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At the event (Photo: VNA)   Hanoi (VNA) – The sub-committee on socio-economic affairs tasked with preparing for the 13th National Party Congress held a meeting in Hanoi on August 26 to gather former Party, State and Vietnam Fatherland Front leaders’ opinions on documents to be submitted to the congress. The event was attended by former President Tran Duc Luong, former Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung, former Chairmen of the National Assembly Nguyen Van An and Nguyen Sinh Hung, and other former leaders. It also saw the presence of Politburo members Tran Quoc Vuong – Permanent member of the Party Central Committee’s Secretariat, and Tong Thi Phong –Vice Chairwoman of the National Assembly. Chairing the meeting, Politburo member and Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc stressed the importance of the preparations for the 13th National Party Congress, slated for early 2021, noting that the building of documents to be submitted is critical as they will be … [Read more...] about Sub-committee pools former leaders’ opinions for next Party congress

The US and China reached an agreement at their 13th round of trade talks in Washington. US President Donald Trump, as always, did not skimp on the fine words he could find to praise this result. At least, the US and China reached an agreement after so many bilateral trade talks. At least, there is something which both parties could present as success and achievement, as a result of good will and patience. Or rather, they considered it as success and achievement.   President Donald Trump shakes hands with Chinese Vice Premier Liu He after announcing a “phase one” trade agreement with China in the Oval Office on October 11. Photo: Win McNamee/Getty Images According to this agreement, the US refrains from increasing punitive trade tariff from 25% to 30% on US$250 billion worth of Chinese exports into the US starting October 15th and China accepted to buy US$40 billion to US$50 billion worth of farm produce from the US. The US got also some commitments from China … [Read more...] about US-China Phase One trade deal: Much hailed but minimal

How important is the South Asian region for China's long-term strategic interests reveals itself in the timing of China's latest diplomatic advances towards three countries in South Asia: Pakistan, India and Nepal.   China is increasing its influence in South Asia. Photo: orfonline.org In China, President Xi Jinping welcomed Pakistan's Prime Minister Imran Khan and then traveled to India to attend this year's annual bilateral China-India summit. After talks with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Mr. Xi made a very short visit to Nepal and became China's first president to visit this tiny Himalayan country since 1996. All these countries are very important for China's geostrategic influence and objectives in this region. China needs them to push other major world powers out of the subcontinent and successfully implement its ambitious One Belt One Road program. China has to get Pakistan and Nepal, as well as other countries in this region like Bhutan, Bangladesh, Sri … [Read more...] about Meaningful timing

The factory of the Duc Giang Garment Co. Ltd in Long Bien district, Hanoi (Photo: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) - A circular on "Made in Vietnam" products was expected to help businesses avoid accusations of fraud, said Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade Tran Quoc Khanh at a conference held in Hanoi on September 25. The event was organised to hear opinions from enterprises and associations on the draft circular, which describes how to identify Vietnamese goods and products. Many products and goods whose accessories are imported from foreign countries and assembled and processed in Vietnam are sometimes labelled "Made in Vietnam", which has sparked public concern. Khanh said the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) in August had completed a draft circular on how to identify Vietnamese-made goods. MoIT has published the draft publicly and will organise two seminars in Hanoi and HCM City to collect comments from the public, businesses and relevant ministries before finalising the report and … [Read more...] about Solutions to help businesses avoid accusations of origin fraud

Party General Secretary and President Nguyen Phu Trong speaks at the event (Photo: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) – The Politburo and the sub-committee in charge of compiling documents for the 13th National Party Congress held a conference in Hanoi on September 27 to collect former Party and State leaders’ feedback on the draft political report and the draft report on the 10-year implementation of the Political Platform 2011. Attending the event were former Party General Secretary Nong Duc Manh, former Politburo member and President Tran Duc Luong, former Politburo members and National Assembly (NA) Chairmen Nguyen Van An and Nguyen Sinh Hung, former Vice Presidents, Deputy Prime Ministers and NA Vice Chairmen. Speaking at the event, Party General Secretary and President Nguyen Phu Trong, who is also head of the sub-committee, asked former Party and State leaders to give their opinions to the two documents, especially major issues in the draft political report. Participants offered … [Read more...] about Former leaders give feedback on draft political report