People working in customer contact positions should wear masks properly, limit handshakes and keep a distance of about one metre when in contact with customers. People should not enter service areas if they show signs of fever or cough, difficulty breathing, fatigue or are in home quarantine following the request of health authorities. … [Read more...] about VIETNAM NEWS JANUARY 21
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Vietnam, US share aligned interests, vision: Ambassador Kritenbrink
I don't come here just as a diplomat but also a husband, a father. That's been a great experience for my wife and my two children to make Vietnamese friends, to go to school here, to travel all over the country, from Ha Giang down to Can Tho. If I had a small regret, I wish I'd been to even more places but I've saved a few things for me to do on my next trip. And my dreams of improving my Vietnamese didn't work out so well either. … [Read more...] about Vietnam, US share aligned interests, vision: Ambassador Kritenbrink
Vietnam, Canada need to take advantage of CPTPP
John F.G Hannaford, Deputy Minister of International Trade at Global Affairs Canada, said he admires Vietnam’s effective response to COVID-19 and affirmed the important role of international cooperation amid the pandemic. Vietnam’s maintenance of an open supply chain for essential goods and services has supported uninterrupted trade flows between Canada and Southeast Asia, he said, stressing that Canada commits to intensifying its trade ties with Vietnam. Canada sees big opportunities for cooperation in the fields of food processing, agriculture, education, information and communications technology, and infrastructure in Vietnam, and hopes to attract more investment from the country, he added. Speaking at the webinar, Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade Do Thang Hai said that Vietnam can be viewed as a “centre of FTAs”, with several major and important agreements signed recently, such as the CPTPP (representing 13 percent of global GDP), the EU-Vietnam Free … [Read more...] about Vietnam, Canada need to take advantage of CPTPP
Vietnam, US finish first part of dioxin cleanup at Bien Hoa airbase
At an event held at the airport on Wednesday to announce the results of one year of work, the Air Defense Air Force Command signed an agreement with the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) to hand over an area of 7.2 hectares at the airbase for the latter to decontaminate over the next two years. … [Read more...] about Vietnam, US finish first part of dioxin cleanup at Bien Hoa airbase
13th National Party Congress – new milestone in Vietnam’s development process
He also reviewed Vietnam’s important achievements during its 35 years of reform, saying the attainment of 2.91-percent growth in 2020, among the highest in the world, was a success amid COVID-19. The country’s international integration has been promoted through free trade agreements, while its politic, economic and defence situations have been kept stable. Last year, Vietnam undertook the chairmanship roles of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and the ASEAN Inter-Parliamentary Assembly (AIPA). It is also a non-permanent member of the UN Security Council for 2020-2021. The congress also plays an important role in defining future trends in East Asia, he noted. Vietnam, as Chair of ASEAN 2020, succeeded in getting the 10-nation bloc to assert that the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea should be the basis for rights and sovereign rights in the East Sea. Also under Vietnam's chairmanship, the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership … [Read more...] about 13th National Party Congress – new milestone in Vietnam’s development process
