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He said that Viet Nam needs to pay more heed to certain areas of the economic development process and its global economic integration. These areas include economy transformation, banking modernisation, capital mobilisation and decentralised administrations. … [Read more...] about Deputy PM hails economic exchanges with France

On the same day, rallies were also held in five other cities of France, namely Le Rochelle, Nimes, Toulouse, Beziers, and Alberville, under the joint auspices of the AAFV, the Peace Movement, the Overseas Vietnamese Association in France (UGVF), the Vietnam-Dioxin Committee, the Britain-Vietnam Friendship Society, the Switzerland-Vietnam Friendship Association, and other organisations. — VNS … [Read more...] about Rallies held in France supporting legal battle of AO/dioxin victims

Hanoi (VNA) - Vietnam has shown that there is indeed an effective way to deal with the COVID-19 pandemic, even in the absence of a vaccine that can allow an economy to recover, according to Helge Berger, Assistant Director of the Asia & Pacific Department at the International Monetary Fund (IMF). In a post in The Print, an Indian online newspaper, he described local restrictions and rapid testing and tracing as some of the key measures adopted in Vietnam in response to the outbreak. He stressed that Vietnam’s experience in prevention can be replicated in low-income countries facing pressure in acquiring sufficient doses of vaccine. Vaccines are, however, what will be needed to ensure all economies return to normal, he added. Meanwhile, Radio France Internationale (RFI), a French public radio service, said that Vietnam is one of only a few Asian countries to effectively control the pandemic. The country has considerable experience in disease prevention, RFI quoted Dr … [Read more...] about IMF hails Vietnam’s COVID-19 prevention efforts

The selection of the train’s design was also made after a survey by MRB in 2008 on opinions of more than 1,000 people of different ages, occupations and places of residence. More than 80 percent of interviewed people agreed with this design and over 90 percent said they were ready to use when the metro route begins operations. … [Read more...] about First train for Hanoi’s second metro route arrives in town

Kuala Lumpur (VNA) – Malaysia has recently filed a complaint with the World Trade Organisation (WTO) over the European Union (EU)’s rules affecting the consumption of palm oil-based biofuels. In the complaint, dated January 15, Malaysia charges that the EU, particularly its member states such as France and Lithuania, had imposed restrictive measures on the use of palm oil that violate international trade agreements. Malaysia holds that the bloc and its members confer unfair benefits to EU domestic producers of certain biofuel feedstocks such as rapeseed oil and soy, and the biofuels produced therefrom at the expense of palm oil and oil palm crop-based biofuels from Malaysia. The EU has embarked on a major plan committing its members to build a carbon neutral economy by 2050, including by promoting the use of biofuels. However, it has deemed that palm oil production is not sustainable and palm oil-based biofuels cannot be counted towards EU renewable targets. … [Read more...] about Malaysia files WTO lawsuit against EU on palm-biofuel curbs