Vietnam fisheries int’l exhibition opens in HCM City Visitors to the Vietnam Fisheries International Exhibition (Vietfish) 2018 The Vietnam Fisheries International Exhibition (Vietfish) 2018 kicked off at the Saigon Exhibition and Convention Centre in Ho Chi Minh City on August 22. The event attracts 233 exhibitors from 14 countries and territories, including 153 of Vietnam, showcasing aquatic products in 374 booths. The numbers of both exhibitors and booths increase by 6.8 percent and 3.6 percent, respectively, from last year. Vietfish 2018, lasting through August 24, also features many workshops discussing the market situation, production trends and other hot topics in the fisheries sector at present. Ngo Van Ich, Chairman of the Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers, said over the last 20 years, Vietfish has established itself as a leading and influential fisheries exhibition in Asia as seen in the surge of exhibitors, booths and visitors. He noted … [Read more...] about BUSINESS NEWS IN BRIEF 23/8
Mobile phone advantages and disadvantages
Traffickers getting high-tech using phones to lure girls
Viet Nam News HÀ NỘI — Human traffickers are getting more sophisticated – using high tech methods such as mobile phones and social media accounts to target young girls in remote mountainous areas leaving enforcements agencies with a mountain to climb to keep the girls safe. Colonel Tống Chính Phúc, head of the Lào Cai Province Border Guard’s Department of Drug and Crime Prevention and Control told Thanh Niên (Young People) newspaper that human traffickers targeted teen girls between 15-16 years old who were not well-educated and had limited social awareness or under disadvantaged circumstances. They developed new techniques such as using mobile phones or social networks to approach the victims. As a result, victims were found in new areas such as Yên Bái, Hà Giang, Sơn La and Điện Biên and many were secondary and high school students, he said. Châu Thị Dung (not her real name), 17, … [Read more...] about Traffickers getting high-tech using phones to lure girls
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No case of Zika virus reported in Vietnam No cases of the Zika virus have been recorded in Vietnam so far, the Preventive Medicine Department under the Ministry of Health said on February 27. The Ho Chi Minh City-based Pasteur Institute reported that samples taken from dengue patients in 2015 tested negative for Zika. In early 2016, 83 patients from localities that have a high prevalence of Aedes mosquitoes – the main transmitter of the virus – with symptoms similar to Zika also tested negative for the virus, according to the institute. The department, however, warned that there was a high risk the virus could enter the country. The ministry will continue collecting samples from suspected cases in localities to detect the disease and prevent it from spreading. It advised pregnant women or those who want to get pregnant in the next six months not to travel to Zika-hit countries listed at the department’s website http:www.vncdc.gov.vn.. Travellers from … [Read more...] about Social News 29/2
Vietnam’s exports to France top $3 bln
Two-way trade between Vietnam and France was estimated to reach 3.3 billion EUR ($4.35 billion) in 2012, of which Vietnam’s exports was over $3 billion, nearly 10 times the figure of $380 million in 2000. … [Read more...] about Vietnam’s exports to France top $3 bln
Vietnam IT industry looks ahead to life after WTO
Prices of IT and technology products are set to fall in Vietnam once it becomes a World Trade Organization (WTO) member later this year. As a precondition to WTO membership the country has signed an Information Technology Agreement (ITA) under which it will bring down import tax on IT products and related services before scrapping them completely. Currently it imposes 5-10 percent import tax on them. … [Read more...] about Vietnam IT industry looks ahead to life after WTO