Headlines january 2018

Officers and soldiers of Sapper Unit No. 1 (Photo: VNA) set off to participate in the UN peacekeeping operations (Photo: VNA) The spirit of dedication and responsibility of Vietnamese soldiers has helped spread the image of the country and people of Vietnam who love peace for a prosperous and progressive human community. President Nguyen Xuan Phuc has assessed the engagement in UN peacekeeping activities over the past 8 years as a bright spot in the multilateral diplomacy of the country’s Party, State and army. The establishment of the Vietnam Peacekeeping Centre and the send-off for the first two VPA officers to work as liaison officers at the UN Mission in South Sudan on May 27, 2014, marked the nation's official participation in UN peacekeeping operations. On November 13, 2020, the National Assembly passed Resolution No. 130/2020/QH14 on joining the UN peacekeeping force, which clearly stipulates principles, forms, fields and forces, competence, force deployment process, … [Read more...] about Engagement in UN peacekeeping missions

Asian markets track Wall St higher, tech fuels Hong Kong rally- illustration photo source: freepik.com The positive mood put the region on course to end the week on a healthy note, and came after Federal Reserve minutes indicated the US central bank could take a breather in hiking interest rates if inflation shows signs of easing later in the year. Still, confidence on trading floors remains at a premium owing to a range of crises including soaring prices, tighter monetary policy, China's Covid-19 lockdowns and the war in Ukraine. Investors were in a buying mood Friday as Hong Kong jumped more than two percent, with market heavyweight Alibaba piling on more than 11 percent and search engine Baidu advancing 15 percent. The two firms posted better-than-expected sales growth in the January-March quarter, soothing fears about the impact of Covid and inflation on their bottom lines. Hong Kong's tech index jumped nearly three percent, with other giants also enjoying buying … [Read more...] about Asian markets track Wall St higher, tech fuels Hong Kong rally

G7 nations vow to stop fossil-fuel financing abroad by end 2022, illustration photo source: freepik.com "We commit to end new direct public support for the international unabated fossil fuel energy sector by the end of 2022," G7 energy and climate ministers said in a joint statement following talks in Berlin. The term "unabated" refers to projects that do not employ techniques to offset some of the pollution caused by carbon dioxide emissions. Ending subsidies for the international fossil fuel energy sector was already part of a series of commitments agreed to by around 20 countries at last year's COP26 climate summit in Glasgow. Six of the G7 club of rich nations were among the signatories at the time -- Britain, Canada, Germany, France, Italy and the United States -- but Japan had resisted until now. "It is good that Japan, the world's largest financier of fossil fuels, has now joined the other G7 countries in making a shared commitment to end overseas fossil fuel … [Read more...] about G7 nations vow to stop fossil-fuel financing abroad by end 2022

The spirit of dedication and responsibility of Vietnamese soldiers has helped spread the image of the country and people of Vietnam who love peace for a prosperous and progressive human community. President Nguyen Xuan Phuc has assessed the engagement in U.N. peacekeeping operations over the past 8 years as a highlight in the multilateral diplomacy of the country’s Party, State and military. The establishment of the Vietnam Peacekeeping Center (now the Vietnam Department of Peacekeeping Operations) and the send-off for the first two VPA officers to work as liaison officers at the U.N. Mission in South Sudan on May 27, 2014, marked the nation's official participation in U.N. peacekeeping operations. On November 13, 2020, the National Assembly passed Resolution No.130/2020/QH14 on joining the U.N. peacekeeping force, which clearly stipulates principles, forms, fields and forces, competence, force deployment process, guaranteed funding, regimes, policies and state management for the … [Read more...] about Engagement in U.N. peacekeeping missions – prominent point in Vietnam’s multilateral diplomacy

