brokers to be ready to join and trade on the interconnectivity. The brokers also provide with opportunities to establish relationship among each other in the arranged one-on-one meetings. The ASEAN Broker Networking event is an initiative under collaboration between trading floors in the region. It is organised alternately among the bloc’s country members to share experience and boost business and investment cooperation. The event is under the framework of the 25th Conference of CEOs of ASEAN Stock Exchanges, slated to be held in the city from October 6-10. … [Read more...]
Referee Chau wins Golden Whistle Award
VietNamNet Bridge – Referee Nguyen Ngoc Chau of Binh Duong won the 2016 Golden Whistle Award, the Viet Nam Football Federation announced on September 27. Golden whistle: Referee Nguyen Ngoc Chau. — Photo thethaovanhoa.vn Chau overcame two candidates Ngo Duy Lan of Long An and Nguyen Van Kien of Thanh Hoa to take the award. Chau, 37, officiated at 24 of the 26 rounds in the V.League 1, where he was the main referee in 13 matches. “The prize recorded my efforts during the national premier league. Many referees didn’t supervise well in this tournament so I tried my best to avoid mistakes,” said Chau. The Golden Flag title for best assistant referee belonged to Pham Truong Xuan of Hai Phong. The winning referee will get a VND30million (US$1,300) bonus, while the most-voted assistant referee will receive VND20million ($900). related news Referees vie for Golden Whistle, Golden Flag awards VNS … [Read more...]
Thailand proposes anti-dumping duty on Vietnam’s steel products
Thailand has proposed the imposition of anti-dumping duty at a maximum of 40.49 per cent on Vietnam's steel products imported into the country. Thailand proposed to impose anti dumping duty on Vietnam's steel products at Thai market. - Photo baoxaydung.com.vn This was reported to the Ministry of Industry and Trade's Vietnam Competition Authority by the Vietnam Trade Office in Thailand. On September 20, Thailand's Ministry of Trade's Department of Foreign Trade (DFT) released its proposal on imposing anti-dumping duty from 7.94 per cent to 40.49 per cent on Vietnam's cold rolled steel plated or coated with the alloy of aluminum-hot dipped galvanized at Thailand's market. DFT will receive written feedback by October 6, 2016, from firms which will have steel duty imposed on them. It will then listen to the firms' explanations on their cases at the department's headquarters in Thailand on October 12. Thailand began investigating products imported from Vietnam in September 2015 … [Read more...]
Microsoft Vietnam, Vietnam Silicon Valley sign MoU
Microsoft Viet Nam and Vietnam Silicon Valley (VSV) signed a Memorandum of Understanding on supporting and developing information and technology application for the country's startup community on September 26. Microsoft Viet Nam and Vietnam Silicon Valley (VSV) sign a Memorandum of Understanding on supporting and developing information and technology application for the country's startup community. According to the MoU, the two sides will co-operate to develop and upgrade key sectors in building the startup ecosystem. VSV and Microsoft Viet Nam hope to boost co-operation to support startup activities in Viet Nam. VSV will play the role of a startup accelerating organisation, while providing consultation, funds and selecting startup enterprises for the programme. Meanwhile, Microsoft Viet Nam will play the role of a technology consultant and supporter to help build solutions on cloud platforms and introduce VSV startup products. VSV is an initiative of the Ministry of Science and … [Read more...]
Drowning accidents kill 5 in Vietnam
A grandmother and her granddaughter drowned yesterday while taking their buffalo to a grassy area near the Dao River in the central Ha Tinh Province. The incident took place at Thach Ha District's Thach Van Commune at about 3pm. After watching granddaughter Hoàng Thị Hiền take a false step and slip into the river, Le Thi Thai, 59, jumped into the water to rescue her. They both, however, drowned, not knowing how to swim in the deep waters. Also yesterday, a father and his two sons were found drowned in Central Highlands province of Gia Lai's Chu Prong District. The victims were identified as Nguyen Ba Duy, 37, and his twins Nguyen Ba Thuan and Nguyen Ba Thang, 4, who all lived in Ia Ve Commune. Duy's wife went back to her homeland in Binh Dinh Province last Friday. When she returned home on Sunday, she couldn't find her husband and sons. She then informed local authorities. Nguyen Bau, head of Ia Ve Commune's Police station, said relevant agencies and local residents had worked … [Read more...]
