Conversations on Vietnam Development
US authorities are investigating an ongoing outbreak of scombrotoxin fish poisoning traced to yellowfin tuna. They have blocked all incoming shipments of the fish from a Vietnamese company that has refused to initiate a recall.
Public health officials have confirmed at least 47 people from unspecified states as outbreak patients. The most recent illness began Oct. 15, according to an outbreak investigation notice posted today by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. The first patient, known of at this time, became ill on Aug. 8. Tiếp tục đọc “Dozens sick in outbreak; VN company refuses FDA’s request to recall tuna”
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Ministers on Friday agreed to regularly share intelligence and carry out more coordinated anti-trafficking operations.
![A Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) aimed at more effectivley tackling drug trafficking was announced Friday in Bangkok by ministers of China, the Mekong region - Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam - and the UN Office and Drugs and Crime [File: Panu Wong Cha-um/Reuters]](https://www.aljazeera.com/mritems/imagecache/mbdxxlarge/mritems/Images/2019/11/15/ca7696f905e74e1d92ff348603297a65_18.jpg "Mekong countries and the UN join forces to fight drug scourge")
Tiếp tục đọc “Mekong countries and the UN join forces to fight drug scourge”
The threat of China should bring two former enemies into a tight security relationship.
Vietnam chasing China at sea. Photographer: Hoang Dinh Nam/AFP/Getty Images
Vietnam is a country bursting with youthful energy. The nearly 100 million Vietnamese have an average age of just 31, and despite living under single-party communist rule, they have a thriving capitalist economy that may hit 10% growth this year. And, of great importance to the U.S. and its allies, Vietnam is strategically positioned along the western side of the South China Sea, and has a series of maritime disputes with its neighbors, especially China.
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A VND6.7 trillion ($289.6 million) expansion project to upgrade the Phap Van-Cau Gie expressway, the southern gateway to Hanoi, from four to six lanes was completed late last year and put into operation earlier this year.
The Phap Van-Cau Gie Expressway, which first opened in 2002, runs more than 32 kilometers (20 miles) to the south of Hanoi and links up with another expressway to the nearby Ninh Binh Province. The six-lane expressway is expected to cater to 60,000 vehicles per day and daily revenue from toll fees is estimated at more than VND2 billion ($86,400). Tiếp tục đọc “Expressways that burn up the road between Hanoi and northern provinces”
HÀ NỘI — The State Bank of Việt Nam (SBV) has proposed freezing the accounts of those suspected of committing the fraud.
The central bank also called for a ban on borrowing or renting bank accounts as well as certain intermediate payment services to improve account holders traceability and limit illegal activities in a draft amendment to a Government directive on cashless transactions.
Under the proposal, commercial banks could freeze accounts if they have sufficient evidence the accounts were used for or involved in fraudulent and illegal activates. Tiếp tục đọc “SBV proposes account freezes to tackle fraud”
TĐH: Mình thấy bản tin RFA nói về việc phản đối chính quyền VN làm phiền những người mang áo thun No-U chống đường lưỡi bò của Trung quốc. Mình nghĩ là chẳng tự nhiên mà nhà nước làm phiền những người mang áo đó, phải có việc gì đằng sau mà quý vị biết vấn đề chẳng chịu nói ra, nên mình tìm thêm thông tin trên mạng. Thấy có bài “Khôi hài ‘thư ngỏ’ về áo No-U'” có đưa ra vài lập luận thấy có lý. Dù không biết rõ mọi chi tiết về vấn đề này, mình nghĩ cũng nên đăng thông tin hai chiều để sự việc nghe co lý hơn một chút cho độc giả.
A group of Vietnamese activists have written an open letter urging the communist government in Hanoi to stop harassing people who wear a T-shirt that protests China’s expansive claims on the South China Sea, RFA’s Vietnamese Service has learned.
The activists, members of the civil society organization the Le Hieu Dang Club, published their open letter on Nov. 14 calling on the Vietnamese government to support the so-called “No-U” T-shirts and stop harassment of those who wear them. Tiếp tục đọc “Vietnam Activists Urge Government to Back Off Over China Protest T-Shirt – Khôi hài “Thư ngỏ” về áo “No-U””
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Made-in-Vietnam phones make sense economically. The country dependent on factory work for the past 30 years is moving up the value chain into electronics. Smartphone developer Samsung Electronics has invested $17.3 billion in Vietnam-based factories, for example. Public schools emphasize science. University graduates who work for a foreign tech firm will know all the more about how to make a phone.
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Beijing should either get the South China Sea map right or forget the Vietnamese market — for every Chinese product, from smartphones to automobiles.
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Tiến sĩ Takashi Hosoda, người Nhật, hiện là giảng viên Đại học Tổng hợp Charles (Cộng hòa Séc) trả lời PV VTC News liên quan đến chiến dịch tâm lý nhằm phổ biến “đường lưỡi bò” bất hợp pháp của Trung Quốc trong khu vực. Tiếp tục đọc “Chuyên gia Nhật: Cần chỉ đích danh nước nào đang thách thức luật pháp quốc tế ở Biển Đông”
The Hanoitimes – US-based Gen X Energy is considering a US$6-billion liquified natural gas (LNG) project in Vietnam.
Vietnam encourages and support US enterprises to invest in the country’s energy sector, said Deputy Prime Minister Trinh Dinh Dung in a meeting with Scott Kicker, CEO of US-based Gen X Energy, on November 15.
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| Deputy Prime Minister Trinh Dinh Dung (R) and Scott Kicker, CEO of US-based Gen X Energy (L). Source: VGP. |
Dung highly regarded Gen X Energy’s interest in a US$6-billion liquified natural gas (LNG) project in Vietnam.
According to Dung, Vietnam considers the US a top partner, saying the bilateral comprehensive partnership has been growing strong on bilateral, regional and international fronts.
Dung added trade and investment activities have laid the foundation and become a major motivation for the Vietnam – US relations. Tiếp tục đọc “Vietnam encourages US investments in energy sector”
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