Vietnam wants to foster collaboration with UAE: PM Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc (R) receives new UAE Ambassador to Vietnam Obaid Saeed Bintaresh Al Dhaheri on July 27 The Vietnamese Government always wishes to bolster its cooperation with the United Arab Emirates (UAE) in all aspects based on each side’s potential, Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc told new UAE Ambassador to Vietnam Obaid Saeed Bintaresh Al Dhaheri in Hanoi on July 27. Emphasising the great potential for the two countries’ cooperation, the Government leader hoped that during his tenure, the ambassador will do his utmost to foster the strong and effective development of the bilateral relations, in terms of politics, diplomacy, trade, investment, culture, and people-to-people exchange. He affirmed that Vietnamese agencies will create every condition for the ambassador to fulfill his tasks, contributing to developing the bilateral ties in a more practical and effective manner. For his part, Obaid … [Read more...] about Government News 28/7
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Vietnam attends regional ministerial meeting in Japan
Tanjong Pagar terminal in Singapore - Illustrative image (Source: AFP/VNA) Tokyo (VNA) – A Vietnamese delegation led by Minister of Industry and Trade Tran Tuan Anh attended the fifth Inter-sessional Ministerial Meeting of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) which opened in Tokyo on July 1. The event is a chance for the negotiating countries to review progresses of a series of important chapters of the RCEP, Minister Anh told Vietnam News Agency. He highlighted efforts of parties to the RCEP over the past five years, saying there are differences because the RCEP is a large agreement and the development level of economies to the deal is different, leading to various benefit requirements. Ministers from 16 Asia-Pacific countries joined the event, the first to be held outside the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN). In his speech, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe called for creating a free, rules-based and fair market. Earlier, a meeting of heads … [Read more...] about Vietnam attends regional ministerial meeting in Japan
Rising costs in China make African entrepreneurs look to Vietnam
African nations have been turning to Vietnam as the business environment in China becomes increasingly more difficult. African businesses started flooding to Guangzhou City after China joined the World Trade Organization in 2001, the South China Morning Post said on Monday. Migration from Africa has risen as China "has stepped up its diplomatic links and investments with the continent," the newspaper explained. In 2009, local media put the African population in Guangzhou at 100,000, including those who had overstayed their visas, it said. Guangzhou draws merchants who come to buy goods such as jewelry and electronics in bulk, which they ship back to their homelands, according to AFP. A part of the city has even been given the name "Little Africa." But things have changed. The city’s African population had dropped to 10,344 in February last year, the South China Morning Post cited the municipal bureau of public security as saying, though Liang Yucheng, a professor of social … [Read more...] about Rising costs in China make African entrepreneurs look to Vietnam
Asian Games 2018: Vietnam joins kurask test event in Indonesia
The event took place in Jakarta, Indonesia, on May 5th and 6th, gathering athletes from eight countries and territories – the Republic of Korea, Singapore, Taiwan (China), Afghanistan, Vietnam, India, Iran, and Indonesia.Regional teams take part in a test competition of kurash (Turkish wrestling) in Jakarta, Indonesia, on May 5th and 6th. (Photo: VNA)Eric Thohir, head of the ASIAD 18 Organising Committee, said the test competition is to examine the sport’s preparations and rules in practice as it is the first time kurash has been chosen for the regional sports gala.At ASIAD, the sport will be open for both male and female athletes, Do Ngoc Hung, coach of Vietnam’s kurask team, told Vietnam News Agency.He noted the six Vietnamese female athletes will compete in the 52kg, 63kg, and 78kg events.More than 200 Vietnamese athletes will compete in 20 of the 40 sports in ASIAD 2018, including football, karate, wushu and pencak silat.They aim to bring home from three to five … [Read more...] about Asian Games 2018: Vietnam joins kurask test event in Indonesia
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Twenty-seven more communes and wards this year join family medical practice A health staff member takes blood for testing at An Hòa ward health station in Cần Thơ City’s Ninh Kiều District. Source http://soytecantho.vn The Department of Health in the Mekong Delta city of Cần Thơ this year plans to expand a model of family medical practice clinics to 27 more communes and wards. Family medical practice clinics aim to provide comprehensive and continuous health care services to each local individual and family in order to reduce overcrowding of patients at city or central-level hospitals. These clinics are located at health stations in communes and wards. Each commune or ward has one health station. Cần Thơ aims to equip more than 80 per cent of its 85 health stations with these clinics by 2020. According to Dr Bùi Thị Lệ Phi, the department’s head, the city now has 18 commune-based health stations with family … [Read more...] about Social News 5/4 (Hourly Updated)