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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.
At this time, coffee farmers in Binh Phuoc, Dong Nai and Dak Nong provinces are entering harvest season. However, despite of a bumper crop, farmers are unhappy as the price of coffee is extremely low, causing them to be unable to cover investment and caring costs and the risk of a shortage of capital for next crop.
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.
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”→
Một con chim hoang dã khổng lồ được bày bán ven Đại lộ Thăng Long, Hà Nội.
Những ngày cuối tháng 11 năm 2019, trong vai một người đi “lựa hàng”, chúng tôi vẫn gặp cả một chợ náo nhiệt với những cá thể chim hoang dã to đùng, bị xâu mắt, buộc chân, đứng ngẩn ngơ thay mặt ông chủ chào mời khách! Chuyện diễn ra ở đường gom đi qua huyện Quốc Oai (Hà Nội) của Đại lộ Thăng Long, con đường cho phép ôtô chạy 100km/h, hiện đại như một niềm tự hào của Thủ đô! Tiếp tục đọc “Chợ “chim khổng lồ” thách thức dư luận ở Hà Nội”→
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.
Data: World Bank. Chart: Ngoc Thuy (Unit: million USD).
VNE – By Phan Nghia December 3, 2019 | 01:43 pm GMT+7
Trees at a park in downtown Ho Chi Minh City. Photo by VnExpress/Quynh Tran.
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.
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
A Vietnamese woman who was rescued in 2018 after being sold to China. Photo by AFP/Manan Vatsyayana.
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
South Korean Ambassador to Vietnam Park Noh Wan speaks during an interview with Tuoi Tre News. Photo: Nhat Dang / Tuoi Tre News
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”→
VNExpress – By Sen, Phan Duong November 12, 2019 | 07:35 pm GMT+7Nguyen Thi Bien, 51, trafficked to China in 1991, works at a garment factory in her hometown in Bac Giang Province, October 2019. Photo by VnExpress/Phan Duong.
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.
TTCT – Quá trình đô thị hóa tại Việt Nam trong những thập kỷ qua đã và đang xâm phạm, hủy hoại nhiều di tích lịch sử văn hóa, đặc biệt là các di chỉ khảo cổ học. Những hồi còi báo động khẩn cấp về thực trạng đó đã réo vang nhiều lần tới mức… nay dường như không ai nghe thấy nữa.
Khai quật khu di tích Cát Tiên – một di tích được quy hoạch nghiên cứu, khai quật và bảo tồn tốt. Ảnh: Viện Khảo cổ học
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
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