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They allege that the contractor has dragged its feet on fixing a crack on the Vam Cong Bridge in the Mekong Delta. The Transport Ministry had ordered that a crack on the Vam Cong Bridge, a major link between the Mekong Delta and the outside world, must be fixed by late this year so that the bridge would be ready for traffic by early next year. But the project’s main contractor, South Korea’s GS E&C, said at a meeting convened by the ministry meeting on Tuesday that the repairing process has fallen behind schedule by almost two months. GS E&C explained that it was facing financial difficulties as it had not been paid any value added tax refund or insurance coverage for the project. “We have spent a lot on the repair work and are trying to speed up the progress,” a representative of GS E&C told the meeting. But the project’s investor, Cuu Long Corporation for Investment, Development and Project Management of Infrastructure (Cuu Long CIPM), a … [Read more...] about S Korean contractor slammed for delay in opening major Vietnam bridge

The handover of the boxes, draped in the blue and white flag of the United Nations, represents a modest diplomatic triumph for U.S. President Donald Trump from his June 12 summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in Singapore that was aimed primarily at persuading North Korea to give up a nuclear weapons program that threatens the United States. “I want to thank Chairman Kim for keeping his word,” Trump said at a White House event, at which he hailed “great fallen heroes from America.” “We have many others coming. But I want to thank Chairman Kim in front of the media for fulfilling a promise that he made to me. And I’m sure that he will continue to fulfill that promise as they search and search and search,” Trump said. The transfer of the remains coincided with the 65th anniversary of the 1953 armistice that ended fighting between North Korean and Chinese forces and South Korean and U.S.-led forces under the U.N. Command. The two sides … [Read more...] about Trump thanks Kim as North Korea hands over Korean War remains

The leaders of China, Japan and South Korea meet in Tokyo on Wednesday in a powerful gesture of solidarity against the backdrop of historic diplomatic moves by North Korea and a push for the isolated country to give up its nuclear weapons. Last held in Seoul in 2015, the three-way summit has regularly brought together the neighbors, but this week’s gathering comes amid an unusual period of calm for ties often beset by territorial and historical disputes. As U.S. President Donald Trump steps up trade pressure on China and Japan, the talks could provide an opportunity for improving regional unity, said Katsuhiko Nakamura, an official of a private think-tank in the Japanese capital. “It’s meaningful to show that there’s a united front like this in Asia, that there are different alliances in the world than those that have traditionally dominated,” said Nakamura, a deputy executive director of the Asia Pacific Forum. Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will also … [Read more...] about China, Japan and South Korea to highlight unity amid North Korea moves