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Vietnam wants top environmental workers

Vo Tuan Nhan, Deputy Minister of Natural Resources and Environment, speaks on Vietnam’s resolve to improve human resources in the environmental sector.

What will Vietnam be in 2045?

Speaking at the opening of the Vietnam Communist Party Central Committee’s conference on May 16, Party General Secretary and President Nguyen Phu Trong raised the question "What will our country be in 2045?"

 

Identifying "chemical fingerprints" of herbs at Hoang Lien mountain range

The first scientific findings of Sam vu diep (Panax bipinnatifidus Seem.) and Tam That hoang (Panax stipuleanatus H.Tsai et K.M.Feng) have laid the foundation for a new development of endemic species at Hoang Lien Mountains.

Capturing changing light through art

From autumn to winter and beyond, the turn of the seasons signals change. 

VN's legislators highlight hindrances to foreign investors, State management agencies

The National Assembly’s Foreign Affairs Committee has pointed out the main obstacles to investment by foreign investors in Vietnam and the Government’s management of foreign-invested firms.

Four more Vietnamese sites recognised as ASEAN heritage parks

Three national parks and a nature reserve in Vietnam have been added to the list of ASEAN heritage parks, taking the country's number to 10.

VN banks’ profits from foreign exchange trading dwindling

One thing that stands out in many banks’ third quarter reports is the sharp drop in profits from foreign exchange trading activities.

Vietnamese products attract foreign distribution channels

Vietnamese products are attractive to foreign distribution channels as lots of purchase departments of foreign distribution channels have arrived in Vietnam to speed up purchasing contracts with local enterprises.

HCM City's flood prevention projects need to be reworked: experts

HCM City's flood-prevention plans should be focused more on the inner city and be closely linked to overall urban planning, experts have said.

Vietnam, S. Korea target US$100 billion trade by 2020

Vietnam and South Korea considered ways to bolster trade and investment ties to bring their bilateral trade to US$100 billion next year at the Vietnam-South Korea Business Summit last Friday.

 

VN National Assembly wants trade not to run into deficit deeper than 3% of exports

Vietnam recorded a trade surplus in the past four years, but the National Assembly (NA), wary of uncertainties over global trade conflicts, has set the target of containing the country’s trade deficit versus its total export value below 3% for 2020.

Vietnam aims for four karate gold medals at SEA Games

Although Vietnam's karate team will be without three key athletes, they're aiming for four gold medals at the upcoming Southeast Asian (SEA) Games.

Vietnamese legislators discuss risk-sharing policy for PPP projects

The National Assembly yesterday began to look into a draft law on public-private-partnership (PPP) investment, which includes regulations on risk sharing between the Government and investors involved in PPP infrastructure projects.

 

Two detained for trafficking 77kgs of drugs into Vietnam

Investigative police in Dien Bien have arrested two suspects for their alleged involvement in a transnational drug trafficking ring, with 220 packs of heroin, weighing 77 kilograms, being seized.

 

Woman in Kon Tum dies of H1N1 flu

Nguyen Thi Thom, a 37-year-old woman, has died of H1N1 bird flu in Kon Tum Province, while 44 others who made physical contact with her have been isolated for testing.

 

Vietnam's top chess player pockets US$15,000 after fourth-place finish at Romania Grand Tour

Le Quang Liem won four from a maximum nine points on the last day of the blitz chess at the 2019 Superbet Rapid & Blitz in Romania to wrap up his campaign finishing fourth place overall and pocketing US$15,000 in prize money.

Typhoon Nakri leaves two people dead with another missing in central Vietnam

At least three people have been killed or gone missing as a result of the impact of typhoon Nakri, whilst thousands of homes throughout the central highlands region have been submerged in water.

Vietnamese firms struggle to export more farm produce to China

China has set comprehensive policies on importing farm produce, but Vietnam’s exports to the market remain below expectation.

KEB Hana Bank becomes BIDV’s strategic shareholder

South Korea’s KEB Hana Bank has officially become a foreign strategic shareholder in the Bank for Investment and Development of Vietnam (BIDV) following a cooperation agreement with the two sides inked on Monday.

Abbott discovers new strain of HIV virus

Abbott announced that a team of its scientists identified a new subtype of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), called HIV-1 Group M, subtype L, on November 8.