Mekong delta tours

The defendants include Cham Van Kham, a 70-year-old overseas Vietnamese in Australia, who received 12 years in prison; Nguyen Van Vien, 48, residing in district 12, Ho Chi Minh City, with 11 years; and 20-year-old Tran Van Quyen, residing in Di An town, the southern province of Binh Duong, with 10 years. The sentences were in line with Article 113 of the 2015 Penal Code as the men were found “conducting terrorism against the people’s administration.” The “Viet Tan” or “Vietnam canh tan cach mang dang” (Vietnam Reform Party) is a terrorist organization of some Vietnamese in exile, established in Thailand in 1982 by Hoang Co Minh, a commodore of the navy in the former Saigon regime. Its current head is Do Hoang Diem, a US national born in 1963.  The organization aims to abolish the leadership of the Communist Party of Vietnam and overthrow the Socialist Republic of Vietnam. Cham Van Kham (in blue) at the court On October … [Read more...] about Members of “Viet Tan” terrorist organization get prison sentences

National Assembly (NA) Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan on November 21 appreciated the World Bank (WB)’s comprehensive cooperation with Vietnam and its contributions to the country’s development in recent times. NA Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan (R) shakes hands with Country Director for the WB in Vietnam Ousmane Dione During a reception for Country Director for the WB in Vietnam Ousmane Dione in Hanoi, Ngan also highly valued the outcomes of the recent conference to announce the WB’s study on factors impacting socio-economic development in ethnic minority regions in Vietnam. She thanked the bank for its coordination with the Vietnamese NA in specific cooperative activities, expressing her belief that it will continue to work closely with the legislative body in building and supervising the implementation of policies for ethnic minority groups. According to Dione, Vietnam is holding opportunities to thrive in the future, and the country will effectively and … [Read more...] about NA Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan receives WB’s country director

Shrimp processing for export in the Mekong Delta. Vietnamese enterprises should be the first to come up with schemes for self-protection – PHOTO: LE HOANG VU The decisive moment of the global trade war initially waged by the United States may come soon at the G-20 Summit in Japan scheduled at the end of this month. The whole world is now seemingly pinning all hopes on the summit meeting between U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping. The U.S.-Mexico-Canada trade pact may be moved to Congress this summer after the Mexican Government has agreed to make certain compromises on the control of the illegal migrant flow into the U.S. Meanwhile, negotiations on trade between the U.S. and Japan, the European Union and India, respectively, are under way as trading partners hope to avoid tax slaps. When the Sino-American trade war erupted a while ago, some economists were quick to point out that Vietnam could be the first to benefit from it, placing emphasis on a … [Read more...] about Risks are high