– Contrasting visions as APEC CEO Summit closes
– TPP-11 gets new name, renewed growth focus
– 2017 APEC Ministerial Meeting Joint Ministerial Statement
– The 25th APEC Economic Leaders’ Meeting adopts Đà Nẵng Declaration
– APEC 2017: Voices of the Future issues declaration for youth
– Trade ministers agree Asia-Pacific trade pact without US
– Trump brings tough trade message in vision for Asia in Vietnam speech
– Vietnam top APEC target for CEOs’ overseas investment, despite automation challenges: survey
– Forest business forum held in Hà Nội
– Australia funds to empower women economically
– Việt Nam – Canada Joint statement on Comprehensive Relationship
– Trump’s $250 billion China ‘miracle’ adds gloss to ‘off-kilter’ trade
– TPP trade deal talks reach critical point at Asia-Pacific summit
– Vietnam action agenda must focus on inclusion: APEC Secretariat
– Vietnam premier highlights solutions for development at APEC business summit
– Positive impacts of APEC events on Vietnamese business
– Philippines to ask China [At APEC Summit] to clarify its intentions in disputed sea
– Canada says won’t be rushed on TPP trade deal at Asia-Pacific meeting
– Silence on Pacific Rim ministers’ talks ahead of APEC summit
– Nhật Bản, Hàn Quốc, Philippines cam kết thúc đẩy tự do thương mại trong APEC
– Mexican President: Vietnam, Mexico help connect Asia Pacific
– Các điểm đến ở Hội An chờ đoàn phu nhân lãnh đạo APEC
– APEC 2017: ABAC to urge leaders to focus on trade reform
– Ba cam kết lớn của Thủ tướng trước 2.000 doanh nghiệp tại APEC
– Doanh nghiệp muốn APEC ưu tiên phát triển thương mại số
– Vietnam to become trustworthy trade partner: PM
– Thủ tướng: Việt Nam muốn tiếp tục là đối tác kinh doanh tin cậy
– “APEC Vietnam 2017 – Fostering a shared future in a changing world”
– Những cơ hội và thách thức APEC
– APEC 2017: Joining APEC, strategic move of Vietnam
– Các sự kiện quan trọng của Tuần lễ cấp cao APEC
– Khai mạc Tuần lễ Cấp cao APEC ở Đà Nẵng
– CSOM opens APEC 2017 Economic Leaders’ Week in Da Nang
– APEC 2017 elevates Vietnam’s political posture
– APEC delegates arrive at Đà Nẵng Airport
– Nơi đón tiếp, nghỉ ngơi của các đoàn tham gia APEC (Lodging)
– Công an, quân đội xuất quân bảo vệ APEC (Security forces)
– Specialized vehicles to protect APEC Summit 2017 in Da Nang
– Việt Nam đã chuẩn bị gì cho APEC?
– Thủ tướng: ‘APEC đang đối mặt với nhiều thách thức’
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PM approves climate change, green growth programme
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| Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc has green lighted the target programme to cope with climate change and promote green growth during 2016-20. — Photo VGP |
HÀ NỘI — Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc has green lighted the target programme to cope with climate change and promote green growth during 2016-20.
The programme is designed to improve local residents’ abilities to adapt to climate change, boost green growth and transition towards a low-carbon economy. Tiếp tục đọc “PM approves climate change, green growth programme”
WWF report: Vietnamese, Chinese tourists blamed for wildlife trafficking
HÀ NỘI — A major driver of the illegal wildlife trade in the Golden Triangle – the border area where Thailand, Laos and Myanmar – is tourists from Việt Nam and China.
This was one of the conclusions of a report released on Thursday by the World Wildlife Fund to highlight ten of the Most Widely Traded Endangered Species in the markets of the Golden Triangle.
The tourists are believed to travel to areas such as MongLa and Tachilek in Myanmar, and border areas such as Boten and the Golden Triangle Special Economic Zone in Laos. Tiếp tục đọc “WWF report: Vietnamese, Chinese tourists blamed for wildlife trafficking”
TPP11 – quality pact remains significant, vital
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While the US’s withdrawal is a big blow to the TPP, the agreement forged after five years of negotiations still has a lot to offer. Võ Trí Thành explains.
| In February 2016, the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), one of the world’s biggest and most-awaited multinational trade deals was signed by 12 member economies in New Zealand. The deal was the fruit of negotiations that had lasted five years. |
Tiếp tục đọc “TPP11 – quality pact remains significant, vital”
Farmers shift to more resilient crops in the Delta
| Wrapped fruit: Bùi Văn Buôn checks on the tứ quý mangoes in his garden in Bến Tre Province. — VNS Photo Hoàng Nguyên |
Viet Nam News Beset by climate change impacts, Mekong Delta farmers give up on rice, but the real answer lies in organic farming, experts aver.
By Hoàng Nguyên
MEKONG DELTA – When Bùi Văn Muôn decided to grow tứ quý mango trees 16 years ago, he did not expect the fruit would become a key agricultural crop cultivated to adapt to climate change.
“Back then, when I asked neighbours to buy and plant tứ quý mango trees here, they showed little interest as the fruit tasted a bit sour and they thought it might not fetch good prices in the market,” the 50-year-old farmer in Bến Tre Province recalled. Tiếp tục đọc “Farmers shift to more resilient crops in the Delta”
When women mean business, society thrives
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| Watchful: Lê Nguyện (left) supervises the process of making dragonfruit wine at her co-operative in Bình Thuận Province. She wants to expand the co-operative to making dragonfruit juice as well, but like many other SMEs, lacks funds. Photo Courtesy of Lê Nguyện |
Empowering female entrepreneurs is a no-brainer in the most important areas – employment generation and sustainable development; the evidence is that they are more responsible stewards, writes Thu Vân.
