Processing, packaging exhibition opens in Ho Chi Minh City The ProPak Vietnam 2019 attracts 540 exhibitors. (Photo: thegioitiepthi.vn) The 14th International Processing and Packaging Exhibition and Conference (ProPak Vietnam 2019) kicked off at the Saigon Exhibition and Convention Centre in Ho Chi Minh City on March 19. The three-day event attracts the participation of 540 exhibitors from 31 countries and territories, including first-timers such as Vietnam’s Dai Chinh Quang and Thien An Loc companies, China’s Beijing Omori Packing Machinery , and Sidel India. BT Tee, General Manager of UBM VES – the exhibition’s organiser, stated that the processing and packaging sector is facing several difficulties, including the overuse of plastics in production and the lack of orientations on environmental protection. Therefore, Propak 2019 wants to introduce new technologies that can solve these challenges. Paolo Lemma, Italian Trade Counselor in Vietnam, said that Propak … [Read more...] about BUSINESS NEWS IN BRIEF 20/3
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EVFTA opens new era in Vietnam-EU trade ties: Italian experts The factory of the Far Eastern New Apparel Vietnam company in Bac Dong Phu Industrial Park, Binh Phuoc province The EU-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement (EVFTA) is hoped to usher in a new period in promoting cooperation and mutual economic development between the two sides as it comes into effect in mid-2019, according to Italian experts. In a recent interview granted to Vietnam News Agency’s correspondent in Italy, Vietnam’s Honorary Consul in Turin Sandra Scagliotti and Chairman of the Italy-Vietnam Chamber of Commerce Fulvio Albano stressed that the new-generation agreement may mark the beginning of a new era in trade relations between Vietnam and the EU. Negotiations and the legal review have been completed for both the free trade agreement and the one on investment protection. The EVFTA process is now awaiting the Council of Europe and the European Parliament to sign and ratify it. The agreement … [Read more...] about BUSINESS NEWS IN BRIEF 22/1
The antibiotic apocalypse and what you can do to prevent it
Viet Nam News By Dr. Mattias Larsson* The child of my friend, who is 13 months old, was admitted to a Vietnamese hospital with meningitis. He was treated for two weeks and recovered. During the third week he developed a blood infection. Despite being treated with the strongest broad-spectrum antibiotics, he died. I was at the hospital working and got involved. I have spent 20 years researching the use of antibiotics and resistance to them in Việt Nam and other countries. With this tragedy, it became personal and affected me deeply. Working with the Vietnamese healthcare sector for two decades, I have watched in ‘real-time’ the deterioration of the effectiveness of antibiotics where we now have ‘super-bugs’ spreading everywhere that can cause infections that are untreatable. How did we get here? Antibiotics are one of the pillars of modern medicine and have contributed to the enormous improvement of health that we have seen globally in the past … [Read more...] about The antibiotic apocalypse and what you can do to prevent it