Artificial reefs promote coral recovery off Khanh Hoa’s coast
Scientists from the Institute of Oceanography in Nha Trang city, the southern central province of Khanh Hoa, have built artificial reefs to aid coral recovery off the coast of Bang Thang cape in Nha Trang Bay. From October 2013 to September 2016, they built 100 structures with a total length of 150 metres that helped recover 4,000 sq.m. of coral. They also assessed seawater quality and measured hydro-litho dynamics in Nha Trang Bay to prepare for future coral restoration. The project, carried out at a cost of more than 940 million VND (42,100 USD), may now be applied to other waters in Khanh Hoa and other coastal provinces. Earlier, the Institute of Oceanography implemented a similar project that applied coral restoration technologies in some marine reserves from 2011 to 2013. As a result, more than 5,550 sq.m. of coral was developed in the Marine Protected Area of Nha Trang Bay. The activities were among efforts to restore local coral reefs which have shrunk dramatically due to … [Read more...]
Vietnam NA Chairwoman meets Cambodian PM
National Assembly Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan reiterated Vietnam’s consistent policy of giving priority to strengthening traditional friendship and multi-dimensional cooperation with Cambodia during a meeting with Cambodian Prime Minister Samdech Hun Sen in Phnom Penh on September 27. Ngan said Vietnam sincerely wishes to work together with Cambodia to continue developing their relations in a sustainable manner to bring visible benefits to their people.She said agreements reached by the countries’ leaders have been carried out quickly across fields, bringing positive results, especially in trade and investment.She stated that the Vietnamese NA will do its best with the Cambodian Upper House and legislature to continue sharing information and experience in law-making, and supervision, and deciding on key country issues, as well as increase joint work to monitor the implementation of signed agreements.On the occasion, she expressed wish that the Cambodian PM would … [Read more...]
Lao PM ready to tackle difficulties for Vietnamese investors
Lao Prime Minister (PM) Thongloun Sisoulith said he has a plan to meet with Vietnamese investors in Laos to seek to tackle obstacles hindering their operations. He was talking to National Assembly (NA) Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan in Vientiane on September 27 after listening to the guest’s suggestion on the two Governments’ continuous coordination to work for the efficiency of Vietnamese-invested projects in Laos. The Vietnamese legislator spoke highly of the Lao leader’s contributions to the bilateral ties, especially in politics, economy, trade and investment. She informed her host on the outcomes of the talks with NA Chairwoman Pany Yathotou, noting agreements reached on action plans and cooperation orientations between the two legislatures in the coming time. She also talked about a workshop where Vietnamese and Lao law makers exchanged experience in public debt management. The legislator highlighted cooperation outcomes between the two countries’ … [Read more...]
Logo design contest marks Vietnam-India’s 45-year diplomatic ties
The Vietnamese Embassy in New Delhi opened a logo design competition on September 26 to celebrate the 45th anniversary of diplomatic relations between India and Vietnam. "There will be many events organized by both Vietnam and India to celebrate this anniversary next year. So, we need a good and meaningful logo to be used in these events as well as in the publications and website of the Embassy in 2017," Vietnamese Ambassador to India Ton Sinh Thanh said. "We are looking forward to receiving a large number of entries, considering the close relationship between Vietnam and India over the past 45 years and the promising future of the newly established Comprehensive Strategic Partnership between our two countries," he added. Highlighting the importance of the relationship with India, Thanh said India is the third country, after China and Russia, with whom Vietnam has a Comprehensive Strategic Partnership. After the Vietnam visit by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in early September, … [Read more...]
