HONG KONG, CHINA - Media OutReach - 12 November 2019 - Jacobson Pharma Corporation Limited ("Jacobson Pharma" or the "Group"; Stock Code: 2633), a leading company engaging in research, development, production, marketing and sale of generic drugs and proprietary medicines, announced the launch of Smartfish's health nutrition range of products in Greater China (including Mainland China, Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan) and Asia under an exclusive distribution agreement with Smartfish AS, a branded health nutrition company incorporated in Norway. Smartfish provides products for the consumer health nutrition range and is the official supplier of sports nutrition drinks to sports clubs and national teams, including English Premier League Tottenham Hotspurs Football ClubAccording to the agreement, the Group has an in-licensed right for 10 years to distribute and market Smartfish's consumer health products in Greater China and the Asia Pacific … [Read more...] about Jacobson Pharma Launches Smartfish Health Nutrition Products from Norway in Greater China and Asia Pacific Region
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Top legislator arrives in Beijing, continuing official visit to China
The visit is the first made by a senior Vietnamese leader after the 19th Congress of the Communist Party of China. It is also the first trip to China since NA Chairwoman Ngan took office in 2016. It is of important significance in maintaining the high-level exchanges between the two Parties and States, helping to reinforce and strengthen political trust, and develop the comprehensive cooperative strategic partnership between Vietnam and China. NA Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan welcomed at the Beijing International Airport at noon on July 10. During the visit, the two sides will discuss measures to continue effectively implementing a cooperation agreement signed in 2015 between the National Assembly of Vietnam and the National People’s Congress of China. The two sides will also exchange views on international issues of mutual concern as well as bilateral collaboration at regional and international parliamentary forums. As scheduled, NA Chairwoman Ngan will … [Read more...] about Top legislator arrives in Beijing, continuing official visit to China
“Friendship Bridge” art performance honors Vietnam-China relations
She was accompanied by Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress (NPC) of China Li Zhanshu. Ms. Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan at the show The art show, organized by the Vietnamese Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, was seen as a sincere and friendly greeting from the Vietnamese leaders and people to their Chinese counterparts as the two countries are going to celebrate their separate major events and the 70th anniversary of the bilateral relations. In his opening remarks, Vietnamese Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Nguyen Ngoc Thien said this is a firm basis for the two countries to continue developing their fine relations, cooperation and friendship in the time ahead. A scene of the show Artists performed famous songs and dances of the two countries. Also in July 10 evening, within the framework of the Vietnamese Cultural Day in China, the two leaders visited the Vietnamese … [Read more...] about “Friendship Bridge” art performance honors Vietnam-China relations
Chinese immigration officials welcomed in Hanoi
Sen. Lieut. Gen Nguyen Phuong Nam (R) and deputy head of the National Immigration Administration of China Zhao Changhua (Photo: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) – Deputy Chief of the General Staff of the Vietnam People’s Army Sen. Lieut. Gen Nguyen Phuong Nam hosted a reception in Hanoi on November 12 for a delegation from the National Immigration Administration of China led by its deputy head Zhao Changhua. Nam hailed defence ties as one of the important pillars in the bilateral comprehensive strategic cooperative partnership, evidenced by the Vietnam visit by Chinese Defence Minister Wei Fenghe in May 2019 and Vietnamese Minister of National Defence Gen. Ngo Xuan Lich’s attendance at the Beijing Xiangshan Forum in late October 2019. A highlight of bilateral defence relations was the successful organisation of five editions of border defence friendship exchanges, and the sixth of its kind is scheduled for early 2020, contributing to raising mutual understanding, … [Read more...] about Chinese immigration officials welcomed in Hanoi
The plight of human trafficking survivors: Back from hell but to what?
She returned to Vietnam in August after Chinese authorities raided and deported undocumented immigrants. More about how she returned later. Cut to the present. In a countryside garment factory in the northern Bac Giang Province, Bien sits beside a bunch of red cloth bags. Around her dozens of other workers are making bags on sewing machines, but not Bien: Her job is to affix the company label on the bags, and she gets less than VND100,000 ($4.32) a day for it. She was given that job after failing to learn sewing despite eight days of training at the factory. "It's too difficult, I can't sew," she says. Bien is one of many Vietnamese trafficking victims rescued from China who returned lost, damaged, with little assurance their life would ever go back to the normal old days. Before being trafficked to China, she had been quite resourceful, working her family's rice field in Dong Lo Commune in Bac Giang while also attending a babysitting class. On October 2, 1991, when she was 23, Bien … [Read more...] about The plight of human trafficking survivors: Back from hell but to what?
