Conversations on Vietnam Development
U.S. President Donald Trump said cooperation between Washington and Hanoi would help foster trust and understanding, and pledged to bolster bilateral relations between the two countries.
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| U.S. President Donald Trump shakes hands with his Vietnamese counterpart Nguyen Phu Trong in Hanoi, February 2019. Photo by VnExpress/Ngoc Thanh. |
The U.S.-Vietnam comprehensive partnership has been proved by increasing commercial relations, the connection between people of both countries, as well as strategic in resolving humanitarian issues and war legacies, Trump wrote in a letter addressed to Vietnam Party Chief and President Nguyen Phu Trong on Saturday to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the U.S. and Vietnam normalizing relations, according to a press release by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Tiếp tục đọc “US pledges to bolster Vietnam relations after 25 years”
Update: July, 10/2020 – 15:50 VNS
Tiếp tục đọc “Việt Nam initiates anti-dumping investigation on corn syrup”
Update: July, 11/2020 – 09:33 VNS
HÀ NỘI — The Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) will focus on removing difficulties in industrial sectors in the second half of this year, especially the processing and manufacturing industry, to expand production and business. Tiếp tục đọc “MoIT aims for production growth in second half of year”
Update: July, 11/2020 – 08:59 VNS
HÀ NỘI — The water supply and drainage sector is drawing investment thanks to its high profit margins and good growth potential.
According to the HCM City Securities Corporation (HSC), the water industry has positive prospects as rapid urbanisation and population growth have led to a higher demand for water for industrial production and clean water consumption. Tiếp tục đọc “Water sector draws investment”
Update: July, 11/2020 – 08:25 VNS
HÀ NỘI — All vehicles providing cargo and passenger transportation services must change from white licence plates to yellow ones with black letters and numbers from August 1, according to the Traffic Police Department under the Ministry of Public Security. Tiếp tục đọc “Vehicles providing transport services will have yellow licence plates”
Update: July, 11/2020 – 09:40 VNS
HCM CITY — HCM City is expected to reconsider projects under the public-private partnership investment form meant to combat flooding and land subsidence and resettle people living along canals when new regulations for PPP come into effect.
The city has sought private partners for nearly 300 PPP projects, with the Thủ Thiêm Bridge No 4 being the latest. Tiếp tục đọc “HCM City seeks developers for nearly 300 PPP projects”
A H’mong ethnic village in the mountains of Lai Chau Province can make for a great weekend getaway from the hustle and bustle of city life with its cool weather and picturesque landscapes.
Sin Suoi Ho, situated at an altitude of 1,500 meters and 30 kilometers from Lai Chau Town in the namesake province, also offers visitors the opportunity to immerse themselves in the daily life and ethnic culture of the local H’mong people.
Tiếp tục đọc “A day with the H’mong up in northern Vietnam mountains”
Vietnam’s GDP growth was roughly 1.81 percent in the first half, the lowest since 2011, due to the Covid-19 pandemic, General Statistics Office reported Monday.
The country’s second quarter GDP grew by 0.36 percent, compared with an expansion of 6.73 percent in the same period last year, said the GSO.
For the past 25 years, Chuck Searcy has cleaned up explosives and helped disabled children in Quang Tri Province, a prime Vietnam War battleground. Tiếp tục đọc “Vietnam War veteran mends post-war wounds, one bomb at a time”
Air conditioning was devised not for comfort but for industry, specifically to control temperature and humidity in a color printing factory in Brooklyn. The process required feeding paper into the presses a number of times, once for each of the component colors, and the slightest misalignment caused by changes in humidity produced defective copies that had to be thrown away. Tiếp tục đọc “Air Conditioning Wasn’t Invented to Provide Comfort to Human Beings”
The deal, worth up to $7.8 billion, follows moves by rivals GE and Siemens to refocus on clean energy integration and distributed energy digitization.
Hitachi ABB Power Grids will combine high-voltage transmission with distributed energy assets and digital control systems.
Japan’s Hitachi has completed its acquisition of a majority stake in ABB Power Grids worth up to $7.8 billion, creating a new business aimed at tackling the renewable and distributed energy frontiers of the power industry.
Tiếp tục đọc “Hitachi Completes Acquisition of ABB Power Grids to Tackle Renewable Energy’s Rise”
Vietnam is now considered the most favourable place to expand business, surpassing Australia’s long-term business partners namely Malaysia and Singapore. (Illustrative image. Source: VNA)
Tiếp tục đọc “Australian firms in ASEAN consider Vietnam favourable destination”
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