Conversations on Vietnam Development
Image copyright Getty ImagesChina says it is conducting military exercises near the Taiwan Strait to “protect its sovereignty” as a top US official visits Taiwan.
Tiếp tục đọc “China holds military drill as US envoy visits Taiwan”
By Viet Anh September 17, 2020 | 08:10 pm GMT+7 vnexpress
Satellite image of Woody Island, part of Vietnam’s Paracel Islands, January 2018. Photo courtesy of the Center for Strategic and International Studies.
18/09/2020 09:26 GMT+7 vietnamnet
The Ministry of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs has a new deputy minister, Mr. Nguyen Ba Hoan, who was previously the chief of the Ministry’s office.
| The Ministry of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs has a new deputy minister, Mr. Nguyen Ba Hoan (left) |
Mr. Hoan was born in 1967 in Thanh Hoa province. He holds a bachelor degree on construction economics and bachelor degree in financial economics.
He has worked for 28 years at the Ministry of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs: at the Department of Overseas Labor Management from 1993 to 2007. In 2007 he was appointed as the Deputy Chief of Office. Since 2015 he has been the Chief of the Office.
Tiếp tục đọc “Many high-ranking officials promoted”By Ryan Browne and Jennifer Hansler, CNN
Updated 2237 GMT (0637 HKT) September 17, 2020
Washington (CNN)The Trump administration is expected to soon approve another major weapons sale including drones to Taiwan, according to congressional and administration sources. The move comes as the US and Taiwan are strengthening ties and amid mounting tensions between Washington and Beijing.The US is preparing to sell seven packages of weapons systems to Taiwan, a congressional aide told CNN, saying it was unclear when the Congress would be formally notified about the sales, as is required by law.A US official said that the administration will soon formally approve a large sale of MQ-9B Reaper drones. The value of the drones and associated equipment and program support is estimated to be about $600 million.
Tiếp tục đọc “Trump administration readies major arms sale to Taiwan”
By Paul D. Shinkman, Senior Writer, National SecuritySept. 17, 2020, at 10:27 a.m.
China Threatens U.S. Over Taiwan Visit
Undersecretary of State Keith Krach exits a plane upon arrival at the air force base airport on Thursday, Sept. 17, 2020, in Taipei, Taiwan.(CENTRAL NEWS AGENCY POOL/AP)
Tiếp tục đọc “China Threatens U.S. Over Taiwan Visit: ‘Stones May Become Torpedoes’”Fred Lucas / @FredLucasWH / September 16, 2020 / Daily Signal
The Trump administration intends to expand a ban on use of U.S. tax dollars to pay for abortions abroad. Pictured: Pro-life activists cheer President Donald Trump as his image appears on a large screen during his speech Jan. 24 at the 47th annual March for Life in the nation’s capital. (Photo: Roberto Schmidt/AFP/Getty Images)
The Trump administration has proposed a rule to expand a ban on use of U.S. tax dollars to pay for abortions abroad so that it would include federal contracts and subcontracts that receive U.S. global health assistance.
Tiếp tục đọc “Trump Moves to Expand International Pro-Life Policy”
17 Sep 2020 11:17AM CNA
17 Sep 2020 12:49AM(Updated: 17 Sep 2020 03:15PM) CNA
WASHINGTON: The US Justice Department on Wednesday (Sep 16) announced charges against five Chinese nationals and two Malaysians who ran global hacking operations for at least six years to steal identities and video game technology, plant ransomware, and spy on Hong Kong activists.
Tiếp tục đọc “US announces charges against Chinese, Malaysian hackers”
17 Sep 2020 01:27AM CNA
WASHINGTON: The United States plans to sell as many as seven major weapons systems, including mines, cruise missiles and drones to Taiwan, four people familiar with the discussions said, as the Trump administration ramps up pressure on China.
Tiếp tục đọc “US pushes arms sales surge to Taiwan, needling China: Report”
17 Sep 2020 09:03AM CNA
TAIPEI: Two Chinese anti-submarine aircraft flew into Taiwan’s air defence identification zone on Wednesday (Sep 16) and were warned to leave by Taiwan’s air force, the island’s defence ministry said on Thursday, the day a senior US official is due to arrive.
Tiếp tục đọc “Taiwan says Chinese anti-submarine aircraft off its coast”
17 Sep 2020 07:08AM(Updated: 17 Sep 2020 07:21AM) CNA
WASHINGTON: Secretary of Defense Mark Esper announced on Wednesday (Sep 16) an ambitious plan to expand the US Navy with a range of unmanned and autonomous ships, submarines and aircraft to confront the growing maritime challenge from China.
Tiếp tục đọc “Eyeing China, Pentagon plans larger, ‘more lethal’ navy”
16 Sep 2020 05:44PM CNA
SYDNEY: Australia has named China in a court document as the foreign state under investigation by police in its first foreign interference investigation, though Beijing dismissed the allegation as an anti-China smear.
Tiếp tục đọc “Australian government lawyer names China in interference investigation”
Pharos Energy said Friday it had received approval from the Prime Minister of Vietnam for the development plan of an offshore oil field in Vietnam.
Pharos, until recently known as Soco International, said that the approval of what is called the TGT Full Field Development Plan represented the “last stage of the required process.”
Pharos has previously said that the plan, which includes drilling of six producer wells, had been approved by all partners in the field, and was awaiting PM’s green light. The PM’s approval, announced Friday, follows the recently granted two-year TGT field license extension to December 7, 2026.
“Ordering of long-lead items can now proceed to enable the commencement of the drilling of six firm development wells contained in the FFDP in Q4 2021 as planned,” Pharos Energy said.
This infill-drilling program is targeted to increase gross production at TGT field off Vietnam from the current levels of around 15,000 boepd to around 20,000 boepd in 2022.
Credit: Pharos EnergyEd Story, President, and Chief Executive Officer, said: “We are pleased to have received approval from the Prime Minister of Vietnam for the TGT Full Field Development Plan. This final approval enables us to put plans in place to commence the drilling of the six new producer wells on TGT starting in Q4 2021, allowing us to realize further resources in the TGT field.” Tiếp tục đọc “Vietnam Approves Pharos Energy’s Offshore Oil Project”
The southeast Asian nation has made slight improvements to its 2030 climate plan but still expects emissions to increase rapidly over the next decade
Bags of cement for export leaving the city of Can Tho, in southern Vietnam’s Mekong Delta region (Photo: Cong Thanh Group)
Vietnam’s greenhouse gas emissions are set to grow significantly by 2030, under an updated climate plan submitted to the UN.
The country’s large cement sector is factored into the plan for the first time, which experts welcomed. But they said the overall target was not substantially more ambitious than the previous version.
Under the new plan, Vietnam committed to cut its emissions growth by 9% or nearly 84 million tonnes of CO2 by 2030 compared with business as usual projections, using a 2014 baseline. Emissions are still expected to grow by 844 million tonnes of CO2 during that time.
With international finance and support, Vietnam said it could increase its emissions cuts to 27% compared with business as usual, which would still see emissions grow by about 677 million tonnes by 2030. Tiếp tục đọc “Vietnam brings cement sector into new climate submission to the UN”
As of Wednesday afternoon, the eye of the tropical storm lay around 680 km to the southeast of Vietnam’s Hoang Sa (Paracel) Islands off the central coast, packing winds of 70 kph.
On Wednesday, the storm is expected to move west-northwest at a speed of 15 kph and further intensify.
Tiếp tục đọc “Vietnam prepares to evacuate 500,000 people as Storm Noul nears”
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