Conversations on Vietnam Development
Update: November, 26/2019 – 16:35 VNS
Tiếp tục đọc “Ford Vietnam adds $81.7m in automobile manufacturing expansion project”
The Hanoitimes – Many websites selling fake goods are hosted abroad, while Vietnam still lacks legal instruments to address rampant unfair competition and trade fraud activities in the cyber space.
The manufacturing and sales of counterfeit goods have been on the rise over the past few years, particularly with the involvement of foreigners and the use of sophisticated methods to avoid detection of customers and authorities, said Hoang Anh Duong, vice director general of the Vietnam Directorate of Market Surveillance. Tiếp tục đọc “Foreigners side with locals to run counterfeit market in Vietnam”
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Nov. 26, 2019 Nhân Dân
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 Vietnam is one of the most open economies in the world and also one of the fastest growing economies in Asia. (Illustrative image) |
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NDO – The Singapore-based Chinese-language newspaper, Lianhe Zaobao newspaper (United Morning Paper) run an article on November 26 on Vietnam’s Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) attraction, affirming that Vietnam is one of the most open economies with thefastest economic growing pace in Asia. Tiếp tục đọc “Vietnam among fastest growing economies in Asia: Singaporean newspaper” |
The Chinese government has provided non-refundable aid for Vietnam worth over VND32 billion (US$1.37 million) to conduct a survey and a master plan for the Lao Cai – Hai Phong – Hanoi railway project connecting with China, according to the Ministry of Transport (MoT).
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The financial support was a result of high level talks between the two countries in 2015, stated the MoT in a statement. Tiếp tục đọc “China finances research study for Lao Cai – Hanoi – Hai Phong railway project”
No woman has led a non-democratic regime that was not a monarchy. Vietnam will make history in 2021 if it selects current National Assembly Chair, Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan, as the Vietnam Communist Party (VCP) General Secretary at the next Party Congress.
Precedent for her selection certainly exists given that the previous two general secretaries were both also National Assembly chairs prior to their promotion. Some analysts see Ngan as a natural contender. Tiếp tục đọc “Can Vietnam break the authoritarian glass ceiling?”
Unclear delineation of the roles of state agencies in managing waste has made a mess of sorting and collecting trash in Vietnam.
Vietnam is sorting trash in four different ways and one type of trash is put under the eyes of up to six ministries.
HO CHI MINH CITY – Vietnam got a double dose of waterway diplomacy from the United States last week.
In the north, in Hanoi, U.S. Defense Secretary Mark Esper announced Wednesday his nation would provide Vietnam with a second coast guard cutter ship to use in the South China Sea, where it has a dispute with China.
In the south, in an unrelated event around the same time, a U.S. consul general toured the Mekong Delta in a dinghy as part of a series of visits related to education, environment, and culture. Tiếp tục đọc “Vietnam Gets Double Dose of US Waterway Diplomacy”
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Tuesday, 2019-11-26 17:00:23 Nhân Dân
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NDO – Vietnam attracted US$29.11 billion in foreign direct investment (FDI) in the first eleven months of 2019, up 3.1% over the same period last year, according to the Ministry of Planning and Investment. Tiếp tục đọc “Vietnam attracts US$31.8 billion in FDI in eleven months” |
More frozen tuna from Vietnam is under recall because of the danger of scombroid fish poisoning.
Northern Fisheries LTD of Little Compton, RI, has expanded its voluntary recall of frozen, wild-caught yellowfin tuna “medallions” from Vietnam to include fish sold directly to consumers, according to the company’s recall notice posted on the Food and Drug Administration’s website. Tiếp tục đọc “Another company expands recall of frozen tuna from Vietnam”
Thứ Ba, 26/11/2019, 14:12:55, Nhân Dân
NDĐT – Ngày 26-11, TAND tỉnh Đồng Nai mở phiên tòa xét xử sơ thẩm vụ án hình sự và tuyên phạt các bị cáo: Đoàn Viết Hoan (SN 1984), Võ Thường Trung (SN 1977) mỗi người 36 tháng tù giam. Hai bị cáo còn lại là Ngô Xuân Thành (SN 1970) và Nguyễn Đình Khuê (SN 1978), mỗi người cùng nhận 28 tháng tù giam, cùng về tội Phá rối an ninh, theo Điều 118, Bộ luật Hình sự năm 2015.
Bốn bị cáo tại tòa.
Theo cáo trạng, Đoàn Viết Hoan, Võ Thường Trung, Ngô Xuân Thành, Nguyễn Đình Khuê thường lên mạng đọc các bài viết có nội dung chống đối chế độ, kích động biểu tình, gây rối của các đối tượng thù địch ở nước ngoài. Sau đó, bị lôi kéo lập các nhóm kín tập hợp lực lượng, bàn bạc tiến hành biểu tình, gây rối dịp lễ 30-4-2019 tại thành phố Biên Hòa. Tiếp tục đọc “Bốn đối tượng lên kế hoạch gây cháy nổ ở Biên Hòa lãnh án”
The Hanoitimes – Around 50% of Samsung’s smartphones and tablets are produced in Vietnam and exported to 128 countries and territories.
As of present, 58% of Samsung’s global smartphone sales globally come from its production facilities in Vietnam, according to Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc.
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In 2008 – 2018, Samsung increased its investment in Vietnam from US$670 million to over US$17.3 billion, a 26-fold increase. According to Samsung’s statistics, around 50% of the giant’s smartphones and tablets are produced in Vietnam and exported to 128 countries and territories, including the US, Europe, Russia and Southeast Asia.
Last year, Samsung’s combined revenue in the global market reached US$221.6 billion, slightly up from US$217.8 billion in 2017, while after-tax profit increased from US$38.3 billion to US$40.3 billion. Tiếp tục đọc “58% of Samsung smartphone revenue comes from Vietnam: PM”
Phóng sự của Hoàng Thiên Nga
Sau hơn 6 năm bị vướng bẫy rồi được Trung tâm bảo tồn Voi cùng Vườn quốc gia Yok Đôn phối hợp cứu hộ, chăm sóc vết thương để thả về rừng, voi Cu Sứt gần đây đã trở lại vùng rừng khộp giữa 2 tỉnh Đắk Lắk-Đắk Nông, vẫn với cái chân đau vẫn chưa lành. Trung tâm bảo tồn voi Đắk Lắk đã lên kế hoạch lần thứ 2 cứu hộ chú voi hoang dã.
Tiếp tục đọc “Voi Cu Sứt và những chiếc bẫy thú rừng tàn ác”
HO CHI MINH CITY – When politicians try to win votes by blaming foreigners for stealing jobs, economists say they ignore technology, which is what is really replacing many of these jobs. However the issue remains that many workers and small businesses do not benefit from foreign trade as much as corporations do, and that is something Vietnam hopes to fix. Tiếp tục đọc “Nations Aim for Inclusive Trade; Vietnam Uses Small-Business Loans to Get There”
November 25, 2019 VOA
For several years, the worldwide financial crisis that began in 2008 had little effect on Vietnam’s banks. That is not because its banks were stronger than the U.S banks that created the crisis. It was mostly because of the country’s lack of international trade.
Tiếp tục đọc “Banks Required to Assess Environmental, Social Goals in Vietnam”
