Hong Kong calls for investment from Vietnam Hong Kong is currently an ideal destination for Vietnamese firms to expand operations abroad, heard a round-table seminar in Ho Chi Minh City on August 13. Vo Tan Thanh, Director of the Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry (VCCI)’s Ho Chi Minh City Branch, held that Vietnam and Hong Kong are key major trade partners of each other with bilateral trade reaching 9.2 billion USD in 2017, up 22 percent from 2016. As of June 2018, Hong Kong was the sixth largest foreign investor in Vietnam with a total capital of nearly 19 billion USD, he said. With the ASEAN-Hong Kong free trade agreement, trade and investment between Vietnam and Hong Kong are both expected to grow fiercely in the near future. Vietnam is encouraging firms to expand investment abroad to popularise Vietnamese products across the world. Thanh hailed Hong Kong as a free, developed economy with a strategic location, modern infrastructure, and large capital … [Read more...] about BUSINESS NEWS IN BRIEF 14/8
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Time to relinquish the custom of burning joss-paper offerings
Culture Time to relinquish the custom of burning joss-paper offerings Nguyen Quy Tuesday, Feb 27, 2018,17:21 (GMT+7) Time to relinquish the custom of burning joss-paper offeringsNguyen Quy Vietnam Buddhist Sangha is calling for the public to give up the custom of burning votive paper offerings - PHOTO: NGOC THANH The Lunar New Year (Tet) holiday is undeniably the biggest and most important festival in Vietnam, accompanied with long-held customs and traditions that are deeply ingrained in the hearts of Vietnamese people for centuries. While many customs carry significant religious and cultural values, some others have become an unbearable burden, notably the custom of burning votive paper offerings for the gods and deceased relatives. Thus, Vietnam Buddhist Sangha has recently proposed the superstitious practice be relinquished at Buddhist pagodas and temples nationwide. Every year, during certain religious occasions, … [Read more...] about Time to relinquish the custom of burning joss-paper offerings
Five education officials involved in national exam fraud in Son La
Five education officials involved in national exam fraud in Son LaThe Saigon Times Daily Members of an inspection team from the Ministry of Education and Training check test papers in Son La - PHOTO: VGP HCMC – Five education officials have been found to violate regulations during the recent national high school examination in the northern mountainous province of Son La, local media reported, citing Mai Van Trinh, head of a Ministry of Education and Training inspection team. The five officials have been identified as Tran Xuan Yen, deputy director of the Son La Department of Education and Training, Nguyen Thi Hong Nga, a staff member of the Testing and Quality Assurance Division under the provincial Department of Education and Training, Cam Thi Bun Son, deputy head of the Political Division, Dang Huu Thuy, vice principal at To Hieu High School, and Lo Van Huynh, deputy head of the Testing and Quality Assurance Division. The Ministry of Education and Training’s … [Read more...] about Five education officials involved in national exam fraud in Son La
Social News 18/4 (Hourly Updated)
HCM City proposes road, railway to Cat Lai Cargo vessels anchored at Cát Lái Port in HCM City. More soft loans needed to support people with disabilities Sketches on central - Central Highlands battlefield exhibited Visitors at the sketch exhibition Quang Tri joins national efforts to combat illegal fishing Changing behaviors key to protecting environment sustainably Swedish Ambassador to Vietnam Pereric Hogberg addressed the “7 Day Challenge” campaign in Hanoi Tree planting model benefits local people in Tuyen Quang Planting trees can both combat global warming and increase incomes of citizens. The northern mountainous province of Tuyen Quang has initiated a cooperative tree planting model, where paper companies work with local people to benefit both parties.Programme honours outstanding people with disabilities Exchange with guests of the programme (Photo:http: petrotimes.vn) That’s not my number(s) … [Read more...] about Social News 18/4 (Hourly Updated)
Trump orders National Guard to Mexican border
Viet Nam News WASHINGTON - US President Donald Trump on Wednesday ordered the National Guard to deploy to America’s southern border, ratcheting up pressure on Mexico and taking another step in his quest to clamp down on illegal immigration. Trump’s latest border move came the same day as a caravan of Central American migrants -- whose trek across Mexico had infuriated the US president -- scrapped their highly publicised plans to try to enter the United States. "The situation at the border has now reached a point of crisis. The lawlessness that continues at our southern border is fundamentally incompatible with the safety, security, and sovereignty of the American people," Trump said in a presidential memorandum. "My Administration has no choice but to act." Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen earlier said Trump had directed the Pentagon and the Department of Homeland Security to work with border state governors to determine how to deploy National Guard forces … [Read more...] about Trump orders National Guard to Mexican border