Doosan Heavy Industries & Construction Co. has recently signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with its five partners at its Vietnamese operation Doosan Heavy Industries Vietnam Co. (Doosan Vina) to help them enter the Vietnamese market. The Memorandum of Understanding was, rather symbolically, signed in Vietnam, at Doosan Vina RELATED CONTENTS: Doosan Vina announces newly appointed senior officers Four houses repaired on the 5th Doosan Day of Community Doosan Vina takes second place in International Keson Competition Doosan takes responsibility for fire at Vinh Tan 4 thermal power plant Doosan Heavy will … [Read more...]

The Hanoitimes - President Tran Dai Quang encouraged US businesses to make investment in Vietnam’s energy, oil and gas, infrastructure, finance-banking, education and training, and tourism while addressing a workshop on the Vietnam-US prospects in 2017 and the following years in Hanoi on May 19. The event was jointly held by the Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry (VCCI) and the American Chamber of Commerce (AmCham). Vietnam hopes to export to the US its farm produce, seafood, timber products, garment-textile, electronics, and consumer products, while importing hi-tech commodities to serve the local economy, he said. He added that the country highly values investment projects of US businesses and vows to provide the optimal conditions for foreign investors to make long-term investment. The successful economic cooperation will create an important foundation for the bilateral comprehensive partnership to grow in a sustainable, constructive and mutually beneficial manner, he … [Read more...]

The only survivor in a recent truck accident that claimed two lives in the northern province of Hoa Binh was left speechless seeing locals rush out to loot products on the vehicle, instead of helping them. The only survivor in a recent truck accident that claimed two lives in the northern province of Hoa Binh was left speechless seeing locals rush out to loot products on the vehicle, instead of helping them. A truck was transporting rice bran on the National Highway 6 in Quy Hau Commune in Tan Lac District at around 1:45 am on Thursday when the driver lost control and crashed into a mountain. Only one of the three people in the cabin survived the crash, albeit with multiple injuries. The sole survivor immediately called for help, only to see dozens of local residents and passers-by jostle to the street to loot the bran bags scattered around the road, he recalled. Some of the looters even deployed cargo motorbikes to take home as much of the rice bran as they could. A police team … [Read more...]

Nishimura Masanari’s family donated more than 7,000 books, magazines and maps to the library named after him. Dr. Nishimura Masanari (1965-2013) was a Japanese scholar who has over 20 years of experience in Vietnamese studies in the fields of archaeology, history, culture and anthropology. He spent the most time on his archaeology studies. With a good understanding of Vietnamese archaeology, he worked with many experts from the USSH, Vietnam Institute of Archaeology and National Museum of History to carry out many archaeological excavations, explorations and investigations in Vietnam, as well as in the Southeast Asian region. He possessed a wealth of valuable material on the history of archaeology, culture and anthropology not only in Vietnam but also in the region. Wishing to bring advancement to Vietnam in archaeological research, he opened many classes and training courses on excavation and field processing skills and techniques for Vietnamese students. Along with his partner, … [Read more...]

Viet Nam News HÀ NỘI - Three recent gas asphyxiation deaths in Hải Dương Province has raised alarms about the risks of building substandard biogas systems in rural areas, local authorities and experts said. Three men in Gia Xuyên commune died last week after jumping into their house's biogas tank to make repairs, according to local officials. A provincial Police representative said examination and autopsy report showed that the victims died of poison gas asphyxiation, chiefly methane. In a biogas system, organic waste gets turned into methane gas, which many people in rural areas use for cooking and heating. A family member of the victims told the Nông thôn Ngày nay (Countryside Today) newspaper that the three men built the biogas tank themselves without guidance or consultancy from authorised agencies. When the tank was blocked, they jumped in without checking whether the tank had poisonous gas or not, he said. Chairman of People's Committee of Gia Xuyên Commune Hồ Văn Tân said … [Read more...]

