Conversations on Vietnam Development
A halt to investment in new coal-fired power plants is required to check the trend of increasing coal consumption, a report warns.
The report, released on Monday by the Ministry of Industry and Trade in collaboration with Denmark’s Energy Agency, said the country needs early action to reduce future coal demand, which could include taxation on the use of coal or limits on new coal-based power generation. Tiếp tục đọc “Vietnam urged to stop building new coal-fired power plants”
vnexpress – 5/3/2019
“…bị thành kiến nặng nề là ít học, thiếu hiểu biết, cục mịch quê mùa, đàng điếm, lưu manh, trộm cắp và nghèo rớt mùng tơi, thậm chí nhiều người còn không muốn sống chung khu nhà với họ”.
(Nguyễn Quang Trung Tiến, 2016)
Ở phía Nam sông Hương, nhờ vào các trường đại học lớn và những khách sạn nhiều khách du lịch ngoại quốc, thành phố Huế lấp lánh dáng vẻ một đô thị có sức sống. Tại đó, trong một ngày mưa cuối năm, rạp Lotte chiếu dày đặc 7 suất Aquaman – bom tấn mới của Hollywood – tận một tuần trước khi phim được phát hành tại Mỹ. Tiếp tục đọc “Cuộc đại di cư của cư dân thủy diện”
Thủ đô giống như quả tim của con người, có vai trò rất quan trọng với an ninh quốc gia.
nature.org.vn – Trung tâm Con người và Thiên nhiên (PanNature) vừa cùng 275 tổ chức xã hội từ khắp nơi trên thế giới đưa ra Tuyên bố kêu gọi Tổ chức Climate Bonds Initiative – CBI (Sáng kiến Trái phiếu Khí hậu) xóa bỏ việc cấp chứng nhận thân thiện với khí hậu cho các dự án thủy điện gây ảnh hưởng tiêu cực tới môi trường và cộng đồng.
Tuyên bố được phát đi vào ngày 10/12/2019. Dưới đây là nội dung Tuyên bố bằng tiếng Việt do PanNature thực hiện. Tiếp tục đọc “CBI phải từ bỏ những nỗ lực sai lầm nhằm “nhuộm xanh” thủy điện”
The Hanoitimes – Vietnam agrees to purchase 1,200 megawatts of electricity from Laos in 2020, exceeding the original plan of 1,000 megawatts, and 5,000 megawatts until 2030.
Vietnamese enterprises remain Laos’ third largest investor with 413 projects worth US$4.22 billion to date, according to Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc.
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| Overview of the meeting. Source: VGP. |
Tiếp tục đọc “Vietnam remains Laos third largest investor with US$4.22 billion to date”
The four-star Victoria Mekong cruise ship is set to start carrying tourists on a route between Vietnam’s Can Tho City and Cambodia’s capital of Phnom Penh on December 11, Thien Minh Group said recently.
The four-star Victoria Mekong cruise ship. The four-star Victoria Mekong cruise ship is set to start its operation on a route between Vietnam’s Can Tho City and Cambodia’s capital of Phnom Penh on December 11 – Photo: Xuan Thu
Vo Xuan Thu, general director of Victoria Can Tho Resort, a member of Thien Minh Group, told the Saigon Times that the price of a trip, including meals and beverages onboard, starts from VND21 million. Tiếp tục đọc “Cruise ship to connect Mekong Delta with Cambodia”
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Chợ chim Thạnh Hóa (Long An) được biết đến với tên gọi “địa ngục chim trời“. Khu chợ này bày bán công khai các loại chim hoang dã nhiều năm nay.
Theo ghi nhận của phóng viên báo Lao Động, trên địa bàn huyện Thạnh Hóa, tỉnh Long An, một khu chợ chim hoạt động rất nhộn nhịp. Những năm trước, khu chợ này nằm dọc hai bên đường quốc lộ.
Tiếp tục đọc “Đột nhập “địa ngục” chim trời lớn nhất miền Nam”
The Hanoitimes – Remittance, along with foreign direct and indirect investment and official development assistance, is a major source of Vietnam’s foreign currency supply.
In 2019, in current US dollar terms, Vietnam is projected to be among the 10 largest remittance recipients with an inflow of nearly US$16.7 billion, or 6.4% of its GDP, a slight increase from the US$16 billion received in 2018, according to the World Bank’s latest data.
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| Data: World Bank. Chart: Ngoc Thuy (Unit: million USD). |
This would be a third consecutive year that Vietnam continues to remain in the top 10 ranking in terms of remittance, reaching US$13.8 billion in 2017 and US$15.9 billion in 2018, respectively. Tiếp tục đọc “Vietnam remains among top 10 remittance recipients in 2019”
Ho Chi Minh City has green-lighted the construction of a 150-hectare park in District 12 in the northwest.
The multipurpose park, to be situated in Thanh Xuan and Thoi An wards, would increase the total area of parks in the city by a third from the current 491 hectares.
The district will draft detailed construction plans but has released no information yet about the timeline and cost. Tiếp tục đọc “HCMC to get 150-ha public park”
Vietnam food and beverage market size is poised to report strong growth rate over the forecast period due to increasing population, rising disposable incomes, coupled with changing trends and product innovations. On the other hand, intense government regulations, raw material price fluctuations can negatively impact the growth of the market.
The increasing number of restaurants, fast-food chains, and food delivery apps such as grub hub, caviar, and others enhance the availability to consumers, resulting in strong growth in the food and beverage industry. Besides, rising demand for organic, natural and fresh foods among consumers due to rising health awareness is the major factor expected to enhance the demand for the food and beverage market. Tiếp tục đọc “Vietnam Food And Beverages Market Business Attractiveness and Forecast to 2026”
VNE – By Phan Anh December 1, 2019 | 10:58 am GMT+7
Vietnam is a human trafficking and illegal migration hotspot with annual profits worth tens of billions of dollars, according to the Ministry of Public Security.
“Vietnam is considered a hotspot for human trafficking and illegal migration among countries in the Mekong Subregion, with estimated profits of tens of billions of U.S. dollars per year,” Le Van Nhan, deputy head of the anti-human trafficking division under the Public Security Ministry, said at a conference held in HCMC Friday. Tiếp tục đọc “Vietnam human trafficking worth billions of dollars a year”
tuoitrenews – Tuesday, November 26, 2019, 15:01 GMT+7
Vietnam is the central cooperation partner of South Korea’s New Southern Policy, and the economic cooperation between the two countries is playing a leading role in that between South Korea and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), South Korean Ambassador to Vietnam Park Noh Wan told Tuoi Tre News in an interview. Tiếp tục đọc “Vietnam central to South Korea’s ASEAN-focused ‘New Southern Policy’: ambassador”
Nguyen Thi Bien cannot speak Vietnamese properly since she was trafficked to China 28 years ago and virtually lost her mother tongue.
She returned to Vietnam in August after Chinese authorities raided and deported undocumented immigrants. More about how she returned later.
Cut to the present. In a countryside garment factory in the northern Bac Giang Province, Bien sits beside a bunch of red cloth bags. Tiếp tục đọc “The plight of human trafficking survivors: Back from hell but to what?”
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