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The five-year, $21.7 million USAID Trade Facilitation Program aims to support the Government of Vietnam to adopt and implement a risk management approach to customs and specialized inspection agencies, which will strengthen the implementation of the World Trade Organization's Trade Facilitation Agreement of which both Vietnam and the United States are members. Vietnam’s Deputy Prime Minister Vuong Dinh Hue and U.S. Ambassador to Vietnam Daniel J. Kritenbrink at the launching ceremony The USAID Trade Facilitation Program will work with the General Department of Vietnam Customs (GDVC), under the Ministry of Finance to strengthen the role and capacity of Vietnam's National Trade Facilitation Committee (NTFC) and their associated working groups to improve the efficiency of specialized inspections and customs-to-business partnerships. The USAID Trade Facilitation Program will be implemented until 2023 and will support the standardization of policies and procedures for … [Read more...] about The United States supports Vietnam in improving customs procedures

Luong Van Lam "In the whole human relation there is no slavery or torture so horrible as coerced, unwilling motherhood," wrote women’s rights campaigner Marie Stopes in her 1918 book "Married Love." This remains very relevant in Vietnam even today. I met Phuong, 21, a student, when I was doing interviews with unmarried women on birth control methods last year. The quiet, reserved young woman told me she and her boyfriend had been together for almost two years and that they had had sex "a couple of times." "We mostly didn't plan any of those. Sometimes we used condoms, sometimes we didn't." She said she hadn't thought she could get pregnant that easily since they "didn't have sex that regularly." "If I don't know about something, I'd just Google it," she said when I asked her how she learned about birth control methods. Her parents never had "the talk" with her about safe sex and other related topics. And like many other women I have interviewed, Phuong could not recall much … [Read more...] about Lack of sex education taking its toll in Vietnam

At the conference Delegates evaluated that in 2019, under the leadership of the Border Guard Party Committee and Command, border guard units fulfilled all border area-related missions. Accordingly, they closely followed situational developments to make timely recommendations for the Party, the State, the Central Military Commission, and the Ministry of National Defense to issue guidelines and policies to effectively deal with incidents in border areas.  Border guard units were also active in fighting crime, smuggling, and trade fraud while paying attention to carrying out combat readiness, natural disaster relief, search and rescue missions and building the whole people’s defense and firm border areas. Delegates also highlighted the force’s results in training and regulation building as well as achievements in Party building. In complicated situations the border troops have always showed their absolute trust in the leadership of the Party and their determination … [Read more...] about Border guard units to safely protect sovereignty and security in border areas

It is not uncommon for public servants in Vietnam to lack a high school diploma due to previous educational standards in the country A 54-year-old deputy chief inspector in Gia Lai Province, located in Vietnam’s Central Highlands, was among the province’s oldest examinees sitting for this year’s national high school test. The provincial Department of Education and Training said on Tuesday that the locality had five test takers over 53 years old. Among them is Mai Xuan Khiem, 54, the current deputy chief inspector of the Gia Lai Department of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs.  As is common amongst older local government officials in Vietnam, Khiem never graduated from high school. Both the education department and Tran Thi Hoai Thanh, director of the provincial labor department, confirmed the information. During a phone interview with Tuoi Tre (Youth) newspaper, Khiem said his existing degrees are sufficient to work as a public official. “The … [Read more...] about ​​54-yo deputy chief inspector takes shot at Vietnam’s national high school exam

Origin frauds will negatively affect Vietnamese exports. Vietnamese authorities are keeping close watch on investment shift from foreign countries, especially China, into Vietnam to prevent product origin fraud and illegal transshipment. According to Au Anh Tuan, director of Customs Control and Supervision Department under the General Department of Vietnam Customs (GDVC), the move was made after investment inflow from mainland China and Hong Kong to Vietnam has surged sharply this year, but the value of investment projects is insignificant. Reports from the Ministry of Planning and Investment’s Foreign Investment Agency showed that in the January-October period, investment from mainland China in Vietnam skyrocketed by 200% against the figure in 2018, while inflows from Hong Kong jumped 400%. However, each foreign-invested project this year has a value of only some US$1 million. According to Tuan, with such small investment capital, the projects pose high risks of origin fraud … [Read more...] about Vietnam tightens supervision on foreign investment to prevent origin frauds