On the evening of May 19, a ceremony was held at Vo Nguyen Giap Square in Thai Nguyen City located in the northern province of Thai Nguyen to mark 70 years since Uncle Ho and the resistant Party Central Committee and Government arrived at the Dinh Hoa Safety Zone (ATK) to set up a resistant base against the French colonialists (May 20, 1947-2017). Delivering his speech at the event, Vu Hong Bac, Chairman of Thai Nguyen People's Committee reviewed historical events on May 20, 1947 when Uncle Ho arrived at Dinh Hoa ATK to lead the resistance war. Here, many important decisions concerning the destiny of the nation have been made. Particularly, on December 6, 1953, when the Politburo decided to launch the Dien Bien Phu Campaign, resulting in an earth-shattering victory that ended the nine years of hard-fought resistance. Speaking at the event, Politburo member and National Assembly Deputy Chairwoman Tong Thi Phong said that the ceremony aimed to remember the glorious history and increase … [Read more...]

The highlight of the opening ceremony was a special art show which gathered leading domestic artists with a combination of traditional music and dance performances complimented by contemporary art and lighting. The events also kicked off a chain of tourism activities scheduled for this year in Yen Bai Province in response to the 2017 Lao Cai – North-western Region National Tourism Year. Alongside this, a festival honouring practices related to the worship of the Mother Goddess of Forests will be held for the first time in Dong Cuong Temple in Ben Dien Village, Dong Cuong Commune, Van Yen District from May 20-21, with the participation of 54 teams nationwide. There will also be a fair introducing Van Yen’s cinnamon products – a Yen Bai specialty with booths showcasing and reproducing the process of making products from Van Yen cinnamon as well as other local products. Also within the framework of the Yen Bai Tourism Year, the Khau Pha Paragliding Festival has attracted … [Read more...]

The campaign to follow Ho Chi Minh’s ideology, morality, and lifestyle has been around in Vietnam for years. In 2016 the Politburo issued Directive 5 to intensify this drive. New methods and practices Last year social organizations and Party Committees at all levels focused on analyzing and studying the fundamental tenets of Ho Chi Minh’s ideology, morality, and lifestyle. These tenets were included in the curriculum of Vietnam’s public schools, as local Party units carried out activities implementing Directive 5. Ngo Thi Thanh Hang, Deputy Secretary of Hanoi’s Party Committee, said “The campaign to study and follow President Ho Chi Minh’s morality has heightened the awareness of cadres, Party members, and social organizations. Many good practices have been recorded: young cadres working on Saturday to complete online administrative procedures, hospitals carrying out a campaign called “doctors as good mothers”, people donating their land … [Read more...]

President of the Republic of Korea (RoK) Moon Jae-in (Source:Yonhap) Seoul (VNA) - President of the Republic of Korea (RoK) Moon Jae-in has named Seoul Mayor Park Won-soon as his special envoy to the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), the presidential office said on May 19. Park will head to the Philippines, the current rotating chair of the ASEAN, as soon as arrangements for his trip are made, the spokesman of the office told a press briefing. The special envoy will also visit Indonesia and Vietnam. The presidential spokesman noted that the appointment of the Seoul mayor for the post reflected the importance the new president attaches to Southeast Asian nations. The new RoK president has vowed to strengthen the country's diplomatic relations with the ASEAN to the level of those with four global powers, he stressed.- VNA ASEAN Community … [Read more...]

Viet Nam News ĐÀ NẴNG - A Space for Community Culture was launched at the central city's East Sea Park yesterday, attracting the participation of 80 pavilions including souvenirs, food courts and folk games. The city's tourism department said the space will last through to the end of this month in order to serve booming tourism in Sơn Trà Peninsula. As scheduled, the space will open from 9am till 10pm each day from May 19 to May 31st. Tourists can sample traditional cuisine and purchase made-in-Đà Nẵng gifts including stone sculptures, organic cosmetics, bamboo crafts, and carved shells. According to the department, a bartending competition will take place with the participation of competitors from Huế, Hội An, Nha Trang and Đà Nẵng. Live music performances will be on every night, while food courts will serve locals and tourists. Mỹ Khê beach, one of the world's most beautiful beaches, also boasts boat rides, as well as jet-ski and kayak rentals. - VNS … [Read more...]

