What you need to know today in Vietnam: Politics -- The Vietnam - India Bilateral Army Exercise (VINBAX) 2022 concluded with a ceremony held at Engineering Brigade 474 in the Indian state of Haryana on Thursday, the Vietnam News Children ride bicycles near social housing blocks in Ho Chi Minh City. Photo: Quang Dinh / Tuoi Tre Agency reported the same day. Society -- Forty-one Vietnamese citizens escaped a casino in Cambodia and swam across a river to flee to Vietnam over overwork and low pay, Colonel Le Tan Hoa, a police chief in An Giang Province, told Tuoi Tre (Youth) newspaper on Thursday. -- A seven-seater car crashed into a household, killing one person and injuring two others, while running in Ca Mau Province, southern Vietnam on Thursday. The driver left the vehicle, seeming to be drunk, eyewitnesses said. -- Ten Vietnamese scientists have been included in six fields ranked by Research.com for their excellence in scientific publishing. … [Read more...] about Breakfast @ Tuoi Tre News – August 19
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Domestic airlines offer tickets for Tet holiday
Vietjet has begun to sell tickets for flights during the 2023 Lunar New Year holidays at super saving prices. — Photo courtesy of Vietjet Domestic airlines have started offering tickets for Tet (Lunar New Year) holiday with many promotions. Budget airline Vietjet on Tuesday began to sell tickets for flights during the 2023 Lunar New Year holidays at super saving prices. Passengers travelling from the South to the North and the Central region before the Lunar New Year and who are flying from the North and the Central to the South after the Lunar New Year holidays can buy Vietjet tickets from August 16 to enjoy the promotional prices from only VND619,000 (US$26), excluding tax and fees, with the most convenient flight schedules. Super saving tickets for Lunar New Year are available for sale at the website vietjetair.com, Vietjet Air mobile app, Vietjet official agents and booking offices. In particular, passengers can enjoy free payment fees when booking and paying via … [Read more...] about Domestic airlines offer tickets for Tet holiday
UKFTA promotes cooperation in digital transformation, energy transition as VN strives for a sustainable future
The Ha Noi-based Soc Son waste-to-energy (WTE) plant. It was connected to the national grid on July 25. — Photo toquoc.vn The UK – Viet Nam Free Trade Agreement (UKFTA) is opening significant opportunities for enterprises from both sides to enhance cooperation in green energy transition and digital transformation as the Southeast Asian country strives to achieve net zero emissions by 2050 and embrace new drivers for economic growth. Viet Nam was making strong efforts towards the goal of becoming a high-income country by 2045, to which digital transformation and energy transition are considered launch pads for the economy. During a visit to the UK from August 10 to 15, Politburo Member and Head of the Party Central Committees Economic Commission Tran Tuan Anh said that Viet Nam had set strategic goals in digital transformation, digital economy and green energy conversion to achieve rapid, sustainable and inclusive growth and net zero carbon emissions as well as adaptation to the … [Read more...] about UKFTA promotes cooperation in digital transformation, energy transition as VN strives for a sustainable future
40 people swim to Vietnam after escaping from Cambodian casino
Major Le Ngoc Tuan, an officer stationed at the Long Binh border gate, said authorities have taken in the 35 men and five women but have yet to verify their identities. They claimed to be among 42 people who escaped from a casino in Cambodia's Kandal Province and tried to swam across the Binh Di River, but one had been swept away and another had been caught by the casino owners. 40 people swim to Vietnam after escaping from Cambodian casino Vid casino They said they went to Cambodia and worked at several casinos on online games, but had been overworked and not given pay or rest, and so decided to illegally cross the border into Vietnam. Authorities are investigating. Many Vietnamese are tricked into going to Cambodia to work for casinos and other similar places where they are often exploited. If they want to return to Vietnam, they have to pay the casinos up to US$30,000, authorities said. In the first half of this year, Vietnamese and … [Read more...] about 40 people swim to Vietnam after escaping from Cambodian casino
PetroVietnam proposes 19-billion-USD petrochemical complex, oil storage project
A view of Nghi Son Petrochemical and Refinery Plant (Photo: baodautu.vn ) Hanoi (VNA) – The Vietnam Oil and Gas Group (Petro vietnam ) has proposed the Government invest in a petrochemical and refinery complex and national oil storage in Long Son oil and gas industrial park in Long Son commune, Vung Tau city in the southern province of Ba Ria-Vung Tau, with a total investment of nearly 19 billion USD in two phases. The complex comprises two parts – a petrochemical and refinery plant project and a project to build a national storage for crude oil and petrol products. In the first phase, the petrochemical and refinery plant will have a capacity of processing 12-13 million tonnes of crude oil per year, along with 0.66 million tonnes of condensate, LPG and Ethane. The output of the plant will be 7-9 million tonnes of petroleum and 2-3 million tonnes of petrochemicals each year. In the second phase, the plant will receive additional investments to increase its output by 3-5 … [Read more...] about PetroVietnam proposes 19-billion-USD petrochemical complex, oil storage project
☀️ Morning digest on August 18
Hanoi (VNA) - The following is a list of selected news summaries last night by the Vietnam News Agency. - Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong has called for work to be accelerated to perfect the Party and political systems, socio-economic management, and the fight against corruption and negative behaviours. Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong speaks at the meeting. (Photo: VNA) Chairing the 22nd meeting of the central steering committee for corruption and behaviour prevention and control in Hanoi on August 17, Trong also requested the submission of regulations regarding power control to the Politburo for approval towards fighting corruption in inspection, supervision, Party discipline enforcement, audit, investigation, prosecution, trial and enforcement of judgments, law-building, use and management of public finances and assets, and press and media activities. Read full story - President Nguyen Xuan Phuc has said that Vietnam wants to cooperate with Israel in … [Read more...] about ☀️ Morning digest on August 18