On the threshold of its 26th anniversary this week, VIR talks to foreign business leaders in Vietnam about the newspaper’s performance and how it helps them to navigate and succeed in the country’s fast-changing corporate landscape. VIR pledges not to rest on its laurels, and to continually produce up-to-date news for the community here in Vietnam Shenbagam Manthiram - Chief Representative, Tata Power Vietnam VIR is very useful for our business in Vietnam. In fact, I begin my Monday morning reading VIR before I even start my work, as it provides good insights into the power sector and explains what is happening with regards to policy matters, the status of various projects, investor views, provincial issues, the challenges of the sector, and technology inputs. Armed with the latest knowledge about local happenings, … [Read more...] about A leader in business news since 1991
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13th Press Award for the Cause of Great National Unity launched
NDO – The Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF) Central Committee on June 19 launched the 13th Press Award for the Cause of Great National Unity 2017- 2018 and the debut of its Front Electronic Journal, in commemoration of the 92nd anniversary of Vietnam Revolutionary Press Day (June 21, 1925-2017). Speaking at the ceremony, Politburo member cum President of VFF Central Committee, Nguyen Thien Nhan, gave his sincere thanks and best wishes to the press agencies for their silent and strenuous participation, in promptly reflecting information on the Front operation. Thanks to their efforts and creation, the Front work has been improved, facilitating journalists’ contribution to the cause of building and defending the Fatherland. Politburo member Nhan, who is also Secretary of the Ho Chi Minh City Party Committee, affirmed that with 20,600 members from 800 press agencies, journalists and editors are important forces in reflecting the Party and the State's policies and laws, as … [Read more...] about 13th Press Award for the Cause of Great National Unity launched
Social News In Brief 28/3
Oil spill response training held in Quang Ninh Some 200 people from oil exploiting and transporting companies and organisations in the northern province of Quang Ninh were provided with necessary knowledge and skills to respond to oil spills during a training course held in the locality on March 28. The course was jointly organised by the provincial Department of Natural Resources and Environment and the Vietnam Maritime Construction Investment Consultancy Joint Stock Company. Participants were equipped with measures to control oil spills, laws and regulations related to the issue as well as technical measures to clean up oil-contaminated areas and ways to manage environmental pollution after the oil spill. They also practised collecting oil from the spill in conditions of strong flows and big waves. There has been no serious oil spill case in Quang Ninh province since the beginning of 2017. Enhancing skills to prevent and tackle oil spills is necessary for the province as it is a … [Read more...] about Social News In Brief 28/3
Bản in : 2014 exports to grow 10 percent as expected: paper
Head of the Export and Import Department under the Ministry of Industry and Trade Phan Van Chinh said at a recent ministerial meeting in Hanoi that exports would likely reach the goal of 10 percent growth this year, the Vietnam Economic News reported on June 6. Statistics from the Ministry of Industry and Trade showed that national exports reached about 12 billion USD this May but registered an 8.2 percent drop from April and a 3.5 percent increase from a year ago. Export revenues amounted to about 58.5 billion USD in the first five months of this year, a 15.4 percent increase from the same period last year. Chinh said that export earnings this May fell as a result of worker strikes which affected a number of foreign direct investment (FDI) enterprises. In addition, businesses did not work during three holidays in May, affecting export revenues. However, exports in the first five months of this year showed positive signs compared with a year ago. Specifically, exports from the 100 … [Read more...] about Bản in : 2014 exports to grow 10 percent as expected: paper
Bản in : Vietnam News Agency inaugurates information centre in Hanoi
The Vietnam News Agency (VNA) inaugurated and put into use its information centre in Hanoi on August 11 as part of activities celebrating its 70 th founding anniversary (September 15). Headquartered at No. 21 Pham Dinh Ho Street, the six-storey building will provide a variety of mainstream source news on electronic, paper, television and audio platforms that vividly reflect every aspect of life in Hanoi. In his opening remarks, VNA General Director Nguyen Duc Loi requested the Hanoi bureau do its best to run the centre effectively. Ho Quang Loi, Head of the Hanoi Party Committee's Department of Popularisation and Training, said the opening of the centre is intended to supplement a network of VNA bureaus at home and abroad, adding that tens of thousands of VNA articles, photos and television programmes have been provided for the domestic and foreign media to spread Hanoi’s image around the world. He also praised the VNA and its Hanoi bureau in particular for their strong sense of … [Read more...] about Bản in : Vietnam News Agency inaugurates information centre in Hanoi