Viet Nam News HÀ NỘI - "Only a few computers" in Việt Nam remain infected with WannaCry, Nguyễn Khắc Lịch, Deputy Director of the Việt Nam Computer Emergency Response Team (VNCERT), under the Ministry of Information and Communications (MoIC), told a conference on information security today. According to Lịch, the latest figure from yesterday showed that over 300,000 Windows computers in 99 countries, including Việt Nam, have become the victims of the massive cyberattack. Specifically, 328,150 computers were infected with the WannaCry ransomware, 248,995 - or nearly 76 per cent - of which have been treated, leaving 79,155 computers infected. "However, the removal of the ransomware has been done swiftly across the world. According to updated figure, this morning, the number of infected computers dipped to 7,000, including a few cases in Việt Nam," Lịch said. The first reported case of the ransomware in Việt Nam was a server taken down in the northern province of Thái Nguyên on May … [Read more...]

Both sides agreed that economic-trade-investment link will continue to be the foundation for bilateral ties, and pledged to effectively implement the 2016-2020 Action Plan and soon finalize procedures to upgrade the ASEAN-China Free Trade Area towards elevating two-way trade to US$1 trillion and the total investment to US$50 billion by 2020. China was committed to supporting ASEAN’s central role and help the grouping carry out the ASEAN Community Vision 2025 and goals on narrowing development gap, building infrastructure, strengthening connectivity and regional integration, especially via effectively utilizing joint funds between ASEAN and China and funding from the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank. Concerning the ASEAN-China strategic partnership, they underlined the need to enhance regional connectivity, including defining common priorities in China’s Belt and Road initiative and the Master Plan on ASEAN Connectivity. Accordingly, ASEAN asked China to continue … [Read more...]

Pacific Partnership 2017 departed the central Vietnamese city of Da Nang on Thursday after completing ten days of disaster response training, medical and engineering expertise exchanges, cooperative health engagements, and community relations events. Pacific Partnership 2017 departed the central Vietnamese city of Da Nang on Thursday after completing ten days of disaster response training, medical and engineering expertise exchanges, cooperative health engagements, and community relations events. This year marks the fourth consecutive year and the eighth time in eleven years that the mission has visited Vietnam. “Our time in Da Nang was another fantastic opportunity to continue our cooperation with the people of Vietnam, working together to improve our capability to respond to disaster relief and sharing medical and engineering best practices,” said Captain Stanfield Chien, Pacific Partnership mission commander. Pacific Partnership and Vietnamese personnel conducted … [Read more...]

The two sides agreed that economic-trade-investment link will continue to be the foundation for bilateral ties, and were committed to effectively carrying out the 2016-2020 Action Plan and soon completing procedures to upgrade the ASEAN-China Free Trade Area towards lifting two-way trade to 1 trillion USD and the total investment to 150 billion USD by 2020. China pledged to support ASEAN’s central role and help the grouping carry out the ASEAN Community Vision 2025 and goals on narrowing development gap, building infrastructure, strengthening connectivity and regional integration, especially via effectively utilising joint funds between ASEAN and China and funding from the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank. About the ASEAN-China strategic partnership, countries underscored the need to strengthen regional connectivity, including defining common priorities in China’s Belt and Road initiative and the Master Plan on ASEAN Connectivity. Accordingly, ASEAN asked China to … [Read more...]

HÀ NỘI - A smart city is an ideal place for people to live and work, but it is also a sustainable combination of robust economics, civil society and clean environment, Nguyễn Minh Hồng, Deputy Minister of Information and Communications (MoIC) said at a symposium on developing smart cities in Việt Nam held in the capital on Thursday. However, Hồng said Việt Nam will face challenges on the path of developing smart cities. He therefore asked all localities, enterprises, business associations and research institutes to submit suggestions and proposals on how to develop a smart city suitable to Vietnamese conditions. Participants agreed that the MOIC should co-ordinate with concerned Government agencies and enterprises to write guidelines on how to develop smart cities in respective provinces or cities. They agreed that a smart city is an urban development vision integrating information and communication technology (ICT) and Internet of things (IoT) technology securely into a city's … [Read more...]