The national team started training on Wednesday and will play a friendly with Afghanistan in Ho Chi Minh City on June 1. Later, they will only have one big tournament left in 2022, which is the AFF Cup. Vietnam won the AFF Cup in 2018 but lost to Thailand in the semifinals of AFF Cup last year. "Our target is to reclaim the title at the end of the year," Park said. Park is focusing on the national team now after a successful run with the U23 team at the 31st SEA Games, where they won the gold medal on May 22. "In 2019, we won the first SEA Games football gold for Vietnam after 60 years. This year, SEA Games 31 was hosted in Vietnam and garnered huge attention. SEA Games 31 was also my final tournament as head coach of the U23 team. Therefore, this gold medal has a special meaning to me," Park said. After the SEA Games final between Vietnam and Thailand, Park was seen crying and praying. "I got emotional when I realized I had completed my goal. I also prayed as an act of … [Read more...] about Coach Park wants to reclaim AFF Cup title from Thailand

The National Assembly will this week discuss how to provide more jobs for Vietnam’s citizens, Photo: Le Toan Over the past seven months, Nguyen Duc Minh has been in a lurch to feed his 4-member family, with his wife having had to stop working since late last year for a garment company in Hanoi. Before that time, Minh had been working for a Japanese company based in the capital’s Thang Long Industrial Park for four years. However, the company, producing electronics and plastics equipment, has made a staff cutback of 150 employees including Minh, whose monthly income was about VND7 million ($300). “The company had to reduce production caused by a decrease in export orders from Japan, South Korea, and some European markets,” Minh said. “I hope to be employed again by the company as I learned that the company is going to recover.” In Dong Anh district’s Kim Chung commune, home to Minh’s family, thousands of unemployed people are commonly seen now. They used to work in Thang Long … [Read more...] about All policies on table to ignite enterprises

Nguyễn Thị Kim Thúy during a National Assembly meeting. — VNA/VNS Photo Doãn Tấn Nguyễn Thị Kim Thúy, deputy chair of the National Assembly’s Committee for Social Affairs, spoke to Tuổi Trẻ (Youth) newspaper about the textbook reform programme, which is expected to see the assembly’s highest supervision next year. What is your view on the textbook and curriculum reforms being one of the four topics proposed for the National Assembly’s supreme supervision in 2023? I believe that this matter should not be limited to the oversight of the Standing Committee, but should be under the supreme supervision of the National Assembly (NA). These two NA resolutions [No 88 in 2014 and No 51 in 2017 on textbook and curriculum reforms] have a special significance. According to the roadmap specified in Resolution No 51, after two more years (2024 - 2025 academic year), the first phase of textbook and curriculum reforms will be completed at all levels of general education. The NA’s … [Read more...] about NA’s supreme supervision will contribute to effective textbook, curriculum reforms: NA deputy

Many real estate brokers are joining training classes to get licences. — Photo from luatsu-vn.com The number of real estate brokers flocking to get licences to avoid punishment has skyrocketed. A recent decree stipulates that brokers found working without a licence will be fined up to VND60 million (US$2,600). Besides, they face fines of hundreds millions of dong if they provide wrong information about any product. After the regulation came into effect, thousands of brokers in HCM City and southern provinces have joined training courses, 10 times higher than a few months ago, vnexpress.net reported. The training covers the Housing Law, Land Law, Construction Law, Law of Real Estate Business, Civil Code Law and Commercial Law, ethics and basic knowledge about being a broker. Le Phuong Dong, head of the Viet Nam Association of Real Estate Brokers representative office in the Cuu Long (Mekong) Delta said the number of people sitting examinations to get the certificate in May … [Read more...] about Real estate brokers scramble to get licences to avoid big fines

Check out the news you should not miss today: Society -- Sixty-three people were found using narcotics after police officers raided a club in Ho Chi Minh City in the small hours of Friday. -- Three sanitation workers and residents leapt into a lake to save a mother who was carrying her two children when she committed suicide by jumping off a bridge in the northern province of Thanh Hoa on Friday afternoon. -- A tree was uprooted in downtown Ho Chi Minh City, crushing a passing automobile during the prolonged rains and strong winds that hit Ho Chi Minh City on Friday evening. -- Police in the southern province of Binh Duong on Friday arrested two suspects for their involvement in a drug trafficking ring where over one kilogram of methamphetamine was confiscated. -- From January through April, the enforcement team at Ho Chi Minh City's bus stations, ferry terminals, and water terminals sanctioned five instances of smoking in public and warned 592 cases, the Center for … [Read more...] about Breakfast @ Tuoi Tre News – May 28