Amendment guarantees the right to a speedy trial

  People march in Bogota during a nationwide strike. — AFP/VNA Photo BOGOTA — Tens of thousands of Colombians took to the streets of the capital Bogota on Thursday amid a general strike to protest the policies of President Ivan Duque's right-wing government. There were reports of clashes and arrests as trade unions, students, opposition parties and the South American country's indigenous organisations challenged the full gamut of Duque's economic, social and security policies. "It is an accumulation of situations that we hope to see reviewed after today, including a great national dialogue of conciliation," said Robert Gomez, president of the main workers' union. The protest comes amid social upheaval across South America, as a wave of unrest over the past two months has battered governments in Chile, Bolivia and Ecuador. The popularity of Duque's right-wing government -- a key US ally – has been on the wane since his election 18 months ago, as it deals with … [Read more...] about General strike as thousands protest Colombia’s government

Significant changes to products are not always easy to determine Exporting to the US is now more difficult if the process involves more than one country of origin, which is common primarily with manufactured or assembled goods. Sophisticated manufactured or assembled goods often have components or materials from a number of nations that are brought together to make a product for export. Typically, only agricultural commodities exported in large volumes originate to 100 per cent of a single country. Nestor Scherbey, president of Customs, Trade & Risk Management Services (CTRMS) Vietnam In the US, it is the US Customs and Border Protection that decides on the actual country of origin of imports, regardless of what the trade documents claim or say. US importers are required to “exercise reasonable care” with and face penalties if they are found not to have done so. In the US-China trade conflict, cases involving origin fraud or errors are anticipated with … [Read more...] about Providing compliance for origin of exports

Talking to reporters regarding an agreement on Russia’s organised recruitment of Vietnamese workers, Mikhai Ivankov, an official of Krasnoyarsk employment and labour agency, unveiled that Russia has set a quota of accepting 15,000 Vietnamese workers in the country this year. Krasnoyarsk region is the main partner in a pilot programme on receiving Vietnamese labourers in Russia. Ivankov said the region needs mainly unskilled workers for light industry, agriculture, and construction, adding that approximately 40 percent of the Vietnamese workers will work in the region’s central areas.  He expressed hope for early discussions between the two sides on specific issues related to the subject. According to a representative from the Department of Overseas Labour Management under the Ministry of Labour, Invalids, and Social Affairs, Vietnam has not sent workers to Russia in recent years. Thus, the reopening of negotiations on the matter and the pilot programme will create … [Read more...] about Vietnamese labourers to work in Russia

All organisations and individuals will have the right to refuse spam calls and messages to their phone numbers if a new draft decree is passed. The system reflects spam messages and receives advertising messages is built and operated by MIC. — Photo anninhthudo.vn The draft decree on combating spam messages, spam emails, spam calls and regulations on advertising has been issued by the Ministry of Information and Communications (MIC). The draft specifies measures to tackle the issue, including building and implementing spam prevention systems; monitoring and sharing information on sources of spam messages; and monitoring the activities of advertising services. Some other solutions include preventing and revoking electronic addresses to distribute spam messages, strengthening domestic and international co-ordination and raising awareness on spam message prevention. Per the draft, advertisers will also have to send a copy of each text message they send out to prospective … [Read more...] about Vietnam tackles spam messages

LEIPZIG — Angela Merkel's Christian Democrats (CDU) open their two-day party conference on Friday amid mutinous grumblings over the leadership of party chairman Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer. Kramp-Karrenbauer, widely known by her initials "AKK", has endured a rocky first year at the helm since taking over the party leadership from Merkel at last year's conference. The CDU lost votes to the Greens in May's EU election and to the far-right Alternative fuer Deutschland (AfD) in recent state polls in eastern Germany, while AKK's own reputation has suffered under a string of PR gaffes. In April, she was widely condemned for an ill-judged joke about transgender bathrooms. A month later, she incurred the wrath of Youtubers with an attack on freedom of speech online. CDU MP Axel Fischer, meanwhile, told Main Post newspaper that there was "a desire for new heads" among the party membership. One such new head could be 64-year-old lawyer Friedrich Merz, who narrowly lost out to … [Read more...] about Merkel’s conservatives gather for stormy congress