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Energy costs push Spain's inflation to 29-year high - Jersey City, New Jersey, Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images/AFP Inflation climbed year on year by 5.5 percent, accelerating from a 4.0 percent increase in September, national statistics institute INE said. That is its fastest pace in 29 years, since September 1992, when the rate was 5.8 percent. The surge in inflation in the eurozone's fourth-largest economy was due largely to a spike in the price of electricity, and to a lesser extent to higher gas prices, it added. Bank of Spain governor Pablo Hernandez de Cos warned Monday that higher inflation rates are likely to be seen over the coming months since high energy prices are likely to last through the winter as demand rises due to colder weather. As in other European Union nations, inflation in Spain has risen since the start of the year after consumer prices declined during most of 2020 due to the economic impact of pandemic lockdowns. The European Central Bank (ECB) …

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Better, but not good enough: National climate pledges, Source: freepik.com That first raft of "nationally determined contributions" (NDCs) -- many conditioned on financing and technical support -- under the 2015 Paris Agreement would have seen Earth heat up three to four degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels. The treaty called for a cap of "well below" 2C. And following a landmark 2018 UN climate science report that warned of dire impacts even at 2C, Paris' aspirational 1.5C limit has become the de facto target. Under the deal's "ratchet" mechanism, signatories review and renew their emission-cutting plans every five years. Most countries have done so since late 2020, but a new tally still puts the world on course toward "catastrophic" warming of 2.7C by 2100, according to the UN. - China - In 2016, China -- by far the largest emitter, responsible for more than a quarter of all carbon pollution -- promised to reduce the intensity of its emissions by at least 65 …

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State President Nguyen Xuan Phuc attends a high-level session of the United Nations Security Council. (Photo: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) - President Nguyen Xuan Phuc ’s attendance at a virtual high-level open debate on cooperation between the United Nations (UN) and the African Union (AU), scheduled to take place late on October 28, will show the importance that Vietnam attaches to boosting its multifaceted cooperation with the AU, African countries, and Kenya in particular. His presence is made at the invitation of his Kenyan counterpart Uhuru Kenyatta who assumes the rotating Presidency of the UN Security Council (UNSC) in October 2021. Phuc’s attendance and delivery of a speech at the debate is also the affirmation at the highest level to the international community about the foreign policy of independence, self-reliance, multilateralisation, diversification, and active international integration of the Vietnamese Party and State. In addition, Vietnam continues to show high …

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Ms. Phan Thi Thang, Vice Chairwoman of Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee, speaks at the Vietnam-EU Trade Forum in 2021 titled "EVFTA – Leverage for Trade and Investment Cooperation in the New Normal’. (Photo: SGGP) Turnover increased by more than 13 percent Looking at the European market, Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade Dang Hoang An emphasized that the EU-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement (EVFTA) has been bringing advantages to the exports of the two sides. Currently, the EU has identified Vietnam as one of the ten countries with the largest export turnover to the EU. Only from the beginning of the year to now, although Vietnam has faced many difficulties due to the complicated developments of the Covid-19 pandemic, the two-way export turnover between Vietnam and the EU has reached US$41.3 billion, up 13.4 percent compared to the same period last year. Of which, Vietnam's export turnover to the EU has touched VND28 billion. Ms. Phan Thi Thang, Vice Chairwoman of Ho Chi …

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Deputy editor-in-chief of the SGGP Newspaper Pham Van Truong (2nd, L) presents a gift to a needy pregnant woman. (Photo: SGGP) The program has handed over presents to 1,000 pregnant women since its launch on September 10. Around 700 those are waiting for assistance, said deputy editor-in-chief of the SGGP Newspaper Pham Van Truong. The SGGP newspaper expects to maintain the program and turn it into an annual charity activity to help more and more poor pregnant women , he added. Ms. Phan Thi To Nhu, 40, who lost her husband to Covid-19 when she was 34 week pregnant. Nhu so choked with emotion when she received a cash aid of VND3 million from the program, VND20 million and gifts from sponsors. Ms. Cao Thi Ngoc Dung, Chairwoman of Board of Directors of PNJ hoped the number of pregnant women recing support from program will reach more than 2,000 in coming time. The longer the program will take, the larger impact it will create, Head of the Family Department of the HCMC …

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His presence is made at the invitation of his Kenyan counterpart Uhuru Kenyatta who assumes the rotating Presidency of the U.N. Security Council (UNSC) in October 2021. Phuc’s attendance and delivery of a speech at the debate is also the affirmation at the highest level to the international community about the foreign policy of independence, self-reliance, multilateralization, diversification, and active international integration of the Vietnamese Party and State. In addition, Vietnam continues to show high interest in cooperation between the United Nations and regional organizations, affirming its role and responsibility in this field, and following the successful results achieved in April when Vietnam was the President of the UNSC. The debate will take the theme of “Renewing solidarity to successfully deliver peace and security in a changing conflict environment.” The session aims at analyzing the trends and causes of current conflicts in Africa and globally, evaluating …

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The national fund for employment’s loan assistance of VND2 billion ($86,784) will be distributed among winners of an ongoing startup contest for rural youths this year, according to organisers. At the press conference launching the startup contest in Hanoi on June 15 The competition, launched by the Central Committee of the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union (HCYU) in Hanoi on June 15, consists of three rounds. Eligible candidates are young people aged from 18 to 35 who have ideas to set up their agricultural businesses in crop cultivation, animal husbandry, fishery, forestry, salt making, processing and preservation industry, and agro-tourism, among others. In the first round, participants submit their ideas to the HCYU’s rural youth department at the address of No 62 Ba Trieu in Hanoi or the email address: [email protected] A total of 120 outstanding candidates will be selected for the second round where they will be trained to build a …

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Russian President Vladimir Putin and ASEAN member states' leaders attend the 4th ASEAN-Russia Summit yesterday. — VNA/VNS Photo HÀ NỘI — Prime Minister Phạm Minh Chính led the Vietnamese delegation on Thursday to attend the 4th ASEAN-Russia Summit, which was held online, to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the establishment of ASEAN-Russia relations. Leaders of ASEAN countries, Russian President Vladimir Putin and the Secretary-General of ASEAN attended the meeting. Speaking at the meeting, the leaders emphasised the significance of the 30th anniversary of ASEAN-Russia, welcomed the progress in the ASEAN-Russia strategic partnership and approved the Comprehensive Plan of Action for 2021-25. ASEAN and Russia affirmed their close cooperation in combating the COVID-19 pandemic, coordinating efforts to distribute safe, effective and equitable vaccines to people in the region. The two sides agreed to strengthen cooperation, dialogue and information exchange on responding to …

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The Roon Border Checkpoint in the north-central Vietnamese province of Quang Binh joined hands with local fishermen to release a green sea turtle back into the ocean on Tuesday. The turtle had been trapped in a fishing net owned by 43-year-old local Le Nam, who voluntarily handed it over to officials at the Roon Border Checkpoint. The officials then helped examine the turtle for injuries before releasing it back into the ocean. It is a 120kg green sea turtle, according to local authorities. Green sea turtles (Chelonia Mydas), also known as the green turtles, black (sea) turtles, and Pacific green turtles, are rare marine reptiles which have been categorized as ‘endangered’ by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) and the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES). Local authorities thanked Nam for handing over the turtle and doing his part to protect both the animal and the marine environment, according to …

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