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Vietnamese Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong (Photo: VNA) Beijing (VNA) – Vietnamese Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong ’s article “Several theoretical and practical issues on socialism and the path towards socialism in Vietnam ” affirms the soundness of the path towards socialism of Vietnam, said a Chinese official. In his recent article on Vietnam’s contributions to human civilisation, Han Fangming, Vice Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference, and Chairman of Chahar Institute, a well-known think tank of diplomacy and international relations, the article systematically analyses the original ideal and development of socialism in Vietnam from the perspective of its reality. It points to the origins and goals of as well as persistence and firmness in a number of theories of Vietnam’s socialist-oriented market economy and the human-centered development strategy. Han wrote that the …

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Mr. Anucha said Thailand has topped this year’s ranking in Bloomberg’s Top Emerging Markets list, which indicates potential for the country’s economic recovery, supported by the government’s economic stimulus and investment promotion measures. (Photo: pattayamail.com) Bangkok (NNT/VNA) - Thailand has maintained its strong position in investment and public health in the eyes of the international community. Government spokesman Anucha Burapachaisri said Thailand has topped this year’s ranking in Bloomberg’s Top Emerging Markets list , which indicates potential for the country’s economic recovery, supported by the government’s economic stimulus and investment promotion measures. Thailand claimed the number one spot on the US News’s “Best Countries to Start a Business 2020”. It also came second in the US News’s “Best Countries to Invest In 2020”. The leading positions were secured as the world’s leading credit rating agencies, Moody’s, Fitch Ratings and Standard …

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National flags of the Philippines and the US (Photo: The US Embassy in the Philippines) Hanoi (VNA) - Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has restored the Visiting Forces Agreement (VFA) with the United States, Philippine Defence Secretary Delfin Lorenzana announced on July 30. He said Duterte made the decision after meeting with US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, who is in the Philippines for a visit from July 29 to 30. The Philippines and the US signed the VFA in 1998, allowing joint Philippine-US military operations . The Philippine Senate ratified the agreement in 1999, seven years after the closure of the last US base on Philippine territory. In February 2020, the Philippines officially notified the US about the termination of the agreement. In June 2020, the country suspended the decision to scrap the two-decade-old agreement. The decision was suspended again in November that year./. VNA …

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Hanoi conducts vaccination against COVID-19 for locals (Photo: VNA) Berlin (VNA) – Germany ’s Jungewelt newspapers has run an article highlighting the mass vaccination campaign that Vietnam’s Hanoi capital is conducting to soon drive back the COVID-19 pandemic. The article said that Hanoi began the mass vaccination against COVID-19 on July 28. In Hoan Kiem district, which is flooded by tourists at normal times, around 4,000 doses per day are now administered at seven vaccination centres. Employees working in key public administration departments at high risk from COVID-19 and workers in industrial areas are the first to be injected. The vaccination campaign runs from July to April next year and benefits 5.1 million people between 18 and 65 years old. At the moment, the vaccines from Astra-Zeneca, Moderna and Sputnik V are mainly administered in Vietnam. The article also mentioned to the fourth wave of the pandemic which hit Vietnam in late April. From around …

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COVID-19 patients with no symptoms will quarantine at home for 14 days Medics, volunteers battle to keep HCM City safe from coronavirus Stores work hard to follow limited operating hours Over 7,900 new COVID-19 cases reported on Tuesday 6,000 medical workers from all over Việt Nam volunteer to help deal with HCM City's outbreak Prime Minister Phạm Minh Chính addresses a Government meeting with local authorities on COVID-19 prevention and control on Friday. — VNA/VNS Photo HÀ NỘI — The fight against COVID-19 will be long, even when vaccines are available, therefore, a new approach and new solutions are necessary, Prime Minister Phạm Minh Chính said Friday. Chính told an online Government meeting with local authorities on COVID-19 prevention and control, that the fourth wave of COVID-19 in Việt Nam had gone nearly 100 days. He also said that the pandemic situation, especially in HCM City and other provinces in the southern and central regions, was still …

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Vegetables being loaded into a bus belonging to Bao Yen Construction Services Tourism Co., Ltd. in HCM City last week. Five such buses are being used to distribute vegetables around the city. (Photo: VNA) HCM City (VNS/VNA) - I was surprised to receive a call from an American friend who lives in Singapore, asking about the pandemic situation in Ho Chi Minh City , Vietnam’s current COVID-19 epicentre with a daily record of thousands of cases. He was concerned that the situation could spin “out of control”, comparing it to India or Indonesia. I told my friend that he had called at a good time as I had just read a news story from the Singapore-based The Straits Times, headlined “Vietnam grapples with public frustration over COVID-19 pandemic missteps and transparency”, mentioning the growing unhappiness about the pandemic control measures. The story, I believe, described the situation in a superficial way. I have closely observed the global situation, especially …

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Participants at the event (Photo: VNA) Ottawa (VNA) – Experts from Canada and ASEAN member countries as well as leaders of businesses of both sides gathered at an online conference on July 29 by York University's Centre for Asian Studies to discuss the Canada-ASEAN connectivity , especially in business and education. Participants highlighted the Canada-ASEAN relations in business and education and sought ways to further deepen their collaboration. Rhonda L. Lenton, President of York University reaffirmed commitments to expanding partnership with ASEAN as well as hope to explore new cooperation opportunities. Meanwhile, Vietnamese Ambassador to Canada Pham Cao Phong underlined the high cooperation potential between ASEAN and Canada in various fields. He expressed his hope that connections among leading businesses of both sides will lie not only in trade and supply chains but also in investment, especially in the fields of green energy and climate change-related …

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The American Apparel & Footwear Association (AAFA) on Tuesday sent a letter to U.S. President Joe Biden on behalf of 1,000 businesses to urge the donation of more COVID-19 vaccines to partner countries, including Vietnam. In the letter, Steve Lamar, president and CEO of the AAFA, stressed that the success of the U.S. apparel and footwear industry and three million American workers is directly dependent on suppliers with healthy workforces around the world. “Vietnam is the second-largest supplier of apparel, footwear, and travel goods to the U.S. market, accounting for 20 percent of all U.S. imports, a number that grows every year, even during the pandemic,” Lamar stated. He urged President Biden to dramatically ramp up distribution of vaccines, including America’s stockpile of Astra Zeneca vaccines, as well as testing supplies and personal protective equipment to Vietnam. Immediate and dramatic actions by the U.S. will not only save millions of lives worldwide but could …

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Vietnamese State President Nguyen Xuan Phuc has asked health authorities to promptly authorize Nano Covax, a vaccine being developed domestically, to make the first made-in-Vietnam vaccine available soon amid surging COVID-19 cases. The president made the direction during a meeting at Ho Chi Minh City-based Nanogen Pharmaceutical Biotechnology JSC, which he visited on Thursday to review its production progress. At the meeting, President Phuc emphasized the importance of the compliance with epidemic prevention and control rules and the acceleration of mass vaccination to prevent the rising coronavirus spread. The leader said the Party and State have been proceeding with securing vaccine supplies from abroad while speeding up domestic vaccine research and production, with a vision to ensure proactiveness in inoculation. Administrative procedures should be sped up so that the vaccine can be approved for emergency use soon provided it is safe for people, the president said. The …

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