Conversations on Vietnam Development
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| US President Donald Trump addresses at the CEO Summit 2017 on Friday. — VNA/VNS Photo |
ĐÀ NẴNG – In strong speeches laying out widely differing visions on the future of international trade, the presidents of China and the US yesterday stressed the importance of regional peace and security to stable, sustainable growth. Tiếp tục đọc “Contrasting visions as APEC CEO Summit closes”
vietnamnews Update: November, 11/2017 – 19:25
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| Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc will lead a high-ranking delegation of Việt Nam to the ASEAN-31, the 20th ASEAN+3 Summit. — VNA/VNS Photo |
HÀ NỘI — The 31st ASEAN Summit (ASEAN-31) and related meetings, which will be held in Manila, the Philippines, from Sunday to Tuesday, are set to focus on orientations and measures for enhancing connectivity to realise the ASEAN Community Vision 2025.Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc will lead a high-ranking delegation of Việt Nam to the ASEAN-31, the 20th ASEAN+3 Summit (with China, Japan and the Republic of Korea), the ASEAN+1 meetings (with China, Japan, the Republic of Korea, India, the US, Canada, the European Union, and the United Nations), and the 12th East Asia Summit. Tiếp tục đọc “31st ASEAN Summit, related meetings to talk ASEAN Vision realisation”
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| Việt Nam’s Industry and Trade Minister Trần Tuấn Anh (left) and Japanese economic revitalisation minister Toshimitsu Motegi, co-chair Saturday’s press conference. — VNA/VNS Photo |
ĐÀ NẴNG – Ministers of the 11 original signatories to the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) have agreed on “core elements” of a new trade pact to be implemented without the United States.The agreement will now be called the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP), says a statement released today. Tiếp tục đọc “TPP-11 gets new name, renewed growth focus”
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| Youth representative attending the 2017 APEC Voices of the Future visit a craft village making traditional lanterns in ancient Hội An City. – VNA/VNS Photo |
2017 APEC MINISTERIAL MEETING
Joint Ministerial Statement
We, the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Ministers, met on 8 November 2017 in Da Nang, Viet Nam under the chairmanship of H.E. Pham Binh Minh, Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Foreign Affairs, and H.E. Tran Tuan Anh, Minister of Industry and Trade of the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam. Tiếp tục đọc “2017 APEC Ministerial Meeting Joint Ministerial Statement”
vietnamnews Update: November, 11/2017 – 19:20
THE 25TH APEC ECONOMIC LEADERS’ MEETING
Da Nang, Viet Nam 11 November 2017
1. We, the Leaders of APEC, gathered in Da Nang, Viet Nam under the theme Creating New Dynamism, Fostering a Shared Future, determined to take bolder and sustained collective actions to inject new dynamism into APEC cooperation to promote sustainable, innovative and inclusive growth, deepen regional economic integration, realize the full potential of the business sector, particularly micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs), and enhance food security and sustainable agriculture. Tiếp tục đọc “The 25th APEC Economic Leaders’ Meeting adopts Đà Nẵng Declaration”
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Danang (Vietnam) (AFP) – Trade ministers from 11 Asia-Pacific countries agreed Saturday to press ahead with a major trade deal without the United States, as the world’s largest economy seeks to go it alone under President Donald Trump’s ‘America First’ policy.
Trump pulled his country from the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) at the start of the year, dismaying allies and casting into doubt an agreement heralded for tying lower tariffs to strong environmental and labour protections.
Tiếp tục đọc “Trade ministers agree Asia-Pacific trade pact without US”
Although he was addressing a meeting alongside the summit of Asia-Pacific leaders, Trump repeatedly referred to the Indo-Pacific region and mentioned the importance of India in his speech
By Reuters / Tuoi Tre News
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| U.S. President Donald Trump speaks on the final day of the APEC CEO Summit, part of the broader Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) leaders’ summit, in Danang, Vietnam, November 10, 2017. Photo: Reuters |
DANANG, Vietnam — U.S. President Donald Trump set out a strong message on trade at a meeting of Asia-Pacific countries in Vietnam on Friday, saying the United States could no longer tolerate chronic trade abuses and would insist on fair and equal policies.
