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Amazon saw the number of Vietnamese merchants exporting at least $1 million worth of goods from Vietnam triple last year. The surge was driven by demand for tools, kitchenware, handicrafts, home goods, and apparel. "Vietnamese sellers have enriched our global product selection," Gijae Seong, head of Amazon Global Selling in Vietnam, told Nikkei Asia. Amazon Global Selling is a business set up to recruit more Vietnamese merchants on Amazon, seeking to boot e-commerce trade between Vietnam and its largest export market the U.S. The company opened a Hanoi office in March to train new sellers, adding to its Ho Chi Minh City branch. Seong said companies "have competitive advantages in manufacturing" in Vietnam, where a wave of factories have relocated from China to sidestep the trade war with the U.S. and to reduce other costs and risks. China’s Alibaba has also been making moves to have more Vietnamese sellers. In March, a company representative said that it planned to have over 10,000 Vietnamese small and medium-sized enterprises selling on its platform by 2025. It has been working with government authorities since last year to run training programs for Vietnamese vendors. As of March, over 300 companies have been provided consultancy in online cross-border sales. The competition between the two giants is heating up as e-commerce booms in Vietnam with rising demand for online shopping amid the Covid-19 pandemic. It’s e-commerce market expanded by 18 percent last year to $11.8 billion, the only country in Southeast Asia to record double-digit growth amid the Covid-19 pandemic, according to the Vietnam e-Commerce and Digital Economy Agency. …

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According to Ly Hai, director of the movie, taking his brainchild to international audiences has been a long term plan. Previously, "Lat Mat 5: 48h" earned VND120 billion ($5.23 million) within 10 days after its domestic release in April. It is set in the Mekong Delta region where a family tries to escape from a gang that is chasing them. A still from "Lat Mat 5: 48h". Photo by Le Tuan. The movie has earned kudos from Vietnamese cinema goers thanks to its flight scenes. Ly Hai takes advantage of all types of terrain in the film to set up fights between characters. He even used explosives to sink a ship on set. "Lat Mat 5: 48h" is the fifth movie in the "Lat Mat" series, including "Lat Mat" (Face Off) in 2015, "Lat Mat 2: Phim Truong" (Face Off 2: Film Studio) in 2016, and "Lat Mat 3: Ba Chang Khuyet" (Face Off 3: Three Disabled Men) in 2018. The fourth sequel of Hai's series was a horror comedy, screened at 11 cinemas in the States, home to a large Vietnamese community. Many Vietnamese movies have recently been introduced to international audiences . "Bo Gia" (Dad, I'm Sorry), a drama directed by Vu Ngoc Dang and Ly Hai, became the first Vietnamese film to collect $1 million in the U.S. two weeks after its release. …

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Addressing the 8th ASEAN Defense Ministers' Meeting Plus (ADMM+) held online, Minister of National Defense Phan Van Giang said peace, cooperation and stability were key to regional security, but there were security threats that need to be dealt with sooner than later. In particular, the East Sea, known internationally as the South China Sea, plays an important role in the global supply chain, Giang said, adding that relevant parties should cooperate with each other and carry out appropriate solutions to guarantee their legal rights. "Vietnam believes all relevant parties need to strictly abide by the principle that conflict resolution is based on peaceful methods in accordance with international law, including the United Nations Convention for the Law of the Sea," Giang said, adding that an effective and practical COC for the South China Sea needs to be completed soon. A screenshot of the 8th ADMM+ meeting held online and participated by 18 defense ministers from several countries, including Vietnam, on June 16, 2021. Photo by VnExpress/Hieu Duy. Authoritative forces at sea need to refrain from actions that escalate tension and complicate the situation, he said, adding that "fisherpeople need to be humanely treated under any circumstances at sea." The ADMM+ issued a joint statement of 18 defense ministers, stressing the importance of maintaining and promoting peace, security, stability, prosperity, safety and freedom of movement at sea and in the air to tackle maritime security challenges and resolve regional sea issues. The statement also acknowledged the existence of unprecedented security challenges like transnational cybersecurity issues and emergency medical issues, including natural disasters and the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic. …

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