Vietnam

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc (fourth, right), officials and members of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Vietnam pose for a photo at the meeting in Hanoi on November 18 (Photo: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) – Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc received a delegation of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Vietnam (CBCV) led by its President Nguyen Chi Linh in Hanoi on November 18. This followed the CBCV’s 14th congress in October, during which the conference elected its Standing Committee and heads of the subordinate committees for 2019-2022. PM Phuc congratulated his guests on the success of the congress, expressing his hope that the CBCV President and members of the Standing Committee will instruct priests, monks and followers of the Catholic Church in Vietnam to continue adhering to the State’s laws and actively engaging in national development and defence. As Christmas is nearing, he wished the archbishops and bishops in the CBCV Standing Committee a … [Read more...] about PM receives members of Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Vietnam

A Vietnamese factory processing tra fish for exports (Illustrative image. Source: VNA) Hanoi (VNS/VNA) - Vietnamese and Chinese enterprises are encouraged to tap into the great bilateral trade potential driven by the two countries’ open trade policies, experts have said. Vietnam values and gives priority to strengthening economic and trade cooperation with China, and hopes to receive greater investment from China and the overseas Chinese community, said Nguyen Noi, Deputy Director of the Foreign Investment Agency under the Ministry of Planning and Investment. “I’m pleased to see that many leading Chinese corporations are expanding their investments in the fields of electronics, renewable energy and IT, applying modern technology and bringing more value in line with Vietnam’s foreign investment orientation,” Noi told a conference on Vietnam-China trade and investment last week. China continued to be Vietnam’s … [Read more...] about Vietnam, China have room to grow trade ties: experts

Overall, on the Ho Chi Minh Stock Exchange (HoSE), 132 stocks gained and 197 stocks lost at the end of Monday’s session. This is the index’s fifth losing session in a row, and eighth losing session since it peaked at 1024.91 points two weeks ago. Blue-chips and banking stocks were the biggest drag on the VN-Index this session, with the VN30-Index, which represents Vietnam’s 30 highest market cap stocks, falling 0.69 percent to 920.95 points. VNM shares of Vinamilk, Vietnam’s biggest dairy company, and VCB shares of Vietcombank, one of Vietnam’s three biggest state-owned lenders, saw the biggest drops among the 30 blue-chips, having fallen 2.2 and 2.1 percent respectively. VIC shares of Vietnam’s biggest private conglomerate Vingroup fell 1.5 percent, while VHM shares of its real estate subsidiary Vinhomes and VRE of its retail arm Vincom Retail closed at the same starting price. FPT shares of tech giant FPT fell 1.1 percent, followed by PNJ of Phu … [Read more...] about Vietnam stock market hits 3-month low

Staff of Vietnam’s Level-2 field Hospital No. 2 is scheduled to be sent to South Sudan from November 13-26 to assume the tasks their peers of Hospital No. 1 are performing within the UN peacekeeping mission in the African country. At the working session  Speaking at a working session at Military Hospital 175 in Ho Chi MinhCity on October 4, Director of the Vietnam Department of Peacekeeping Operations Colonel HoangKim Phung said 63 members of the first hospital will return home on November 21 and November 28, and a welcome andcommendation ceremony for them will be officially organized on December 2in HCM City. Reporting on the roadmap for the deployment of the third hospital, Colonel Phung said the personnel preparation and trainingplan for the hospital is actively implemented. The third will have 70 staff, including 10 women. The hospital staff will beequipped with skills in performing tasks at a UN mission, towards replacing thesecond one in 2020. … [Read more...] about Vietnam’s second field hospital to be on duty in South Sudan in November

Defence Minister Gen. Ngo Xuan Lich (sixth, right) and other officials pose for a photo at the 6th ASEAN Defence Ministers’ Meeting Plus in Bangkok on November 18 (Photo: VNA) Bangkok (VNA) – The ASEAN Defence Ministers’ Meeting (ADMM) Plus opened in Bangkok, Thailand on November 18 under the chair of Thai Deputy Prime Minister Prawit Wongsuwan. The Vietnamese delegation to the event was led by Defence Minister Gen. Ngo Xuan Lich. Addressing the event, the Thai Deputy PM thanked ASEAN and its partners for supporting Thailand to perform the role as the Chair of ASEAN in 2019 as well as ADMM and ADMM Plus. Ministers are scheduled to discuss seven topics related to security, including humanitarian relief and natural disaster mitigation, maritime security, military medical services, anti-terrorism, peacekeeping, bomb and mine clearance campaigns for humanitarian purposes and cybersecurity. Concluding the event, a ceremony will be held to hand over the role … [Read more...] about ADMM Plus focuses on security matters