Washington DC (VNA) – US Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo affirmed on July 13 that the People’s Republic of China (PRC)’s claims to offshore resources across most of the South China Sea (called the East Sea in Vietnam) are completely unlawful, as is its campaign of bullying to control them. “As such, the United States rejects any PRC maritime claim in the waters surrounding Vanguard Bank (off Vietnam), Luconia Shoals (off Malaysia), waters in Brunei’s EEZ, and Natuna Besar (off Indonesia),” Pompeo said in a press statement about the US position on maritime claims in the South China Sea. He stressed that any action conducted by China to harass other states’ fishing or hydrocarbon development in these waters – or to carry out such activities unilaterally – is unlawful./. … [Read more...] about US rejects China’s claims to resources across most of East Sea
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Australia initiates anti-dumping investigation on painted steel trapping from Viet Nam
In the application, Signode claimed that its production costs increased since 2016 but it had been unable to increase its selling prices due to distributors purchasing dumped and subsidised imports from China and dumped imports from Viet Nam at prices that undercut Signode Australia’s selling prices. The company had to reduce its selling prices in order to maintain sales volumes. … [Read more...] about Australia initiates anti-dumping investigation on painted steel trapping from Viet Nam
Most Southeast Asian economies to fall into recession, rebound in 2021: report
Viet Nam will emerge from the pandemic the least affected of all countries in Southeast Asia, though it is not immune to the sharp slowdown in trade flows, according to a report by the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales and Oxford Economics. … [Read more...] about Most Southeast Asian economies to fall into recession, rebound in 2021: report
Australia to give another $6.7 mln to fund Vietnam governance performance index
The 2019 survey, announced in May, said corruption in public administration had decreased the most in nine years, with improvements seen in all aspects that make up the corruption indicator: limits on public sector corruption, limits on corruption in public services, equity in employment, and willingness to fight corruption. … [Read more...] about Australia to give another $6.7 mln to fund Vietnam governance performance index
WHO sounds alarm as coronavirus cases rise by one million in five days
The pandemic has now killed more than half a million people in six-and-a-half months, and World Health Organization (WHO) chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said there would be no return to the “old normal” for the foreseeable future, especially if preventive measures were neglected. … [Read more...] about WHO sounds alarm as coronavirus cases rise by one million in five days
