Nikkei – Hanoi prioritizes existing carriers Vietnam Air and VietJet
TOMOYA ONISHI, Nikkei staff writerJuly 7, 2020 00:34 JST
HANOI — Vietnam plans to freeze approval for new entries to the airline industry until 2022, a move that threatens to solidify the virtual duopoly already in place.
Reuters, theguardian
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HANOI (Reuters) – Vietnam’s health ministry on Monday reported 14 new coronavirus infections, all among Vietnamese citizens held in quarantine upon their arrival from overseas.
The Southeast Asian country has been 81 days without a domestically transmitted infection due to successful programmes to contain the virus. It has yet to report any deaths from the coronavirus and has confirmed 369 cases in total, over 90% of which have recovered.
(Reporting by Phuong Nguyen; Editing by Martin Petty)
09:48 | 01/07/2020
VGP – Deputy Prime Minister Pham Binh Minh on June 30 held a working session with five localities in the Mekong Delta to tackle difficulties and obstacles in launching projects from the Official Development Assistance (ODA) and preferential loans.
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| Deputy Prime Minister Pham Binh Minh holds a working session with five localities in the Mekong Delta to tackle difficulties and obstacles in launching projects from the Official Development Assistance (ODA) and preferential loans, Can tho City, June 30, 2020 – Photo: VGP |
Participants in the meeting included leaders and representatives of the Ministry of Planning and Investment, the Ministry of Finance, the Ministry of Transport and leaders from Can Tho City, the provinces of Bac Lieu, Vinh Long, Ben Tre and Long An.
AsiaChannel 02 Jul 2020 02:47AM
WASHINGTON, DC: US lawmakers on Wednesday (Jul 1) urged further action against China over its imposition of a security law in Hong Kong, where police broke up defiant protests.
Speaker Nancy Pelosi urged President Donald Trump to do more under a 2019 law that lays out sanctions against officials who infringe on the freedoms promised to Hong Kong.
ThoiDai (VUFO) 13:11 | 01/07/2020 Ruby Lee
Foreigners who entered Vietnam as of March 1 but still stuck due to Covid-19 pandemic’s travel restrictions can have theirs temporary stay permits extended one more month until July 31.
The move involves a one-month extension to the current policy, issued in mid-May that allowed foreigners entering the country on a tourist visa, e-visa or visa exemption since March 1 to have their stay automatically extended until June 30, vnexpress reported.
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| British tourist Gavin Wheeldon raises a thumbs-up with two medical staff in his room at Son Tay Military School quarantine camp in Hanoi. Photo: Gavin Wheeldon |
VN Insider July 5, 2020
The new regulations of the Ministry of Information and Communications (MIC) may affect the policies and assets of private businesses and foreign-invested enterprises in Vietnam.
The MIC is reviewing a proposal to add the requirement that internal websites and specialised websites posting aggregated information have to obtain licenses of establishing aggregated information websites following the Article 23 4.b of the draft amendment of Decree No.72/2013/ND-CP outlining the management, provision, and the use of internet service and online information.
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BEIJING: Hong Kong police fired water cannon and tear gas and arrested more than 300 people on Wednesday (Jul 1) as protesters took to the streets in defiance of a new security law.
Beijing on Tuesday unveiled the details of the much-anticipated law after weeks of uncertainty, pushing Hong Kong onto a more authoritarian path.
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PETITION FOR THE REVIEW AND INDEPENDENT ASSESSMENT OF THE CAN GIO TOURIST CITY PROJECT IN HO CHI MINH CITY, VIETNAM
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Chúng tôi kí tên dưới đây, là các cá nhân và tổ chức xã hội yêu môi trường, hoạt động trong các lĩnh vực liên quan, đồng kiến nghị Thủ tướng Chính phủ, Ủy ban Thường vụ Quốc Hội, UBND TPHCM xem xét lại và đánh giá độc lập toàn bộ dự án Khu Đô thị du lịch lấn biển Cần Giờ 2.870 ha, vì những lí do sau đây:
Al Jazeera, July 2, 2020
Several of Israel’s staunchest allies have criticised its annexation plans as jeopardising the status quo.
