According to the British Embassy in Vietnam, during his visit, Foreign Office Minister for Asia and the Pacific Mark Field will chair the 6th Vietnam-UK Strategic Dialogue with Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son. Two sides will discuss many issues including trade, investment, education, research and innovation as well as global challenges such as cooperation on UN peacekeeping operations, tackling human trafficking and the illegal wildlife trade.Mark Field will also meet with Minister of Foreign Affairs Pham Binh Minh to talk about implementing the EU-Vietnam free trade agreement as well as ensuring that UK trade and investment with Vietnam is strong and free after the UK leaves the European Union."I’m looking forward to my visit and the talks we will have. But, when I leave, I hope those talks will help to fuel the energy and creativity of those involved in public and well as government diplomacy. If this happens, 2018 will be a year where the UK-Vietnam bilateral … [Read more...] about UK wants to strengthens bilateral strategic partnership cooperation with Vietnam
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UK Minister: 2018 to witness positive impacts in UK-Vietnam relations
He hopes for deeper and broader cooperation under Strategic Partnership in the following op-ed:Six months ago, I was proud to take over as the UK Government’s Minister for Asia and the Pacific. It’s an exciting time to be dealing with Asia. Confidence and optimism is high, nowhere more so than here in Vietnam.While I’ve visited Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City and Da Nang before, this week I’m paying my first visit as a UK Minister to take part in the UK-Vietnam Strategic Dialogue. For those who aren’t familiar with how a strategic dialogue works, it’s an opportunity for the UK and Vietnam to assess how our cooperation is progressing, what difference we are making and to agree where we need to do more. Fundamentally, diplomacy and international relationships should always seek to make peoples’ lives better.In recent years our bilateral cooperation has flourished. The UK and Vietnam share a growing defence relationship including, for the first … [Read more...] about UK Minister: 2018 to witness positive impacts in UK-Vietnam relations
UK Minister: 2018 to witness positive impacts on UK-Vietnam relations
He hopes for deeper and broader cooperation under Strategic Partnership in the following op-ed:Six months ago, I was proud to take over as the UK Government’s Minister for Asia and the Pacific. It’s an exciting time to be dealing with Asia. Confidence and optimism is high, nowhere more so than here in Vietnam.While I’ve visited Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City and Da Nang before, this week I’m paying my first visit as a UK Minister to take part in the UK-Vietnam Strategic Dialogue. For those who aren’t familiar with how a strategic dialogue works, it’s an opportunity for the UK and Vietnam to assess how our cooperation is progressing, what difference we are making and to agree where we need to do more. Fundamentally, diplomacy and international relationships should always seek to make peoples’ lives better.In recent years our bilateral cooperation has flourished. The UK and Vietnam share a growing defence relationship including, for the first … [Read more...] about UK Minister: 2018 to witness positive impacts on UK-Vietnam relations
Traffickers jailed for enslaving Vietnam women in UK nail bars
Members of a gang who forced Vietnamese girls and women into slavery in nail bars in Britain have been jailed for a total of nine years in what police believe is the first case of its kind. Giang Huong Tran, 23, Viet Hoang Nguyen, 30, and Thu Huong Nguyen, 49, were sentenced on Tuesday after being convicted of human trafficking and modern slavery offences. Police said the “sophisticated money-making operation” involved the exploitation of vulnerable Vietnamese teenagers who were physically and verbally abused. “The victims worked for no money and were trafficked between nail bars according to demand,” Senior Crown Prosecutor Eran Cutliffe said in a statement. “They were hidden from the authorities in order to avoid detection whilst being exploited in plain sight within our society.” The defendants were caught after police traced a missing Vietnamese teenager to a nail bar in Burton-on-Trent in central England, Stafford Crown Court heard. The … [Read more...] about Traffickers jailed for enslaving Vietnam women in UK nail bars
New tax could hit UK collectors
Art market experts are concerned that new taxes on asset gains for overseas investments, coupled with a planned flat £30,000 ($60,000) levy for foreign residents, domiciled in the UK for over seven years, will put pressure on London’s appeal as a centre for buying art. The tax reforms, announced in the UK Treasury’s pre-budget report in October 2007, are to be implemented in April. “Any tax that exists in London rather than, for example, New York, will have a detrimental effect on the capital’s competitiveness as an art market,” said Anthony Browne, chairman of the British Art Market Federation. HM Treasury’s data shows 114,000 people registered as non-domiciled residents in London at the end of the last financial year. They are believed to contribute around £12bn ($24bn) to GDP and £4bn ($8bn) to income in tax alone. The Treasury believes “it is only fair that people who have chosen to make the UK their home…should make … [Read more...] about New tax could hit UK collectors