The gunman, 18-year-old Salvador Ramos, also sent a message on Tuesday saying he was going to shoot his grandmother and another one confirming he had done so, Abbott said at a news conference. Ramos' grandmother, whom the suspect shot in the face shortly before attacking the school, survived and called police. Ramos gave no warning except the online posts. After shooting his grandmother, he fled the home they shared and crashed his car near Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, about 80 miles (130 km) west of San Antonio. A school police officer approached him outside the building, according to officials, but no gunfire was exchanged. Authorities offered few additional details of that encounter, which is likely to become a focus of investigations, except that the suspect dropped a bag full of ammunition on the ground and ran toward the school when he saw the officer. Ramos then entered the school through a back door carrying an AR-15-style rifle and made his way down two … [Read more...] about Minutes before school attack, Texas gunman sent online warning
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Vinh Phuc troops help local people surmount flood consequences
In detail, the Military Command of Lap Thach district mobilized officers, soldiers, and militiamen to help the locals in Son Dong commune, Lap Thach district harvest rice in flooded and fallen paddy fields. In Cam Trach village, Dao Tu commune, Tam Duong district, due to the prolonged and heavy rain, Cam Trach bridge has been severely damaged, threatening the lives of local people. Knowing the situation, relevant forces of Tam Duong district's Military Command and the Border Guard Training Center rushed to the scene and promptly found effective solutions to the problem. In Tam Dao district, troops tried their best to evacuate flood-hit residents to safer places. Translated by Quynh Oanh … [Read more...] about Vinh Phuc troops help local people surmount flood consequences
Q1 reports of Vietnamese enterprises reflect economic recovery
Positive prospects Total consolidated revenue of the Vietnam National Textile and Garment Group (Vinatex) in the first quarter of 2022 reached nearly VND4.9 trillion, a year-on-year increase of 45 percent. Its pretax profit reached VND376.7 billion, up 74 percent compared with the first quarter of 2021, and equivalent to 39.6 percent of the annual projection. Many textile and garment companies have received orders to maintain exports until the end of the third quarter of 2022 Vinatex attributed these results to the fact that most yarn companies of the group received orders in 2021 to maintain exports in 2022 and to the forecast about cotton price increases resulting in a large volume of low-priced cotton in stock. In early 2022, member companies of Vinatex achieved satisfactory business results and many received orders for the first three quarters of the year. The yarn sector so far has fulfilled 63 percent of its annual business plan. Garment companies have … [Read more...] about Q1 reports of Vietnamese enterprises reflect economic recovery
Legislators debate socio-economic development, state budget
Speaking at the group discussion on supplementary assessments of the implementation of the socio-economic development plans and the state budget in 2021 and the first months of 2022, Phuc also stressed social issues that need special attention, especially education, child abuse, drowning and school violence. He pointed to challenges to the national economy in the time ahead such as inflation, impacts of the soaring global energy prices and stock market volatility which requires supportive measures to stay stable. The President recognized the encouraging economic indices in the first five months of 2022, but warned against complacency. He said the Resolution adopted at the 13th National Party Congress sets specific targets by 2025, 2030 and 2045, with continuously high growth. Therefore, it requires strong, drastic measures to reach the targets. Legislators shared the view that despite unprecedented difficulties caused by COVID-19, the country’s socio-economic development still … [Read more...] about Legislators debate socio-economic development, state budget
Việt Nam seeks solutions to protect timber exports
Đỗ Xuân Lập, Chairman of the Việt Nam Timber and Forest Products Association. Photo laodong.vn Businesses are urgently preparing plans to be ready to respond if the US Department of Commerce investigates tax evasion with Vietnamese wooden cabinets. Pháp Luật Thành Phố Hồ Chí Minh (Hồ Chí Minh City Law Newspaper) interviews Đỗ Xuân Lập, Chairman of the Việt Nam Timber and Forest Products Association, about this issue. The US Department of Commerce recently said it had received an application to review the product scope and investigate tax evasion with imported kitchen and bathroom cabinets from Việt Nam. What is exactly the story here? This investigation was conducted because the American Kitchen Cabinet Alliance accused Vietnamese manufacturers and exporters of importing cabinets and cabinet parts from China (which is subject to a high level of defensive trade tax), and then fully assembling them in Việt Nam for export to the US. It is expected that after 30 days of … [Read more...] about Việt Nam seeks solutions to protect timber exports