![A demonstrator holds a cane and a Palestinian flag during a protest against US President Donald Trump's "Middle East plan" in the Jordan Valley [Raneen Sawafta/Reuters]](https://www.aljazeera.com/mritems/imagecache/mbdxxlarge/mritems/Images/2020/6/29/0f5a72d75d004827a3f5dc007ab471d6_18.jpg "Global reaction to Israel's imminent annexation plans")
Israel’s annexation of parts of the occupied West Bank has been fiercely criticised by not only Palestinians but by the international community at large.
The plan, which aims to annex all illegal Jewish settlements in the occupied West Bank – including the strategic Jordan Valley – amounts to one-third of the territory and is in line with US President Donald Trump’s so-called “Middle East plan,” which envisages a demilitarised Palestinian state on a patchwork of disjointed parts of the Palestinian territories.
VNS Update: July, 01/2020 – 16:31
HÀ NỘI — The free trade agreement between the European Union and Việt Nam, known as the EVFTA, which was signed on June 30 last year, will enter into force on August 1.
The announcement was made by the European Commission in a notice published on Tuesday.
The EVFTA will abolish 65 per cent of the duties on EU exports to its developing partner, with the remainder phased out over a 10-year period.
China announces military drills in East Sea amid escalating tensions
By Vu Anh June 30, 2020 | 11:01 am GMT+7 VNExpress
Satellite photo dated March 28, 2018 shows Woody Island in the Paracels, South China Sea. Photo by Planet Labs Inc/Handout via Reuters.
The Maritime Safety Administration of China’s Hainan Province has announced plans to hold military exercises near Vietnam’s Paracel Islands from Wednesday to Sunday.
It said on its website that no vessel is allowed to enter the area in the South China Sea, which Vietnam calls the East Sea, when the drills are underway.
AsiaChannel 01 Jul 2020 07:52PM
BANGKOK: Laos is pushing ahead with a hydropower project on the Mekong River, despite reservations aired by neighbouring countries over its potential to harm fisheries and farming downstream, the Mekong River Commission (MRC) said on Wednesday (Jul 10.
The 1,400-megawatt (MW) Luang Prabang project will be Laos’s third and largest dam on the river, with construction originally set to begin this year.
The governments of Cambodia, Thailand and Vietnam flagged their concerns to Laos and urged more time to assess the impact after the commission officially completed a six-month consultation process for the project on Tuesday.
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![Palestinians have decried Israeli plans to annex parts of the West Bank and Jordan Valley as the end to a future Palestinian state [Majdi Mohammed/AP]](https://www.aljazeera.com/mritems/imagecache/mbdxxlarge/mritems/Images/2020/7/1/a4261542389345fa8bd60ce7f756f055_18.jpg "Israeli annexation a 'final nail in the coffin' of Palestine")
Palestinians have decried Israeli plans to annex parts of the West Bank and Jordan Valley as the end to a future Palestinian state [Majdi Mohammed/AP]
Thứ năm, 2/7/2020, 17:13 (GMT+7) VNExpress
Người phát ngôn Bộ Ngoại giao khẳng định các hoạt động thăm dò, khảo sát tại EEZ cần được sự cho phép của Việt Nam, khi được hỏi về tàu Hải Dương 4 trên Biển Đông.
“Các hoạt động thăm dò, khảo sát và nghiên cứu khoa học tại các vùng biển của Việt Nam được xác định theo Công ước Liên Hợp Quốc về Luật biển 1982 (UNCLOS) phải được sự đồng ý của Việt Nam theo đúng quy định công ước này”, người phát ngôn Bộ Ngoại giao Lê Thị Thu Hằng nói trong họp báo chiều nay.
Tuyên bố được bà Hằng đưa ra khi được hỏi về thông tin tàu thăm dò Hải dương 4 của Trung Quốc đi vào Vùng Đặc quyền Kinh tế (EEZ) của Việt Nam.
Đọt Chuối Non 