Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc (left) shakes hands with President of Myanmar Win Myint during his official visit to the country in December 2019. (Photo: chinhphu.vn) Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh sent congratulatory messages to Foreign Minister Aung San Suu Kyi and Union Minister for International Cooperation Kyaw Tin on the occasion. … [Read more...] about Congratulations on 45 years of Vietnam-Myanmar diplomatic ties
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From containment to recovery: rescuing the ASEAN from crisis
The onset and offset of the global health crisis containment measures like lockdowns, social distancing, international air travel bans, and limiting freight transport are being enacted based on contagion rates of individual ASEAN countries and their capacity of healthcare infrastructure. The announced unemployment subsidies vary from country to country depending upon their fiscal space, while migrant labourers from heavily-infected countries are banned from travelling. … [Read more...] about From containment to recovery: rescuing the ASEAN from crisis
BUSINESS NEWS HEADLINES MAY 30
In the list of 154 models subject to registration fee adjustment under Decision No.452/QD-BTC effective from April 3 on adjusting registration fees for automobiles and motorbikes, registration fees for passenger cars or cars with less than nine seats were 12 per cent in eight provinces and cities (Hanoi, Quang Ninh, Haiphong, Lao Cai, Cao Bang, Lang Son, Son La, and Can Tho), while it is 11 per cent in Ha Tinh and 10 per cent in Ho Chi Minh City, Danang, and other cities. The charge is now 7.2 per cent for a pickup truck in the first group of cities/provinces, 6.6 per cent in Ha Tinh, and 6 per cent in other cities. … [Read more...] about BUSINESS NEWS HEADLINES MAY 30
Singapore PM lauds Vietnam’s Covid-19 success
"I congratulated Vietnamese PM Nguyen Xuan Phuc on Vietnam’s decisive handling of the Covid-19 pandemic when we spoke this afternoon. I thanked him too, for Vietnam’s generous donations of face masks and test kits to Singapore," Lee wrote in a Facebook post Friday. … [Read more...] about Singapore PM lauds Vietnam’s Covid-19 success
Ayeyawady–Chao Phraya–Mekong Economic Cooperation Strategy Summit
ACMECS was initiated by Thailand in 2003. It has played an important role in helping to reduce the development gap between Cambodia, Lao PDR, Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam, while expanding growth to local communities and promoting sustainable development in the region. The framework has also contributed greatly to ASEAN integration. … [Read more...] about Ayeyawady–Chao Phraya–Mekong Economic Cooperation Strategy Summit
