37th asean summit

Flood in West Java, Indonesia. (Photo: AFP/VNA) Jakarta (VNA) – The ninth ASEAN Ministerial Meeting on Disaster Management (AMMDM), the 10th Meeting of the Conference of Parties (COP) to the ASEAN Agreement on Disaster Management and Emergency Response (AADMER) and related meetings were held virtually from October 11-14. During the meetings, ASEAN and partners reaffirmed commitments to fostering cooperation in improving resilience to disasters in the region. They also commended the successful launch and ongoing progress of the ADDMER for the 2021-2025 period. The meetings noted with satisfaction several achievements, including the endorsement and launch of the ASEAN Disaster Resilience Outlook: Preparing for a Future Beyond 2025, the Web-based Monitoring and Evaluation System of the AADMER Work Programme 2021-2025; the recommendation report of the ASEAN Mapping Exercise to Promote Synergy with Other Relevant ASEAN Sectoral Bodies, ASEAN Centres, and Entities Adopted 2 … [Read more...] about Ninth ASEAN ministerial meeting on disaster management held

Though the pandemic has seriously impacted the world and Vietnam, it has accelerated the supply chain shift by diversifying, regionalising the production chain and scaling up global value chains. A Samsung Vietnam production line. — Photo diendandoanhnghiep.vn Tran Toan Thang, director of the Department of Industrial Forecast and Enterprise Development (DIFED), National Center for Economic Forecast and Information (NCIF), told a seminar hosted by the University of Social Sciences and Humanities (USSH) in collaboration with the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung Foundation (KAS) of Germany on the pandemic influence on the global supply chain and local logistics sector and business operations in Hanoi on October 14: “Though there is global prospects for production, the impact from the pandemic will affect enterprises at least until 2023.” Thang said most of the production chains that Viet Nam can access or have the potential to move to are suitable with the import and … [Read more...] about Experts seek ways for Vietnam to have healthier supply chain

The research outcomes were transferred to the Ministry of Transport of Vietnam on May 3 (Source: Ministry of Transport) Hanoi (VNA) – More than 5 billion USD is needed to build a railway linking the Lao capital of Vientiane with Vung Ang seaport in Vietnam, according to research conducted under a technical support project for the railway’s feasibility study. Consultants from the Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA), which funded the project, estimated that Vietnam would need more than 1.5 billion USD. The research outcomes were transferred to the Ministry of Transport of Vietnam on May 3. The Vientiane -Vung Ang railway is a key infrastructure project in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), which connects Vietnam and Laos and also intersecting at a point with the Singapore – Kunming (China) railway. The railway route has a total length of 554.72 km, with 102.7 km in Vietnam, running from Vung Ang seaport in central Ha Tinh province … [Read more...] about Vientiane – Vung Ang railway needs over 5 billion USD