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Maysak "destroyed or inundated" more than 2,000 houses and tens of public buildings in the affected regions, the official KCNA news agency said, while 60 kilometres of roads and 59 bridges collapsed, with over 3,500 metres of railway roadbeds "swept away". Natural disasters tend to have a greater impact in the North due to its creaking infrastructure, and the country is vulnerable to flooding as many mountains and hills have long been deforested. The damage obliged the authorities to "change the direction of our struggle after comprehensively considering the year-end tasks that were underway", Kim told a top committee of the ruling Workers' Party of Korea, according to KCNA. It did not give specific details. - Pyongyang march - Kim has ordered some 12,000 Pyongyang-based party members to help with recovery efforts in affected rural regions, and they attended a rally on Tuesday before being dispatched. "We are afraid of nothing," said Kang Chol Jin, a party member at the event in … [Read more...] about Nearly 60 bridges, 2,000 houses wrecked by typhoon in North Korea

Speaking at the event, Secretary of the provincial Party Committee Bui Van Tinh affirmed that the event provided the two sides with an opportunity to explore each other’s potential and advantages, and for RoK firms, investors and credit institutions to study the province’s business climate. … [Read more...] about Hoa Binh woos RoK businesses

The ministers consented to continue implementing the resolutions adopted by leaders at the Special ASEAN+3 Summit on COVID-19, and committed to enhancing cooperation in food security via the ASEAN+3 Emergency Rice Reserve (APTERR), digital transformation, regional financial and economic stability through the Chiang Mai Initiative Multilateralisation (CMIM) Agreement, and health care. … [Read more...] about Leaders of East Asia Summit vow to deepen cooperation

"This is a positive sign that goes against the downgrading trend caused by the pandemic globally," Duy said, adding that such results would not have been possible without support from the WIPO, which has helped Vietnam set up an IP Hub, a digital platform for the intellectual property community to exchange the most useful and helpful tools and resources, in 2017. … [Read more...] about Vietnam wins international praise for innovation headway

A report released by the MoIT shows that during the first eight months of the year, the local garment and textile industry contributed approximately US$22 billion to the country's overall export turnover, despite recording declines of more than 11% compared to the same period last year. Indeed, resurgence of novel coronavirus outbreaks globally has also caused more difficulties for Vietnamese textile and garment production, along with exports.  … [Read more...] about VIETNAM’S BUSINESS NEWS HEADLINES SEPTEMBER 10