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People seeking to return home now have to contact Vietnamese embassies and fly on 10 humanitarian repatriation flights a month to be operated from the three places. On arrival they will be quarantined at military-run isolation facilities. … [Read more...] about Vietnam postpones commercial flights to repatriate nationals amid fresh Covid outbreak

Jakarta (VNA) - The online ASEAN Customs Transit System (ACTS) was officially launched on November 30 to accelerate trade in goods by road within Southeast Asia. In 2017, ASEAN economic ministers set the twin goals of reducing trade transaction costs by 10 percent by 2020 and doubling intra-bloctrade between 2017 and 2025. ACTS has been developed to realise this goal to allow businesses to lodge e-transit declarations directly to ASEAN customs authorities and track the movement of their goods from loading to delivery. Being developed with the support of the European Union, ACTS is simplifying the movement of goods across the region, making it more efficient and cost-effective.  Following trials in Cambodia, Laos, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam, the system has now been formally launched. The first successful ACTS transit movement occurred on October 23-24 when a truck travelled from Singapore via Malaysia to … [Read more...] about ASEAN customs transit system launched

Associate Professor Tang Chi Thuong, Deputy Director of the HCMC Department of Health while presiding the meeting ordered hospitals to update venues which the city Center for Disease Control has announced including Karaoke bar ICOOL at  No. 120 on Thanh Thai Street, Highlands Coffee shop in Van Hanh Mall at No. 11 on Su Van Hanh Street, KEY English foreign language centers at No. 285/24 in Cach Mang Thang 8 Street and another facility at 59 Nguyen Ba Tuyen Street in Tan Binh District, Phuong eatery at 47 Cong Chua Ngoc Han Street in District 11, Citygym at 119 Pho Quang Street in Phu Nhuan District. … [Read more...] about HCMC convenes urgent meeting on Covid-19 prevention

Hanoi (VNA) – The Japanese government passed a plan to sign a revised free trade agreement (FTA) with the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) at a Cabinet meeting on February 26, according to Kyodo News. The Japanese news agency quoted Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Kono as saying that he hopes the revised FTA, which includes liberalisation of investment and service fields, will be a huge step towards enhancing the economic partnership between Japan and ASEAN. The country is expected to sign the agreement on February 27 and seek approval from parliament this autumn, while ASEAN countries will start the signing procedure from March 2. The original FTA between Japan and ASEAN went into effect in 2008 and was Japan’s first multilateral free trade deal, which focused on the trade of goods. To further optimise benefits from this pact, the two sides started negotiations on investment and services in 2010 and concluded at the ministerial level in 2017. ASEAN is the … [Read more...] about Japanese government approves plan to sign revised FTA with ASEAN

Hanoi (VNA) – The seventh ASEAN Air Forces’ Education and Training Working Group (AAFET-WG 7) opened in Hanoi on October 6. The online event, chaired by Colonel La Dai Phong, Deputy Chief of Staff of the Air Defence - Air Force under the Vietnamese Ministry of National Defence, attracted the participation of defence and air force attachés of nine ASEAN countries in Vietnam. The conference aims to prepare for the 17th ASEAN Air Chiefs Conference (AACC-17). During the two-day event, delegates discussed some contents, such as exchanging views on and adopting regulations on humanitarian assistance and disaster relief of the ASEAN’s Air Forces; exchanging opinions on flight safety assurance; and making plans to prepare for field drills on humanitarian aid and assistance in Thailand in 2021./. … [Read more...] about 7th ASEAN Air Forces’ Education and Training Working Group held virtually