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Vietnam and China promise to keep talking as they look to settle differences over South China Sea

  • Three-day meeting in Beijing ends with pledges to continue working towards a peaceful solution in the disputed waters
  • Talks follow prolonged stand-off in resource-rich waters
A Chinese coast guard ship photographed from a Vietnamese vessel in the South China Sea. Photo: Reuters
A Chinese coast guard ship photographed from a Vietnamese vessel in the South China Sea. Photo: Reuters
China and Vietnam said that they would continue to look for ways to peacefully resolve their conflict over the South China Sea at the end of a three-day meeting to discuss border issues.

Cambodia-Vietnam market to boost trade

 | Publication date 01 December 2019 | 21:00 ICT

The Ministry of Commerce will cooperate with Vietnam’s Ministry of Industry and Commerce to jointly organise the Cambodia-Vietnam Trade Fair 2019, which runs from December 24 to 26.

In July 2017, officials signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to start the project, which is the first of its kind and reached the target of $5 billion in trade set by both leaders.

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Why Vietnam Needs Six Airlines

Forbes Nov 29, 2019, 03:00am – Ralph Jennings

Dang Tat Thang, CEO of Bamboo Airways, speaks during a ceremony
Dang Tat Thang, deputy general director of FLC Group JSC and CEO of Bamboo Airways, speaks during a … [+] MAIKA ELAN/BLOOMBERG
Vietnam already supports five operating commercial airlines and a sixth is on the way. That’s because so many of the country’s newly minted middle class is literally going places.

Vietnam’s civil aviation authority estimates air passenger traffic will reach 131 million by 2020 following average growth of 16% last year and this year. By 2030, the authority expects 280 million civilian air trips per year.

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Vietnam human trafficking worth billions of dollars a year

VNE – By Phan Anh   December 1, 2019 | 10:58 am GMT+7

Vietnam human trafficking worth billions of dollars a year
A Vietnamese woman who was rescued in 2018 after being sold to China. Photo by AFP/Manan Vatsyayana.

Vietnam is a human trafficking and illegal migration hotspot with annual profits worth tens of billions of dollars, according to the Ministry of Public Security.

“Vietnam is considered a hotspot for human trafficking and illegal migration among countries in the Mekong Subregion, with estimated profits of tens of billions of U.S. dollars per year,” Le Van Nhan, deputy head of the anti-human trafficking division under the Public Security Ministry, said at a conference held in HCMC Friday.

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Số phận các di chỉ khảo cổ học: Trách ai vì những vụn vỡ này?

NGUYỄN THỊ HẬU, 23.11.2019, 06:08

TTCT – Quá trình đô thị hóa tại Việt Nam trong những thập kỷ qua đã và đang xâm phạm, hủy hoại nhiều di tích lịch sử văn hóa, đặc biệt là các di chỉ khảo cổ học. Những hồi còi báo động khẩn cấp về thực trạng đó đã réo vang nhiều lần tới mức… nay dường như không ai nghe thấy nữa.

Số phận các di chỉ khảo cổ học: Trách ai vì những vụn vỡ này?
Khai quật khu di tích Cát Tiên – một di tích được quy hoạch nghiên cứu, khai quật và bảo tồn tốt. Ảnh: Viện Khảo cổ học

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Did Vietnam Just Doom the Mekong?

thediplomat.com 

A policy reversal on Mekong dams has put Hanoi’s credibility – and the river’s fate – on the line

Kết quả hình ảnh cho Thai villagers hold banners opposing the building of a dam on the Mekong river during a rally outside a construction company in Bangkok, Thailand, April 24, 2012.
Thai villagers hold banners opposing the building of a dam on the Mekong river during a rally outside a construction company in Bangkok, Thailand, April 24, 2012. Credit: AP Photo/Apichart Weerawong

The recent decision by a Vietnamese oil company, Petrovietnam, to invest in a huge dam close to the much-loved World Heritage Site in Luang Prabang, Laos, has caused confusion and dismay for many Mekong experts, civil society groups, and some government officials in Hanoi.

A cascade of dam projects on the Lower Mekong in Laos has triggered consistent expressions of critical concern from Vietnam, with its delta highly vulnerable to such dams’ damaging downstream impacts. Back in 2011, the former Vietnamese prime minister publicly called for all construction to stop on the Xayaburi dam. Vietnam has also called upon Laos to rethink all subsequent dams.

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Experts say auctions could help reduce solar power prices by 30-40%

When the purchase prices of solar power are set through auction, prices are expected to fall by 30%-40% from the current levels, said experts at a seminar yesterday.

Experts say auctions could help reduce solar power prices by 30-40%
Technicians inspect solar panels at the Da Mi hydroelectric power station in the south-central province of Binh Thuan. Solar power prices are expected to fall 30%-40% when they are set via auction – PHOTO: EVN

At the seminar, entitled “Renewable energy in Vietnam-from policies to reality,” a representative of the International Finance Corporation said many countries have set power prices through auctions.

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Định kiến và áp lực xã hội đối với nữ trí thức

Kết quả hình ảnh cho con gái tuổi 35 dotchuoinon

Khi một cách nhìn, một thái độ hay hành vi của cá nhân, nhóm xã hội được định hình từ trước và phản ánh không đúng sự thật về đối tượng thì đều là những biểu hiện khác nhau của định kiến.

PGS.TS. Trần Thị Minh Đức – Đại học quốc gia Hà Nội

1. ĐẶT VẤN ĐỀ

Khi một cách nhìn, một thái độ hay hành vi của cá nhân, nhóm xã hội được định hình từ trước và phản ánh không đúng sự thật về đối tượng thì đều là những biểu hiện khác nhau của định kiến. Có thể hiểu, định kiến xã hội là những thái độ tiêu cực không có cơ sở chắc chắn; một tập hợp các quan niệm, ý kiến, niềm tin hoặc biểu tượng có tính chất rập khuôn và đơn giản hoá những đặc điểm bề ngoài về một nhóm người nào đó khiến cho các đặc điểm của nhóm này bị mô tả một cách cứng nhắc, không chính xác.

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Cà Mau needs $27m to resettle people living in erosion-hit areas

November, 22/2019 – 07:53 VNS

Embankment to prevent erosion are under construction on Cà Mau Province’s west coast. — VNA/VNS Photo Kim Há

CÀ MAU — Cà Mau Province authorities has asked the Government for more than VNĐ622 billion (US$27 million) to finance 12 projects for relocating people from areas eroded by the sea and rivers.

At a meeting with Deputy Prime Minister Trương Hoà Bình on Tuesday, they also sought VNĐ648 billion in emergency assistance to strengthen and upgrade the 23.5km sea dyke section between the Đốc River and Cái Đôi Vàm Town.

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Nations aim for inclusive trade; Vietnam uses small-business loans to get there

By Ha Nguyen – November 25, 2019 06:03 AM VOA

Vietnam is encouraging banks to lend to small businesses, like this furniture store in Ho Chi Minh City. (VOA/Ha Nguyen)
Vietnam is encouraging banks to lend to small businesses, like this furniture store in Ho Chi Minh City. (VOA/Ha Nguyen)

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.

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