Lao delegation visits military Vietnamese military school
PANO - A delegation from the Lao’ Kaysone Phomvihane National Defense Academy (LNDA), led by its Commissar, Major General Khamla Phansaynhasouk, on September 26 visited Army Officer Training College No.1 of Vietnam. The school’s Commissar, Lieutenant General Truong Dinh Quy, introduced to the guests the school’s history, education and training tasks, as well as the training programs that develop cadets into officers and commanders at the platoon and equivalent levels. The school has so far opened 36 training courses for Lao cadets and officers, from which for more than 3,000 Lao trainees have been graduated. Surveys' results say that the Lao graduates have effectively applied what they had learnt at the school in their task performance. Translated by Mai Huong … [Read more...]
National Assembly Chairwoman starts official visit to Cambodia
National Assembly (NA) Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan arrived in Phnom Penh on the afternoon of September 27 to begin her official visit to Cambodia at the invitation of her counterpart Samdech Heng Samrin. The September 27-28 visit looks to continually cement and step up the friendly neighborliness and all-faceted cooperation between Vietnam and Cambodia. It also looks to actualize commitments on exchanging high-level visits of legislators, the sharing of experience, and other cooperative contents agreed by the two legislative bodies. Cambodia’s largest daily newspaper Rasmei Kampuchea (Light of Cambodia) has run a front page article saying the visit will strengthen bilateral cooperation. It noted this was Ngan’s first trip to Cambodia as Vietnam’s top legislator after her recent visit to Laos, showing that Vietnam prioritizes the long-standing solidarity between the three countries. Followed by Vietnamese President Tran Dai Quang’s visit to Cambodia in June … [Read more...]
Vietnam calls for Japan’s investment in agriculture
Hanoi (VNA) – Vietnam will step up improving the investment climate and hopes to see Japanese firms increase investments in agriculture in the coming time, a Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development official said. General Director of the MARD’s Department of International Cooperation Tran Kim Long delivered the message at a forum in Hanoi on September 27, which was jointly organised by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) and Japan’s Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries. According to Nguyen Do Anh Tuan, General Director of the Institute of Policy and Strategy for Agriculture and Rural Development, Vietnam has issued many policies to promote investment in agricultural and rural development, including those relating to Japanese firms, and the country is building a draft decree on foreign investment attraction in the field. He said Japanese businesses can invest in manufacturing machineries, pesticide and fertilizers for agriculture, … [Read more...]
Vietnamese national faces sudden death in Japan
Hanoi (VNA) – The Vietnamese Embassy in Japan is working closely with Japanese agencies and relevant units to ensure the legitimate rights and interests of a Vietnamese citizen who recently died in the host country, according to the Foreign Ministry’s Press Information Department on September 27. The department said on September 23, the Embassy’s Consular Department received a request from the family of the victim Tran Dac Tinh asking for help in handling necessary procedures on his funeral. Tinh was struck by sudden death syndrome and his body is currently kept in Hashima city police’s morgue. Upon learning of the news, the Embassy was instructed to promptly contact Japanese agencies concerned to provide necessary information and offer support to the victim’s family. The Embassy of Japan in Hanoi was asked to urgently grant visa to Tinh’s relatives so they can go to Japan as soon as possible to handle his post-death matters.-VNA … [Read more...]
World Bank urges Vietnam to overhaul agriculture sector
'Lead less and facilitate more' was the message directed at the government. Vietnam has emerged from a poor country in the last two decades where the government used to ration rice and other staples to a lower middle-income nation. The country’s success, however, has come at a price, said the World Bank in its newly released Vietnam Development Report 2016, titled “Transforming Vietnamese Agriculture: Gaining More from Less”. “The country’s agricultural output is exacting a price on the environment,” Ousmane Dione, World Bank’s Country Director for Vietnam, said at a press conference Tuesday in Hanoi. “'Business-as-usual' is no longer an option for the sector–growth has slowed down, it is vulnerable to climate hazards, and leaves a large environmental footprint,” he added. The Vietnamese government has been consistent with agricultural intensification to achieve its food security targets as well as to boost profits from … [Read more...]
