Ford is investing more than $11.5 billion in electric vehicles through 2022. In 2017 Ford achieved its goal to reduce the company’s global carbon dioxide emissions from manufacturing operations by 30 per cent per vehicle produced by 2025, eight years early. … [Read more...] about Ford recognised for leadership in corporate sustainability
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Diplomats accompany businesses on the way to global markets
Tran Viet Anh, Vice President of the Ho Chi Minh City Union of Business Associations, said enterprises need help from Vietnamese agencies abroad in obtaining updated information about foreign markets and their import-export regulations, including requirements in terms of food safety, social responsibility and environmental protection, as well as political changes in importing countries. … [Read more...] about Diplomats accompany businesses on the way to global markets
Fashion Walk and Asian GOLD Presents: Kingston Culture and Creativity Zone – THE ORIENT
A Pop-up Hub of Artistry for Local Budding Designers, Street Artists, Fashion Brand Spearheading Novel Retail ConceptHONG KONG SAR - Media OutReach - 27 January 2021 - Located at the heart of Hong Kong, Fashion Walk has its fingers firmly on the pulse of fashion, beauty, lifestyle, and gastronomy. Entering 2021, Fashion Walk proudly announces its partnership with avant-garde lifestyle label Asian GOLD, transforming the Kingston area into the pop-up "Kingston Culture and Creativity Zone -- THE ORIENT". Spanning an area of 20,000 square feet, THE ORIENT vows to bring together original and exclusive fashion items as well as contemporary art pieces from all over Asia Pacific. In addition, a wide array of art initiatives will be undertaken on a regular basis: seminars, product launches, workshops, weekend markets, art appreciation tours, fashion coaching -- to name but a few. Customers are guaranteed a truly state-of-the-art shopping experience. … [Read more...] about Fashion Walk and Asian GOLD Presents: Kingston Culture and Creativity Zone – THE ORIENT
Reflect Respect Celebrate on Australia Day 2021
As the world continues to grapple with the global pandemic, we are grateful to be here, in a country that has successfully contained the spread of COVID-19. Việt Nam’s response to COVID-19 has been truly inspirational. We look forward to continuing to strengthen the Australia-Viet Nam Strategic Partnership and support Việt Nam’s recovery from the pandemic through our Partnerships for Recovery programme and our A$500m support for access to safe and effective COVID-19 vaccines in Southeast Asia and the Pacific, including Việt Nam, which will help us reopen, rebuild and prosper together. … [Read more...] about Reflect Respect Celebrate on Australia Day 2021
Traditional tea losing flavor for young Vietnamese
Vietnam, which ranks seventh globally in tea production, has 257 producers and an output of 5,200 tons a day. It has 125,000 hectares under tea, but the area is declining. In the Central Highlands Lam Dong Province, one of the country’s biggest tea producing areas, the area shrank by 43 percent since 2016 to 11,500 hectares last year as farmers switched to more profitable crops. … [Read more...] about Traditional tea losing flavor for young Vietnamese