The Hanoitimes - The plan to turn Hanoi into a smart city has been carried out for a while. On 17/5, Hanoi leaders had a meeting with representatives from 18 U.S corporations to discuss on the same issue. The conference “Cooperation to develop Hanoi as a smart city” took place on May 17 between Chairman of Hanoi’s People Committee Nguyen Duc Chung and representatives from 18 U.S enterprises in related area. Attendance also includes U.S Vice Minister of Commerce, Diane Fracrell, US Vice Ambassador to Vietnam, Susan Sutton and faces from 18 US companies. At the opening, Mr Nguyen Duc Chung appraised the delegation led by US Vice Minister of Commerce and leading US companies in IT. He also pressed the meaning, importance and inevitable trend of turning Hanoi into a smart city. Then, Director of Hanoi Information & Communication Department Phan Lan Tu introduced the target, path to carry out the “Hanoi- the smart city” program. As expected, Hanoi aims … [Read more...]

Vietnam hopes to export to the US its farm produce, seafood, timber products, garment-textile, electronics, and consumer products, while importing hi-tech commodities to serve the local economy, he said. He added that the country highly values investment projects of US businesses and vows to provide the optimal conditions for foreign investors to make long-term investment. The successful economic cooperation will create an important foundation for the bilateral comprehensive partnership to grow in a sustainable, constructive and mutually beneficial manner, he said. He told participants that Vietnam has gained significant achievements over the past 30 years of renovation and become a middle-income developing country, he said, adding that the gross domestic product (GDP) per capita is expected to reach US$3,200-3,500 by 2020 while the economic size will stand at nearly US$350 billion. “As an active and responsible member of the ASEAN Economic Community, Vietnam is proactively … [Read more...]

As Vietnam faces many obstacles to developing smart cities, the ministry will work with agencies to build mechanisms, policies and instructions in the field, he said. Trends and global experience in building smart cities were outlined to participants. They proposed building a set of criteria to evaluate the efficiency of the project while encouraging using information-technology and database sharing. Vietnam should design regulations on infrastructure development in association with smart urban management, the participants said. They urged the Ministry of Information and Communication to coordinate with ministries, departments and businesses to helps cities and provinces build smart cities. In Vietnam, urban areas make up 10 percent of the country’s land but contribute more than 70 percent to gross domestic product (GDP). Five centrally-run cities account for 50 percent of GDP. Nearly 20 cities and provinces have launched projects to build smart cities, while information, … [Read more...]

General Ngo Xuan Lich, Deputy Secretary of the Central Military Commission and Minister of National Defense, chaired and made a keynote speech. The meeting also saw the participation of permanent member of the Central Military Commission, Director of the General Department of Politics of the Vietnam People's Army, Senior Lieutenant General Luong Cuong, Permanent Deputy Director of the Party Central Committee's Commission for Education and Communications, representatives of defense and civilian agencies. General Ngo Xuan Lich (4th from right) talking to delegates on the sidelines of the meeting  At the meeting, excellent individuals and groups shared experiences and proposed ideas and solutions to improve the quality and effectiveness of the implementation of the movement in the coming time. Addressing the event, General Lich underscored the political significance of the meeting when it was held in Nghe An province, the land of rich revolutionary traditions and the homeland of … [Read more...]

Vietnam’s government acknowledges the tremendous financial pressure building up on local and foreign businesses operating in the country, and is therefore committed to working to lift these burdens off the firms’ shoulders. Vietnam’s government acknowledges the tremendous financial pressure building up on local and foreign businesses operating in the country, and is therefore committed to working to lift these burdens off the firms’ shoulders. As he chaired a pro-business conference with some 2,000 attendees on Wednesday, Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc tasked relevant agencies with finding solutions for cutting customs expenses, taxes, logistics charges, and license and permission application fees, as well as other expenditures for assessment, inspecting and testing protocols required by the state. “These costs are burdening businesses in Vietnam and we have to help reduce this pressure on the enterprises,” the premier told local and … [Read more...]