Council of the EU Press release 30 March 2020
The Council today adopted a decision on the conclusion of a free trade agreement (FTA) between the EU and Vietnam. This decision clears the path, on the EU side, for the entry into force of the agreement.
Once the Vietnamese National Assembly also ratifies the FTA, the agreement can enter into force, most likely in early summer 2020.
PUBLISHED MON, MAR 23 20203:56 AM EDTElliot Smith@ELLIOTSMITHCNBCCNBCKEY POINTS
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Người già mong ngóng rồi qua đời, trẻ con lớn lên lập gia đình rồi sinh con, bốn thế hệ dân Thanh Đa trải qua bao lần tuyệt vọng vì “quy hoạch”.
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Tuần lễ trước Noel năm 1998, pháo hoa vụt sáng trên bến Bạch Đằng. Một chuỗi các hoạt động văn hóa và lễ hội tiếp nối. Hội chợ, triển lãm, biểu diễn, hội thao… Sài Gòn – Gia Định kỷ niệm 300 năm ngày thành lập. Một giai đoạn đầy hứa hẹn của thành phố và đất nước. “Lệnh cấm vận của Mỹ đã được gỡ bỏ, bây giờ Sài Gòn sẽ rất nhanh lấy lại ánh hào quang của thế kỷ 19”, tác giả Robert Tompkins viết mùa Hè năm đó, nhắc tới bối cảnh kinh tế đặc biệt của quãng thời gian này.
It was almost 10 p.m. when she reached Ho Chi Minh City’s Tan Son Nhat International Airport with her family. September 12 was going to be a day to remember.
While the family members waited at the arrival gate, Lan insisted on standing at Pillar 12, the rendezvous for Lan and Ken Reesing, an American soldier she’d fallen in love with a lifetime ago.
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In Ben Tre, like much of the rest of the Mekong Delta, drought and saltwater have rendered rivers and canals barren or too salty. Thousands of people lack water as a result and have to buy it for VND100,000-300,000 ($4.26-12.78) per cubic meter. Some individuals and businesses are pitching in and providing water to people free of charge.Đọc tiếp trên CVD >> |
Source: Xinhua| 2020-03-18 19:05:20|Editor: huaxia NANNING, March 18 (Xinhua) — Hundreds of flat-bed and container trucks queued along a border bridge in Dongxing, a city in south China’s Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, waiting for customs clearance, a scene that signifies the recovery of trade on the China-Vietnam border from the COVID-19 epidemic.
Pham Van Tan, a 31-year-old Vietnamese, was driving a truck loaded with about 20 tonnes of dragon fruit produced in Vietnam’s Da Nang. Once passing the customs checkpoints, the goods will soon be seen in the markets of cities such as Shanghai and Beijing.
By Reuters March 2, 2020
HANOI — Samsung Electronics has started building a $220 million research and development center in Vietnam, the South Korean tech giant’s local unit said on Monday.
But a ground-breaking ceremony, scheduled for this past Saturday, was canceled because of a virus outbreak that led to travel restrictions on South Koreans, Hong Sun, the vice chairman of Korea Chamber of Commerce in Vietnam, told Reuters.
Earlier this month, Japan’s defense chief paid a visit to Vietnam. While the interaction was just one of several scheduled engagements between the two sides, it nonetheless spotlighted some of the ongoing activity in the naval aspect of their defense relationship.
Hạn, mặn do biến đổi khí hậu cùng với hàng loạt đập thủy điện mọc lên ở thượng nguồn sông Mê Kông đang khiến các tỉnh đồng bằng sông Cửu Long khát nước ngọt trầm trọng.
Một con kênh chảy qua xã Bình Phan (H.Chợ Gạo, Tiền Giang) cạn trơ đáyẢnh: Ngọc Dương
Hạn hán và xâm nhập mặn năm nay tại các địa phương miền Tây đang diễn ra theo chiều hướng khốc liệt hơn những năm trước, khiến cuộc sống của người dân bị đảo lộn và gặp nhiều khó khăn.
By John Defterios, CNN Business
Updated 1720 GMT (0120 HKT) March 9, 2020
London (CNN Business)Oil prices have suffered their biggest fall since the day in 1991 when American forces launched air strikes on Iraqi troops following their invasion of Kuwait.
Monday’s crash spooked markets that were already freaking out about the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on the global economy and demand for oil. Brent crude futures, the global oil benchmark, were down 22%, last trading at $35.45 per barrel. US oil is trading at $33.15 per barrel, a decline of nearly 20%.Here are five things you need to know:
The aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt transits the Pacific Ocean on March 1, 2020.
By WYATT OLSON | STARS AND STRIPES Published: March 4, 2020
The USS Theodore Roosevelt arrived Thursday in Vietnam, becoming only the second U.S. aircraft carrier to make a port call there since the fall of Saigon in 1975.
The South China Sea Probing Initiative (SCSPI) a project of the Peking University Institute of Ocean Research, recently released Automatic Identification System (AIS) data showing more than 300 Vietnamese fishing boats gathering in the near seas of China’s Guangdong, Guangxi, and Hainan provinces in February — while China is busy fighting the coronavirus. Đọc tiếp Is Vietnam Sending Its Maritime Militia to China’s Coast?
By Reuters March 2, 2020
HANOI — Samsung Electronics has started building a $220 million research and development center in Vietnam, the South Korean tech giant’s local unit said on Monday.
But a ground-breaking ceremony, scheduled for this past Saturday, was canceled because of a virus outbreak that led to travel restrictions on South Koreans, Hong Sun, the vice chairman of Korea Chamber of Commerce in Vietnam, told Reuters.
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