Trump said the United States was ready to make a bilateral deal with any country in the Indo-Pacific region, but only on the basis of “mutual respect and mutual benefit”. Tiếp tục đọc “Trump brings tough trade message in vision for Asia in Vietnam speech”
Hệ thống năng lượng mặt trời tích hợp cung cấp điện và lọc nước tinh khiết
Nằm trong vùng núi sâu cách trung tâm xã hơn 20km, đa số bà con ở đây là người dân tộc H’Mông di cư tự do nên chưa có hộ khẩu, thuộc diện nghèo và sống trong cảnh không điện, không nước sạch. Tuy đã định cư gần 20 năm, nhưng đến nay hơn 190 hộ dân sống tại thôn Ea Rớt vẫn chưa được tiếp cận nguồn điện lưới do phải sống rải rác trong địa hình đồi núi phức tạp, trong khi tiền đầu tư cho việc kết nối với hệ thống điện lưới quốc gia rất đắt đỏ.
Tiếp tục đọc “Điện nước về với người H’Mong”
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Và đương nhiên có vài thứ về sự khủng hoảng khí hậu đã được chứng thực. Và tôi có một vài tin xấu,nhưng tôi có rất nhiều tin tốt. Tôi sẽ nêu ra 3 câu hỏi và câu trả lời cho câu hỏi đầu tiên cần thiết phải kèm theo một ít tin xấu. Nhưng — khoan đã, bởi câu trả lời cho câu hỏi thứ 2 và 3 thật sự rất khả quan.
Vietnam is also one of the biggest domestic investment winners among APEC economies, according to PwC
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| Sridharan Nair (center), territory senior partner for PwC Malaysia and Vietnam, is pictured at a press conference in Da Nang, central Vietnam, on November 8, 2017. Son Luong/Tuoi Tre News |
Asia-Pacific business leaders’ confidence has hit a three-year high, while Vietnam has emerged as a popular destination for new funds among members of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC), a PwC survey finds.
Thirty-seven percent of APEC CEOs are “very confident” of revenue growth during the next 12 months, up from 28 percent in 2016 despite trade policy uncertainty and related political tensions in many of the economies that make up APEC, according to findings from the APEC 2017 CEO survey. Tiếp tục đọc “Vietnam top APEC target for CEOs’ overseas investment, despite automation challenges: survey”
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| Deputy General Director of the Việt Nam Administration of Forestry, Cao Chí Công, gives a speech at the Asia Pacific Business Forum, organised by the Forest Stewardship Council on Wednesday in Hà Nội. — VNS/FSC Photo |
The event, which took place on Wednesday, also aimed to promote forest suppliers’ FSC labelled products available in domestic, regional and world markets. Tiếp tục đọc “Forest business forum held in Hà Nội”
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| Children play a game to learn about wildlife in Cúc Phương National Park. — Photo Save Vietnam’s Wildlife |
The programme which was officially launched on Sunday, is being implemented by Save Việt Nam’s Wildlife.
As scheduled, the children will be divided into 116 groups. They will participate in the programme until May 2018. Tiếp tục đọc “3,200 children join Valuing Nature in Childhood Programme”
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| Women in Lào Cai Province make products from traditional cloths and fibres. Aus4Equality expects to increase the incomes of 40,000 self-employed female farmers in Lào Cai and Sơn La provinces. – VNA/VNS Photo |
The new initiative to support women’s economic empowerment was announced by the Hon Julie Bishop MP, Australian Minister for Foreign Affairs, on Wednesday on the sidelines of the 29th APEC Ministerial Meeting (AMM). Tiếp tục đọc “Australia funds to empower women economically”