World Bank urges Vietnam to cultivate agriculture sector
'Lead less and facilitate more' was the message directed at the government. Vietnam has emerged from a poor country in the last two decades where the government used to ration rice and other staples to a lower middle-income nation. The country’s success, however, has come at a price, said the World Bank in its newly released Vietnam Development Report 2016, titled “Transforming Vietnamese Agriculture: Gaining More from Less”. “The country’s agricultural output is exacting a price on the environment,” Ousmane Dione, World Bank’s Country Director for Vietnam, said at a press conference Tuesday in Hanoi. “'Business-as-usual' is no longer an option for the sector–growth has slowed down, it is vulnerable to climate hazards, and leaves a large environmental footprint,” he added. The Vietnamese government has been consistent with agricultural intensification to achieve its food security targets as well as to boost profits from … [Read more...]
Vietnam-EU trade to grow further
Two-way trade between Vietnam and the EU will grow further in the future as their Free Trade Agreement (EVFTA) takes effect soon, said participants at a trade conference in Hanoi on September 27. The agreement, whose negotiations concluded December 2015 in Brussels, is expected to increase Vietnam’s export to the EU by 4-6 percent per year, said Tran Ngoc Quan, deputy head of the Ministry of Industry and Trade’s European Markets Department. Around 90 tariff lines applied to products of Vietnamese and EU origins will decrease to a very low level or even zero percent for some Vietnam’s exports to the EU like garment & textile, footwear, food, farm produce and seafood, he said. However, he noted that the EU attaches importance to transparency and protection of consumers’ interests via a number of protection measures. Products eligible to be shipped to the bloc must be socially responsible and environmentally friendly. Trinh Thi Thu Hien, head of the origin of … [Read more...]
Vietnam, Japan seek to expand construction cooperation
Vietnamese and Japanese construction experts discussed issues related to construction technologies and standards, sustainable urban development and high-quality human resources at a conference in Hanoi on September 26. During the 6th Vietnam-Japan Conference on Construction (VJCC) co-hosted by the Vietnamese Ministry of Construction and Japan’s Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (MLIT), participants put forward orientations for cooperation between the two countries in managing investment, cost and quality of construction projects. In his speech at the event, Deputy Minister of Construction Le Quang Hung affirmed Japan is the leading economic partner and the largest provider of bilateral official development assistance (ODA) for Vietnam. The two countries have worked together on many great ODA projects in infrastructure and energy, effectively contributing Vietnam’s socio-economic development, he said. The two sides have coordinated in promoting exchange … [Read more...]
Lam Dong hosts exhibition on Hoang Sa, Truong Sa
An exhibition featuring over 200 maps, documentaries and objects on the Hoang Sa (Paracel) and Truong Sa (Spratly) archipelagoes opened in the Central Highlands province of Lam Dong on September 27. Titled “Vietnam’s Hoang Sa, Truong Sa – Historical and Legal Evidence”, the event aims to affirm the country’s sovereignty over the two archipelagoes. The exhibits include documents in Chinese, Nom (ancient Vietnamese script using Chinese characters), modern Vietnamese and French issued from the 17th to the 20th century by Vietnamese feudal states and the French government in Indochina (on behalf of the then Vietnamese state). There are also four atlases published by China and a six-volume atlas by Western countries also proving Vietnam’s sovereignty over the islands, together with the woodblocks of the Nguyen Dynasty and official documents approved by Nguyen kings relating to Vietnam’s exercise of sovereignty over Hoang Sa and Truong Sa. … [Read more...]
WB’s Vietnam Development Report focuses on agriculture
The World Bank in Vietnam on September 27 announced the Vietnam Development Report 2016 themed “Transforming Vietnamese Agriculture: Gaining More from Less,” detailing challenges and opportunities facing the sector. Speaking at the event, Ousmane Dione, WB Country Director for Vietnam, said that t he country’s agricultural output is exacting a price on the environment. Business as usual’ is no longer an option for the sector–growth has slowed down, it is vulnerable to climate hazards, and leaves a large environmental footprint. “Change will help overcome these challenges, ensure the future of agricultural growth, and better meet the expectations and aspirations of the people of Vietnam,” he noted. According to the report, to remain competitive in the international market, Vietnam needs to improve supply, quality, and food safety with added value. It outlines an agenda of short- and longer-term strengthening of public and market institutions … [Read more...]