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  Lê Hoài Trung, deputy foreign minister Lê Hoài Trung, deputy foreign minister talks to the press about Việt Nam’s achievements in promoting human rights What achievements has Việt Nam gained in protecting and promoting human rights? The protection and promotion of human rights have been firm commitments of the Vietnamese State over many decades. Human rights have been placed in the centre and been considered an objective and motivation for all policies and actions of the country. Though Việt Nam has faced many difficulties and challenges, the task of protecting and promoting human rights has achieved many notable achievements. Since the 2013 Constitution was approved, the work of legal reform and the completion of national institutions and policies has been further promoted. Up to now, Việt Nam has adopted more than 100 laws and codes which relate to human rights. On November 20, the National Assembly passed the Labour … [Read more...] about Việt Nam works to protect human rights

Among other things, it was once a quiet, dark, dangerous neighborhood. Its story began soon after the trans-national railway stopped serving colonial functions in 1954, following the defeat of the French in the famous battle at Dien Bien Phu. In 1956, the Vietnam Railway Authority built a dormitory just a few feet away on either side of the tracks to house employees working in the sector. Starting from Tran Phu Street, the dormitory ran parallel to Phung Hung Street on a section of some two kilometers (1.24 miles) long. It consisted of mud houses just high enough that people would not bump their heads going in. An afternoon in late 1967, Bui Thi Loan, a railway worker, took her children who were around five and three back then, to one of such house on Tran Phu Street. The house measured around eight square meters looked onto the tracks where wild grass had almost reached her height. The most valuable asset Loan had along with her, aside from a bed, was a vacuum flask, which was a … [Read more...] about Following the tracks laid by Hanoi’s Train Street

  Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc in a new VinFast car. He said he expected VInFast to initiate a wave of growth for the Vietnamese support industry. Photo Vingroup HÀ NỘI Vietnamese automaker VinFast, a subsidiary of Vingroup, inaugurated its manufacturing plant yesterday in the northern city of Hải Phòng. Speaking at the inauguration ceremony, Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc said he was impressed with the speed at which the factory was completed, noting that it had only been 650 days since he attended the groundbreaking ceremony on September 2, 2017. “About 21 months ago, the name VinFast was not even mentioned on Wikipedia. After starting from zero, there are more than 8.8 million results on Google today. Newspapers, analysts and the online community are all talking about VinFast,” PM Phúc said. Deputy Chairman and CEO of Vingroup Nguyễn Việt Quang said that in 21 months the company had … [Read more...] about VinFast inaugurates automobile plant in Hải Phòng

Nguyen Dang Anh Thi Tu woke up early as usual to open up her shop. As she reached it, something caught her attention and she stopped. A crack, long and winding like a resting boa, sundered the National Highway 91 in two. On the other side was her little shop, her family’s lifeline for several decades. Her instincts immediately told her the shop could no longer be saved. It was barely clinging on to an asphalt patch that could collapse into the nearby Hau Giang River at any time. She was right. A few days later, that road section cracked and fell into the river, patch by patch, along with Tu’s shop. This was late July. Tu’s shop was a place that my friend and I frequented every time I visited An Giang Province on business. We met again recently as he was about to take his child to Vancouver in Canada for the latter’s studies. In fact, he recently took the decision to relocate his entire family to Canada. As someone whose ancestors have lived in the Mekong Delta … [Read more...] about We’re in denial mode as the Mekong Delta goes under

KVision teamed up with VIISA and UP for the hackathon for Vietnamese startups Bringing together KBank’s expertise in regional banking, $245 million of funding from KVision, local know-how of VIISA, and innovative ideas from local startups, the aim is to drive synergies that will spur cutting-edge solutions that create value and drive growth in Vietnam and the wider region. Kasikorn Vision (KVision), an investment holding company under Kasikornbank Pcl. in Thailand (KBank), has joined hands with Vietnam Innovative Startup Accelerator (VIISA), a leading accelerator in Vietnam, and UP Co-Working Space, to hold a three-day hackathon on June 28-30, 2019. Chat Luangarpa, first senior vice president of KBank, said that Vietnam has emerged as one of the ASEAN’s most vibrant startup markets. Vietnam is now one of the most active VC markets in the region, and with a fast-growing economy, a pool of youthful tech talent, and strong government support, it has all the key ingredients … [Read more...] about KVision launches hackathon to co-innovate with Vietnamese startups