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Japanese businesses keen to expand operation in Vietnam

A survey recently carried out by the Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO) indicates that 41% of Japanese companies are considering expanding their operations in Vietnam over the next three years, a 5.5% rise from a year earlier.

Tue, Aug 18, 2020, 08:44:00

Drug deliveries deliver death sentence for man in southern Vietnam

A 42-year-old Vietnamese man was sentenced to death Monday for delivering many packages of drugs for a Cambodian woman known only as Roem.

Tue, Aug 18, 2020, 08:43:00

Vietnam steps up co-operation with intergovernmental organisation in Geneva

Ambassador Le Thi Tuyet Mai, the Permanent Representative of Vietnam to the UN, the World Trade Organisation (WTO), and other international organisations in Geneva participated in a recent working session alongside Dr. Carlos Correa, executive director of the South Centre, an intergovernmental organisation of developing countries based in Geneva.

Tue, Aug 18, 2020, 08:40:00

Foreign officials pay respect to late Vietnamese leader abroad

The Vietnamese Embassy in Thailand held a respect-paying ceremony and opened funeral book for late General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee Le Kha Phieu on August 17.

Tue, Aug 18, 2020, 08:38:00

Active cases 487 as Vietnam confirms 12 new Covid-19 patients

All but one of 12 new Covid-19 cases confirmed Monday evening are community transmissions, the Health Ministry said.

Tue, Aug 18, 2020, 08:36:00

Vietnam requests Malaysia verify fisherman’s killing in East Sea

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Vietnam has requested that Malaysia investigate a recent clash between its coast guard vessel and two Vietnamese fishing boats in the East Sea, killing a Vietnamese fisherman.

Tue, Aug 18, 2020, 08:34:00

Hanoi mandates social distancing at restaurants, cafes

All restaurant, cafe and pub staff have to wear masks and customers must sit a meter apart starting Thursday, Hanoi has ordered.

Tue, Aug 18, 2020, 08:32:00

Vietnam attends Women Speakers of Parliament Summit

Chairwoman of the Vietnam National Assembly Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan on August 17 attended the 13th Summit of Women Speakers of Parliament at the invitation of the Inter-Parliamentary Union and the Austrian Federal Council leaders.