The sad, shocking sight of large amounts of dragonfruit being fed to cattle or left to rot on roadsides in many places smote her heart.
Lê Nguyện was also haunted by the fate of farmers in the southern province of Bình Thuận, a principal producer of dragon fruit in Việt Nam, as prices fell and they suffered huge losses in 2014 and 2015.
She thought about ways to redeem the situation and ensure it would not be repeated. She came up with the idea of establishing a co-operative to buy dragonfruit at a stable and reasonable price from local farmers, and to make wine with it as an added value product. Tiếp tục đọc “When women mean business, society thrives”
Trivia not trivial: 10 curiosity piquing factoids
1. Nguyễn, Nguyễn everywhere
A staggering number of Vietnamese people have the same family name – Nguyễn (many Westerners pronounce this as Win to no complaints, so it’s a win-win situation).
According to the Họ và tên người Việt Nam (Family names and given names of Vietnamese), published by the Social Sciences Publishing House, Nguyễn is the family name of a whopping 38.4 per cent of the population. Others in top five last name ranking include Trần (12.1 per cent), Lê (9.5 per cent), Phạm (7 per cent) and Hoàng/Huỳnh (5.1 per cent). Tiếp tục đọc “Trivia not trivial: 10 curiosity piquing factoids”
Hội An offers great art galleries
Let’s take a look at some art galleries in town: Tiếp tục đọc “Hội An offers great art galleries”
New car maker to hit the road running
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| VinFast CEO James B. DeLuca |
The launch of production plans for the first-ever made-in-Việt Nam cars has ignited hopes of a big boost for the domestic auto and auto parts industries. Việt Nam News reporter Mai Hương spoke with VinFast CEO James B. DeLuca about the company’s market vision.
What does your company’s advent portend for Việt Nam’s auto industry? Tiếp tục đọc “New car maker to hit the road running”
Photo essay: Typhoon Damrey wreaks havoc in central localities
Chuỗi bài Bão Damrey
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| A residential area in the central Phú Yên Province remains flooded on Sunday. — VNA/VNS Photo Thế Lập. |
North Korea Assassins Bumped Off Kim Jong Un’s Brother With Deadly Nerve Agent That Could Kill ‘Tens of Thousands’ in Chemical War
North Korea is prepared to use its stockpiles of chemical and biological weapons if war broke out with the U.S. and its allies, according to a letter Pentagon chiefs sent to lawmakers.
The letter, written by Rear Adm. Michael J. Dumont, the vice director of the Pentagon’s Joint Staff, details how a conflict between North Korea and the U.S. could play out. Amid rising tensions between Washington and Pyongyang, the letter notes the difficulty of establishing the “‘best- or worst-case casualty scenarios'” should war break out with North Korea, given the proximity of South Korean capital Seoul to the de-militarised zone and uncertainty over how much warning the U.S. would have of a North Korean attack. Tiếp tục đọc “North Korea Assassins Bumped Off Kim Jong Un’s Brother With Deadly Nerve Agent That Could Kill ‘Tens of Thousands’ in Chemical War”
Việt Nam: Bão Damrey
Chuỗi bài Bão Damrey
Bão Damrey quần thảo: Đà Nẵng mưa xối xả, nước sông Hàn mấp mé bờ
– 6h sáng nay, bão số 12 đã đổ bộ vào đất liền tỉnh Khánh Hòa với sức gió mạnh nhất đạt cấp 12 (115-135 km/h), giật cấp 15. Nhiều nhà dân tốc mái, cây cối đổ rạp, biển hiệu, tấm tôn bay lả tả.
Bắt đầu từ khoảng 18h tối, TP Đà Nẵng có mưa xối xả. Nhiều tuyến đường trong TP bị ngập. Đặc biệt, mưa lớn kết hợp triều cường khiến nước sông Hàn đã dâng lên cao.
Damrey là bão lịch sử vào Nha Trang, 20 người chết
Bão số 12 là cơn bão lớn nhất đổ bộ vào TP Nha Trang. Đã có ít nhất 20 người chết, 17 người mất tích do bão.
Vietnam holds memorial ceremonies for victims of ‘worst in century’ storm Linda, 20 years on
The typhoon two decades ago left more than 3,000 people dead and missing
By Tuoi Tre News November 4, 2017, 11:36 GMT+7
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| Le Thi Ut, a resident in Song Doc Town, sits beside a tomb of Storm Linda’s victim. |
Local authorities and people in various regions in the southernmost province of Ca Mau gathered and paid tribute to victims of tropical storm Linda, considered the worst storm in the past 100 in Vietnam, on Friday.
Memorial ceremonies, including the release of floating lanterns onto the sea, were held in such estuaries as Khanh Hoi in U Minh District, Song Doc in Tran Van Thoi District and Cai Doi Vam in Phu Tan District. Tiếp tục đọc “Vietnam holds memorial ceremonies for victims of ‘worst in century’ storm Linda, 20 years on”
Experience diverse Asian cuisine at Saigon underground trade center
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| Diners enjoy different types of food at the Asiana Food Town, located in the underground Sense Market Shopping Center in downtown Ho Chi Minh City. Photo: Tuoi Tre |
An underground food court in downtown Ho Chi Minh City is featuring a variety of Asian cuisines, offering its visitor a truly unique culinary experience.
VN plans major solar power growth
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| Solar energy has huge potential to develop in Việt Nam – baomoi.com |
HCM City – Over 100 provincial government officials, investors and other stakeholders gathered yesterday in HCM City to discuss policies for the developmnet of solar energy. Tiếp tục đọc “VN plans major solar power growth”








