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Moderate to heavy rains triggered by a tropical depression in the East Vietnam Sea are dampening the central, Central Highlands, and southern regions until Wednesday, according to the national weather center. The national steering committee for natural disaster prevention and control on Sunday night issued a telegram asking the relevant ministries and provincial departments in these regions to proactively respond to downpours and the tropical depression. The tropical depression was spotted around 170 kilometers south of Vietnam's Hoang Sa (Paracel) archipelago at 7:00 pm on Sunday, packing strong winds at 39-49 kilometers per hour. The tropical depression is forecast to move westward at 10-15 kilometers per hour in the next 24 hours. It will be about 140 kilometers from Quang Ngai Province and 210 kilometers from Da Nang City in central Vietnam at 7:00 pm on Monday, with winds blowing at levels six and seven, gusting at level nine. The tropical depression might make landfall … [Read more...] about Tropical depression brings downpours to central, southern Vietnam

Taiwan, which China claims as its own territory, has made the indigenous sub program a key part of an ambitious project to modernize its armed forces as Beijing stages almost daily military exercises to assert its sovereignty. Taiwan's leader Tsai Ing-wen, who initiated the program, is expected to launch the first of eight new submarines on Thursday under a plan that has drawn on expertise and technology from several countries - a breakthrough for diplomatically isolated Taiwan. Admiral Huang Shu-kuang, Tsai's security adviser, who is leading the program, said a fleet of 10 submarines - which includes two Dutch-made submarines commissioned in the 1980s - will make it harder for the Chinese navy to project power into the Pacific. "If we can build up this combat capacity, I don't think we will lose a war," Huang this month told an internal briefing on the project, which was attended by Reuters . Huang said the first submarine, with a price tag of T$49.36 billion ($1.54 … [Read more...] about Taiwan expects to deploy two new submarines by 2027, security adviser says

Tra Vinh is doing its utmost to deploy initiatives across a range of green areas, Photo: Nguyen Chau Last year, Tra Vinh topped the country’s Provincial Green Index (PGI) following its launch by the Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry. Since that time, the locality’s steering committee focused on admin reform, provincial competitiveness, and digital transformation has come up with a comprehensive suite of measures, along with enacting an action plan and calling on local management agencies at all levels to join forces. According to Tra Vinh Department of Planning and Investment, in the first eight months of this year, the province granted business registration to 365 units, reaching 70 per cent of full-year projection. It pushed the total number of businesses in the province to more than 4,540 with as much as $2.64 billion in total registered capital, employing nearly 93,000 labourers, including 44 foreign-invested enterprises. In respect to business development, Tra … [Read more...] about Tra Vinh proactive in green development