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The Earth Day Compostable Campaign to minimize the use of plastic bags and replace them with compostable bags made from corn starch has been officially launched on the occasion of Earth Hour by An Phat Holdings. It is estimated that dozens of tons of plastic bags will be replaced thanks to the campaign. Supermarket, restaurant chains and residential areas in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City are working with An Phat Holdings to minimize the use of plastic bags. In the first phase of the campaign, BigC, Aeon, Intimex, Ls Place, Unik Mart, Seika, Teekiu, V + Hoa Binh and Nam An all joined together. For restaurants and café chains, Saint Honore stores and a number of others took part. For urban areas, the EcoSunday fair in Ecopark enthusiastically responded thanks to a shared common orientation: green development and environmental protection. Tiếp tục đọc “Dozens of businesses join hands to reduce plastic waste to protect the environment” |
Tháng: Tháng Tư 2019
Local shrimp farmers to operate on trading floor
Last update 07:40 | 06/04/2019 vietnamnet
Local shrimp farmers in the Mekong Delta region and across the country will be able to sell their shrimp products on a trading floor in the coming period.
Representatives of Cuu Long Investment and Technology JSC and participants pose for a group photo at a ceremony to launch a shrimp trading floor in Can Tho on April 5
A ceremony to launch the trading floor was held today, April 5, in Can Tho City.
Addressing the ceremony, Nguyen Manh Trieu, vice chairman of the board of directors at Cuu Long Investment and Technology JSC, which operates the trading floor, said that the trading floor is a website on which shrimp farmers, processing plant operators and buyers can conduct shrimp trading activities. Tiếp tục đọc “Local shrimp farmers to operate on trading floor”
Visiting Hon Khoi salt field in Khanh Hoa province
Last update 07:30 | 06/04/2019 vietnamnet
Covering hundreds of hectares in Ninh Hoa town, Khanh Hoa province, Hon Khoi is one of the largest salt fields in Vietnam. Visiting the area early in the morning, tourists can admire the stunning sunrise.
The field is most crowded when it enters the harvest season
Salt farmers have to go work from the early morning and manage to finish their work as soon as possible in order to avoid the burning sunlight in the field Tiếp tục đọc “Visiting Hon Khoi salt field in Khanh Hoa province” |
Vietnamese researchers repurpose plastic waste with world’s first PET aerogel
Last update 16:00 | 01/04/2019 vietnamnet
VietNamNet Bridge – Despite being a fairly new material with a little over 100 years of history, plastic has permeated every part of modern life.
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| A woman walks on trash-covered Hai Binh Beach in the central province of Thanh Hoa. — VNS Photo Viet Thanh |
But plastic’s very strengths – convenience, cost and durability – have proved a double-edged sword and turned it into an increasingly menacing, ubiquitous and resilient threat to the environment once the one million bottles produced a day have outlived their original purpose. Tiếp tục đọc “Vietnamese researchers repurpose plastic waste with world’s first PET aerogel”
Discovering 100-year old Phu Lien meteorological station in Vietnam – Đài khí tượng Phù Liễn
Last update 23:31 | 04/04/2019
Discovering 100-year old Phu Lien meteorological station in Vietnam
Phu Lien meteorological station was originally built on Dau Son mountain in 1902. It has been used as an active observation station for over 100 years by the World Meteorological Organisation.
 Phu Lien meteorological station was first built in 1902 on Dau Son mountain, located in KIen An district of Hai Phong city.  The site is located at an altitude of 116 metres above sea level. It was built with a French architectural design
The meteorological station is regularly considered to be among the top 100 famous buildings that are over 100-years old in Vietnam. Aside from its renowned architecture, the building has proved crucial for scientific research and meteorological forecasting in the Indochina region. Tiếp tục đọc “Discovering 100-year old Phu Lien meteorological station in Vietnam – Đài khí tượng Phù Liễn” |
L’IFC aide Hô Chi Minh-Ville à construire des installations médicales par le PPP
LeCourrier 05/04/2019 22:57
Le vice-président permanent du Comité populaire de Hô Chi Minh-Ville, Lê Thanh Liêm, a travaillé vendredi 5 avril avec Kyle Kelhofer, directeur national de la Société financière internationale (IFC) pour le Vietnam, le Laos et le Cambodge.
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| Isabel Chatterton, directrice des services consultatifs pour les transactions PPP Asie-Pacifique (relevant de l’IFC) a signé un contrat de consultation avec Ngô Minh Xuân, directeur de l’Université de la médecine Pham Ngoc Thach.
Photo: VAN/CVN
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La signature d’un accord de services de consultation en partenariat public-privé (PPP) relatif au projet de construction du Centre de formation des ressources humaines à l’hôpital de jour de l’Université de médecine Pham Ngoc Thach entre l’IFC et l’université a eu lieu à cette occasion. Tiếp tục đọc “L’IFC aide Hô Chi Minh-Ville à construire des installations médicales par le PPP”
Vietnam seeks to curb Beijing’s South China Sea actions: report
Code of conduct negotiating draft seen by Reuters shows Hanoi wants Beijing’s blockades and island building outlawed.
Tough negotiations lie ahead over a new pact between China and Southeast Asian nations aimed at easing tensions in the South China Sea, as Vietnam pushes for provisions likely to prove unpalatable to Beijing, documents reviewed by Reuters news agency suggest.
Tiếp tục đọc “Vietnam seeks to curb Beijing’s South China Sea actions: report”
Back off from Thitu island: President Duterte tells China
Philippine president warns of possible military action if Beijing ‘touches’ Thitu island in South China Sea.
