Quotas for sugar imports from ASEAN removed
Fri, 22 Nov 2019 17:58:00
There will be no limits on the amounts of sugar imports into Vietnam from member states of the Association of Southeast Asian Nation (ASEAN), beginning next year.
VN, U.S. join hands in humanitarian issues
Fri, 22 Nov 2019 17:53:00
Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Le Thi Thu Hang expressed her hope that Viet Nam and the U.S. will actively enhance efforts in humanitarian issues to meet the aspirations of their people and the development of Viet Nam-U.S. comprehensive partnership.
Viettel Telecom honoured as best mobile data service provider in 2019
Fri, 22 Nov 2019 17:52:00
Viettel Telecom Corporation has been named Vietnam’s Mobile Data Service Provider of the Year at the 2019 Frost & Sullivan Asia-Pacific Best Practices Awards recently held in Singapore.
Fri, 22 Nov 2019 17:48:00
Whenever it rains, Nguyen Thi Dua sits on her bed and watches trash of all kinds floating about in her flooded home
Party official welcomes Total’s investment in Vietnam
Fri, 22 Nov 2019 17:46:00
Politburo member and head of the Party Central Committee’s Economic Commission Nguyen Van Binh said Vietnam needs huge investment in the energy sector and wants to attract world leading groups with experience and advanced technology such as the French oil and gas group Total.
Five children raped or physically abused every day in Vietnam
Fri, 22 Nov 2019 17:41:00
Official data shows more than 8,000 Vietnamese children have been sexually or physically assaulted since 2015
Legislators to discuss draft laws, personnel work on November 22
Fri, 22 Nov 2019 16:52:00
Legislators will further debate the draft law amending and supplementing some articles of the Law on Natural Disaster Prevention and Control, and the Law on Dykes at a plenary session in Hanoi on November 22.
119 inmates escape drug rehab facility in southern Vietnam
Fri, 22 Nov 2019 16:48:00
119 addicts broke out of a drug rehabilitation center in Tien Giang Province Wednesday. Police have caught and returned about half of them.
Vietnam takes over Chairmanship of ASEAN Moscow Committee
Fri, 22 Nov 2019 16:46:00
Vietnamese Ambassador to Russia Ngo Duc Manh on November 21 took over the rotating Chairmanship of the ASEAN Moscow Committee (AMC) from the Thai ambassador
Russia, Vietnam to hold joint rescue drills in South China Sea
Fri, 22 Nov 2019 16:45:00
Russian naval rescue ship Igor Belousov will join Vietnamese vessels for drills in the South China Sea next month.
HCM City, Czech Republic look to boost environmental cooperation
Fri, 22 Nov 2019 16:42:00
Vice Chairman of the Ho Chi Minh City People’s Committee Le Thanh Liem met with visiting Czech Minister for the Environment Richard Brabec on November 21, saying environment is a highly potential field for cooperation between the city and the European nation.
PM Phuc to attend ASEAN-RoK Commemorative Summit, visit RoK
Fri, 22 Nov 2019 16:39:00
Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc and his Spouse will attend the 2019 ASEAN-Republic of Korea (RoK) Commemorative Summit, the first Mekong-RoK Summit and pay an official visit to the RoK from November 24-28 at the invitation of President Moon Jae-in.
Festival featuring Hanoi’s agricultural products, craft villages to open
Fri, 22 Nov 2019 16:37:00
A festival featuring Hanoi’s agricultural products and craft villages is expected to take place from December 14-17 in the capital city.
Hanoi Train Street a global top attraction experiencing overtourism
Fri, 22 Nov 2019 16:35:00
The Hanoi Train Street, closed last month over safety concerns, was a top 8 destination that experienced overtourism in the last decade.
Facing the World to offer free surgeries to children with facial defects
Fri, 22 Nov 2019 16:33:00
Canadian surgeons from the charity Facing the World are to perform free operations for between 10 and 15 children who suffer from craniofacial defects, whilst also training Vietnamese doctors at the 108 Military Central Hospital as part of an ongoing joint humanitarian program run by the two organisations
Vietnam traditional craft villages attract global attention
Fri, 22 Nov 2019 16:14:00
Four traditional craft villages that have been around for centuries and are distinctive of Vietnamese culture have catapulted to international fame
Laos nationals receive Vietnamese citizenship in Nghe An
Fri, 22 Nov 2019 15:59:00
Up to 70 people from Laos currently living in Vietnam were granted Vietnamese citizenship during a ceremony hosted by the Nghe An provincial People’s Commitee on November 21
South Korea tightens visa requirements for Vietnamese
Fri, 22 Nov 2019 15:52:00
South Korea has made visa requirements more stringent for Vietnamese coming on package tours after many illegally stayed back while visiting in recent years.
