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Hanoi (VNA) – The Malaysian government said on January 20 that the country will send back an additional 110 containers of plastic waste to source nations after having successfully returned 150. According to the Ministry of Energy, Science, Technology, Environment and Climate Change, 150 containers with estimated 3,737 metric tonnes of plastic waste had been returned to the source countries, mostly developed countries such as the US, the UK, Japan, Canada, Spain and France. Minister of Energy, Technology, Science, Climate Change and Environment Yeo Bee Yin said at a press conference at Butterworth Port in Penang state that the additional 110 containers to be sent back include 60 from the US, 15 from Canada and 14 from Japan, while others came from the UK, Belgium, Mexico, Hungary, France and Jamaica. The Minister said the containers had been sent back without the government incurring any costs, which had been borne by the companies responsible for importing the plastic waste … [Read more...] about Malaysia to send containers of plastic waste back to source countries

Following her works during a three-month stay at the Cité Internationale des Arts (Paris), based on the archives of an international colonial exhibition chain that took place from 1906 to 1931 in France, Le Giang extracted images of Vietnam colonial period created in French popular culture. In the process of examining these historical documents, she turned her query gaze into the shared past between the two countries. The “Green river, blue mountain” exhibition is an attempt by Le Giang to identify painful obstacles in dealing with a region of conflicting memories, as well as the need to face the myths about Indochina in the current Vietnam context. … [Read more...] about Entertainment events in Hanoi & HCM City on January 20-26

Many sectors and companies faced challenges resulting from real or perceived potential world economic downturn in 2019. What we did see in the logistics industry and specific to this market, was a cooling off of transportation volumes in terms of volume growth compared to the last 2-3 years. Equally, we saw a more balanced equilibrium in terms of supply and demand in logistics resulting in a further downturn in overall rate levels and costs to shippers and importers globally. Domestically, Vietnam enjoyed greater than average GDP growth globally, closing 2019 with an estimated +7.02%. Ultimately, these challenges resulted in price pressure and greater competition in terms of market share. … [Read more...] about Our vision is to be ‘National Champion’ in the logistics industry in Vietnam