Vietnam halts chicken imports from South Korea Ngoc Hung By Ngoc Hung - The Saigon Times Daily HCMC – Vietnam has halted chicken imports from South Korea on fear of spreading poultry epidemic in that country, said an official with the Veterinary Agency Zone 6. Nguyen Xuan Binh, director of the agency, confirmed to the Daily on Monday on the import suspension decision by the agriculture ministry’s Animal Health Department to prevent bird flu from entering Vietnam. Imports of whole frozen chickens from South Korea for years have been safeguarded against diseases, as chickens bound for Vietnam were raised in safe areas, and each chicken also came with a safety certificate. However, as the epidemic on poultry in South Korea has spread to several localities there, the import ban for a certain period has been decided, Binh said. The Daily, however, still observed many venues in HCMC selling frozen chickens imported from South Korea. Explaining this, Binh said those products … [Read more...] about Vietnam halts chicken imports from South Korea
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S.Korea firms stop wood pellet imports from Vietnam
S.Korea firms stop wood pellet imports from VietnamThuy Dung By Thuy Dung - The Saigon Times Daily HANOI – Local producers of wood pellets have been lost in dismay as companies in South Korea, a major pellet importer of Vietnam, have stopped buying the product. By the end of last year, Vietnam had become the biggest wood pellet supplier of Korea with its shipments twice as big as those of Canada, the second biggest provider of Korea, said Nguyen Dinh Quan, chairman of the Southern Wood Pellet Club. Korea mainly imported wood pellets from China, Malaysia and New Zealand before 2010, and started purchasing the product from Vietnam in 2011. In 2013, enterprises in South Korea increased wood pellet imports from Vietnam after their government had a policy to raise the ratio of biomass power in the country’s total new and renewable energy to 30% in 2030 from 6% in 2007. However, a halt in shipments of wood pellets to South Korea since last December has led to a sharp fall in … [Read more...] about S.Korea firms stop wood pellet imports from Vietnam
US urges talks as North Korea brags of nuclear arsenal
WASHINGTON — The United States is ready to talk to North Korea "without preconditions" but remains determined to force it to abandon its nuclear arsenal, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said on Tuesday. But even as Washington stressed the importance of a negotiated end to the standoff, Kim Jong-un vowed to make his nation "the strongest nuclear power and military power in the world." President Donald Trump has promised that Kim will not be allowed to complete his effort to develop nuclear-armed intercontinental ballistic missiles capable of reaching mainland US cities. To this end, Tillerson has overseen a global diplomatic effort to isolate Pyongyang and stifle its economy through UN sanctions and, ultimately, the threat of US military force. In two public appearances on Tuesday, he warned that these efforts would continue until "the first bomb drops" and that Washington "simply cannot accept a nuclear-armed North Korea." But he said the door to talks with Kim’s regime … [Read more...] about US urges talks as North Korea brags of nuclear arsenal
Kim vows to make N. Korea ‘strongest nuclear power’
Kim Jong-Un has vowed to make North Korea the "world's strongest nuclear power," state media reported Wednesday, as the nation shows little sign of reining in a weapons programme fuelling global alarm.The North has rattled the international community with a flurry of missile launches and its largest ever nuclear test in recent months in its bid to develop a warhead capable of striking the United States.Kim told workers behind the recent test of a new missile Pyongyang said was capable of that feat, that his country "will victoriously advance and leap as the strongest nuclear power and military power in the world," in a ceremony on Tuesday, according to state news agency KCNA.His comments come as global powers scramble for a response to the crisis, with the US backing stringent economic and diplomatic sanctions on Kim's regime to halt its nuclear drive.But the North has continued to lob missiles, posing a major challenge to US President Donald Trump. Fears of a catastrophic conflict … [Read more...] about Kim vows to make N. Korea ‘strongest nuclear power’
South Korea seeks to kick off ‘Miracle on Red River’
The two-day event is expected to attract Vietnamese government officials, South Korean government officials, businesses, startups, and university representatives. It will focus on human resource exchanges and training between Vietnam and South Korea in the age of Industry 4.0.Around 30 opinion leaders, including experts and scholars, will participate in the “Miracle on the Han River to Miracle on the Red River” talks. The forum aims to convey the various strategies that South Korea has successfully implemented in human resource development.The forum has the goal of spreading global prosperity through collective human intelligence and human resource development. It is a good opportunity for Vietnam to approach the ‘Miracle on the Han River’, allowing the country to learn from South Korea’s experience in tapping into local potentials to develop the economy.With the Global HR Forum in Vietnam 2017, both nations will have a new educational platform that … [Read more...] about South Korea seeks to kick off ‘Miracle on Red River’