Japan supports Vietnam in drafting decree on implementing Paris AgreementBy Nhan Tam Delegates meet on the sidelines of the dialogue within the framework of the sixth Assembly of the Global Environment Facility in the central coastal city of Danang on June 24 – PHOTO: NHAN TAM DANANG – The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) has worked with the Vietnamese Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment to produce a draft decree guiding the implementation of the Paris Agreement on Climate Change, participants at a dialogue heard on June 24. The Paris Agreement operates within the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change; it deals with greenhouse gas emissions mitigation, adaptation and finance, starting in the year 2020. The Vietnamese Government has yet to issue a legal document guiding the execution of the Paris Climate agreement, which it signed in 2016. JICA has finalized the draft decree after consulting with the relevant ministries and … [Read more...] about Japan supports Vietnam in drafting decree on implementing Paris Agreement
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Vietnam in the running for UN Security Council seat
Vietnam in the running for UN Security Council seat, photo AFP Following its first initial tenure of 2008-2009, this will now be the second time Vietnam is expected to become a non-permanent member of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) for the 2020-2021 tenure. Why has Vietnam decided to seek a UNSC seat now? Tran Viet Thai Under the UNSC’s mechanism, there are five permanent member states and 10 non-permanent member states. The non-permanent member states are divided into groups based on their geographical regions. Vietnam is situated in the 54-member Asia-Pacific region, which is one of the five regional groups at the UN. Vietnam was selected as the only candidate in the Asia-Pacific region for a non-permanent seat at the UNSC for the 2020-2021 tenure at a monthly meeting of the Asia-Pacific Group at the UN on May 25, 2018. The voting will be held by the UN General Assembly in June 2019. The nomination is a vivid illustration of Vietnam’s prestige … [Read more...] about Vietnam in the running for UN Security Council seat
Chinese tourists enter Vietnam in controversial nine-dash line T-shirts
By Xuan Ngoc  May 15, 2018 | 03:53 pm GMT+7 They were asked to take them off and give them to local police. A group of Chinese tourists did not have a smooth entry in Vietnam on Sunday when police found them wearing T-shirts containing a Chinese map with the nine-dash line that violated Vietnam’s waters sovereignty. Police at Cam Ranh International Airport in the central province of Khanh Hoa found 14 Chinese nationals wearing the controversial outfit on Sunday night. The line is a demarcation that claims 90 percent of the 3.5-million-square-kilometer South China Sea as China's territory, which has been met with strong opposition from the international community. It overlaps with claims by Brunei, Malaysia, the Philippines, and Taiwan, and violates Vietnam's sovereignty over the waterway, which it calls the East Sea. The Chinese group was set to have a five-day tour in the coastal town Nha Trang, an hour north of the airport, with a local tour company. A … [Read more...] about Chinese tourists enter Vietnam in controversial nine-dash line T-shirts
Japanese doctor appointed Honorary Consul of Vietnam in Aichi
Vietnamese Ambassador to Japan Nguyen Quoc Cuong handed over the national flag, emblem of Vietnam and the appointment decision to Nagato Natsume on April 8. The presentation ceremony was also attended by Chairman of the People’s Committee of Vietnam’s Ho Chi Minh City Nguyen Thanh Phong, former Vietnamese Vice President Truong My Hoa, Aichi Governor Hideaki Omura, Mayor of Nagoya city Takashi Kawamura and other officials of the two countries. Ambassador Nguyen Quoc Cuong hands over the decision. Photo: sggp.org.vn Nagato Natsume, Director of the Japanese Cleft Palate Foundation and Secretary General of the International Cleft Lip and Palate Foundation, first came to Vietnam in 1992. He and the Japanese Cleft Palate Foundation have assisted clef lip and palate surgeries for Vietnamese children and carried out charitable activities helping enhance the two countries’ relations. Ambassador Cuong said the appointment is the Vietnamese State and … [Read more...] about Japanese doctor appointed Honorary Consul of Vietnam in Aichi
Vietnam pulls plug on demand for Facebook, Google to install servers in the country
Vietnam has made a u-turn on a draft bill that would have required foreign companies such as Facebook and Google to install servers in the country. The draft was submitted by the Ministry of Public Security last year over national security concerns, but faced strong opposition from international organizations and companies. The Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry said the bill went against the commitments Vietnam had made when it joined the World Trade Organization and EU-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement. A joint letter sent by the U.S., Australian, Canadian embassies and the European Union in August 2017 also voiced strong concerns over the bill, saying it went against the trade commitments Vietnam had made. This opposition prompted a meeting on Wednesday between the National Defense Committee (CNDC) and Diplomatic Committee, which concluded that foreign companies do not need to install servers in Vietnam. However, authorities decided that a clause in the bill … [Read more...] about Vietnam pulls plug on demand for Facebook, Google to install servers in the country