Friday April 5, 2019 AlJazeera
![China, the Philippines, Brunei, Malaysia, Taiwan and Vietnam have all staked claims to various islands [Al Jazeera]](https://www.aljazeera.com/mritems/imagecache/mbdxxlarge/mritems/Images/2017/2/22/4364690f37ad44e6985144afb222610c_18.jpg "Back off from Thitu island: President Duterte tells China")
China, the Philippines, Brunei, Malaysia, Taiwan and Vietnam have all staked claims to various islands [Al Jazeera]
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has warned China to back off from a disputed island in the South China Sea, warning of possible military action if Beijing “touches” it amid rising tensions over the key waterway.
Tiếp tục đọc “Back off from Thitu island: President Duterte tells China”
How can digitalisation ease the plight of Southeast Asia’s smallholder farmers?
Although smallholders provide four out of every five plates of food eaten in the region, they remain some of the poorest people due to a lack of information, capital and funding. A new digital platform of mobile agri-tech solutions is out to change this.
Their labourious work supporting the global production of food and other consumer products would be more productive and profitable, and make farming, a waning profession in Asia, more attractive to young people, according to Paul Voutier, director for knowledge and innovation at Grow Asia, a Singapore-based, multi-stakeholder partnership platform that seeks to improve farmer livelihoods.
Tiếp tục đọc “How can digitalisation ease the plight of Southeast Asia’s smallholder farmers?”
How Vietnam, US heal wounds of war to build up comprehensive partnership
03/04/2019
Vietnam and the US have together marked the transformation from enemies to partners since the end of the war in 1975 by overcoming war legacies, among priorities in the bilateral ties.
US expert helps Vietnam settle unexploded odnance. Photo: PeaceTrees
Tackling war legacies has required both time and efforts that neither Hanoi nor Washington have been reluctant to do over the past decades, making the relationship a case study of foe-turned-friend. Tiếp tục đọc “How Vietnam, US heal wounds of war to build up comprehensive partnership”
Mỹ muốn đưa hàng không mẫu hạm thứ 2 đến Việt Nam trong năm nay
Mỹ có thể sẽ gửi hàng không mẫu hạm thứ hai đến Việt Nam trong năm nay và cam kết giúp Hà Nội bảo vệ chủ quyền quốc gia giữa lúc Trung Quốc không ngừng các hoạt động quân sự hóa trên vùng Biển Đông có tranh chấp.
Trợ lý Bộ trưởng Quốc phòng Mỹ phụ trách các vấn đề an ninh khu vực Ấn Độ Dương-Thái Bình Dương Randall Schriver cho biết như vậy hôm 3/4 tại cuộc thảo luận làm thế nào để Mỹ và Việt Nam có thể thúc đẩy các mối quan hệ an ninh và quốc phòng chặt chẽ hơn tại Trung tâm Nghiên cứu Chiến lược và Quốc tế (CSIS) ở Washinhton. Tiếp tục đọc “Mỹ muốn đưa hàng không mẫu hạm thứ 2 đến Việt Nam trong năm nay”
Vietnam’s economy forecast to grow at 6.8% in 2019 amid weakening global outlook: ADB
Last update 16:22 | 03/04/2019
With growth in the global economy and world trade projected to slow, ADB forecasts that Vietnam’s economic growth will moderate but remain strong at 6.8% this year and 6.7% in 2020, according to the Asian Development Bank (ADB).
“The economic performance in Vietnam reached a sweet spot in 2018, driven by strong exports and domestic demand,” said Eric Sidwick, ADB country director for Vietnam, at the launch of the Asian Development Outlook (ADO) report on April 3. Tiếp tục đọc “Vietnam’s economy forecast to grow at 6.8% in 2019 amid weakening global outlook: ADB”
Hoi An shines in Tripfuser’s list favourite travel experiences of 2019
Last update 16:24 | 03/04/2019
Joining Vietnam’s fishermen on a basket boat ride in Hoi An has been named among the 10 most favourite travel experiences of 2019, according to a list released by Tripfuser, a marketplace for private tailored travel.
Hoi An shines in Tripfuser’s list favourite travel experiences of 2019.
The iconic basket boat is Vietnamese fishermen’s retaliation to the hefty taxes placed on boats during the French colonial era. Now, it’s become a symbol of Vietnam’s coastal destinations.
In Hoi An, arguably Vietnam’s prettiest town, you can take a ride in one of these boats along the river and out into the sea to catch some crabs with local fishermen on Tripfuser’s 14-day Vietnam highlights tour. Tiếp tục đọc “Hoi An shines in Tripfuser’s list favourite travel experiences of 2019”
Brunei’s LGBT community flees ‘inhumane’ new stoning laws
Updated 4:57 AM ET, Wed April 3, 2019
(CNN) When the tiny, oil-rich kingdom of Brunei first announced in 2013 that it would adopt strict Islamic laws, including death by stoning for gay sex, many in the country’s LGBT community considered fleeing.
But some stayed on, hoping that the law, which is set to be formally enacted on April 3, would never come to pass.
“It’s really scary,” says Khairul, a young gay man in Brunei who spoke to CNN over the phone.
He and others interviewed by CNN for this story asked that their real identities to be hidden over concerns for their safety and that of their families. Tiếp tục đọc “Brunei’s LGBT community flees ‘inhumane’ new stoning laws”
Vietnamese supermarkets go back to leaves, leaving plastic bags
At least three supermarket chains in Vietnam are using banana leaves to wrap vegetables. Photo by VnExpress/Nghe Nguyen
Several Vietnamese supermarkets have started using banana leaves to wrap vegetables in an effort to reduce plastic waste.
Shoppers at Lotte Mart in Ho Chi Minh City’s District 7 were recently surprised to see scallions, okra and other vegetables produce wrapped in banana leaves.
Tiếp tục đọc “Vietnamese supermarkets go back to leaves, leaving plastic bags”
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