Bloomberg – Friday, July 24, 2015 16:02
TNN – Vietnam has found an effective way to crack down on tax laggards as it struggles to fund infrastructure projects and curb rising debt: make the names of the offending businesses public to shame them into paying up.
Vietnam finds success naming-and-shaming tax laggards
Continue reading Vietnam’s name-and-shame corporate tax list enjoys success
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| A farmer takes out rice died by saline intrusion in Hon Dat District, southern Kien Giang Province. Farmers and households have been left without fresh water in many areas in the Cuu Long (Mekong) Delta this year because of severe saline intrusion. — Photo tuoitre.vn |
HCM CITY (VNS) — Farmers and households have been left without fresh water in many areas in the Cuu Long (Mekong) Delta this year because of severe saline intrusion.
The annual saline intrusion usually occurs from February to May during the dry season. This year, it has extended through July, said Le Phuoc Dai, head of the Hau Giang Province’s Irrigation Sub-department. Continue reading Mekong Delta suffers severe saline intrusion
TTN – UPDATED : 07/21/2015 21:01 GMT + 7
Solar energy has, for the first time, made its way to the remote northwestern region of Vietnam and been effectively harnessed to benefit the local tea making and ‘tea tourism’ sectors.
After Ho Chi Minh City, Hanoi and the central city of Da Nang, solar power is now available in Lao Cai Province, home to the popular Sa Pa resort town, and considered the cleanest and most abundant renewable energy source. Continue reading Solar power harnessed to make clean tea in northern Vietnam
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| newly-graduated students are getting consultatation for jobs in an job fair in Ha Noi. — Photokenh14.vn |
HA NOI (VNS) — Nearly 178,000 persons with bachelor’s and masters’ degrees could not find jobs in the first quarter this year, the statistics released recently by the Labour and Social Sciences Institute said.
The number increased by 16,000 persons as compared with the same period last year, the statistics said. Continue reading Unemployment increases among degree holders
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| The development of high-quality crop seeds and seedlings as part of HCM City’s agricultural restructuring programme has significantly increased productivity and production value in recent years. — Photo Phuong Vy |
HCM CITY (VNS)— The development of high-quality crop seeds and seedlings as part of HCM City’s agricultural restructuring programme has significantly increased productivity and production value in recent years, city officials have said. Continue reading Crop restructuring increases productivity,value
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Hanoi (dpa) – Vietnam’s Minister of Defence died on Sunday at a French hospital where he was being treated for lung cancer, a military source said. Continue reading Vietnam defence minister dies in France after cancer treatment
By Bao Van, TNN
Friday, July 17, 2015 16:12
Vietnam is seeking to attract investment to develop its transport infrastructure, but it is not an easy task since local companies have limited finances while foreign ones are not interested in the business.
The Ministry of Transport said recently it needs around VND288 trillion (US$13.03 billion) over the next five years for transport infrastructure. Continue reading Vietnam struggles to attract investors to transport infrastructure
cogitASIA • July 15, 2015
By Emily Chen
The CSIS Freeman Chair in China Studies has prepared a timeline summarizing security developments in the South China Sea during the first half of 2015. The included chronology and infographic covers events through July 15, 2015 and provides a short assessment of present power projection capabilities among the relevant countries. Continue reading 2015 South China Sea Developments: A Five Minute Guide
English teacher Jon Dillingham (R) speaks with a student in a free English class at La Pagoda in Ho Chi Minh City’s Go Vap District. Photo: Minh Hung
Le Thanh Tao was too afraid in the past to talk with foreigners though he has been learning English at school for years.
“I could not pronounce correctly,” the student of the Ho Chi Minh City Technology College says.
But a few months after joining the free English classes at the La (Leaf) Pagoda in Go Vap District, Tao is more confident after speaking with foreign teachers. Continue reading Foreign Samaritans teach languages at Vietnam pagoda
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BANGKOK – Wednesday, July 15, 2015 16:00
Asia has a unique opportunity to fight climate change and lift many more people out of poverty if it invests more in the communities living in its forests, experts said.
More than 450 million people in the region rely on forests for income and food, but forest dwellers often struggle to make a living as rural poverty, deforestation and climate change threaten their livelihoods. Continue reading To sustain its forests, Asia needs to invest in local people: experts
By Minh Hung, TNN
HANOI – Wednesday, July 15, 2015 12:41
The World Health Organization Tuesday launched the “First Embrace” campaign with simple steps to save newborns and prevent complications arising from unsafe and outdated neonatal practices in Vietnam.
The campaign highlights early essential newborn care, including actions and interventions to address the most common causes of newborn death and disease, such as prematurity, low birth weight and severe illnesses like pneumonia and diarrhea. Continue reading ‘First Embrace’ campaign launched to save newborns in Vietnam
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UPDATED : 07/12/2015 17:09 GMT + 7
Vingroup, one of the leading Vietnamese property developers, on July 2 announced that foreigners and overseas Vietnamese registered to buy 112 apartments at its high-end condo project Vinhomes Central Park in Ho Chi Minh City within two hours.
The bids were placed at two separate launch ceremonies for the project in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City, the two biggest cities in Vietnam, on July 1, four days after the realty group informed the public of the events. Continue reading Vietnam economy to enter new development stage with more foreign participation
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| Polluted water at a pond in Cong Binh Commune, Nong Cong District, Thanh Hoa Province. For nearly a half of century, residents of Nong Cong District have had to use water contaminated with petroleum. — Photo baogiaothong.vn |
THANH HOA (VNS) — For nearly a half of century, households in Nong Cong district’s Cong Binh commune in the central province of Thanh Hoa have had to use water contaminated with petroleum.
All residents here are in need of clean water, Nguyen Van Hanh, a resident in Yen Ninh hamlet told Nong Thon Ngay Nay (Countryside Today) newspaper. Continue reading Wartime fuel fouls water in Thanh Hoa commune
There are days I encounter some incidence that I need to decide to put aside all my pride and my shame to actually write it down to share…
It was late Friday afternoon, the time when everyone longed for a nice sunny weekend on the beach after a tiring week. But it was not my privilege this weekend.
I was so occupied with an ongoing project, trying to get good results out of the simulation which already took me much time to fight with. I decided I had to work on it over the weekend. Continue reading A sudden blunt moment
TTN – UPDATED : 07/11/2015 11:23 GMT + 7
A Vietnamese fishing boat was operating in Vietnamese waters off the central province of Quang Ngai on Thursday night when it was reportedly scared away and sank by two Chinese vessels, local authorities said.
The Chinese ships approached the QNg 90559, with 11 fishermen on board, when it was fishing off Vietnam’s Hoang Sa (Paracels) archipelago in the East Vietnam Sea, the administration of the province’s Binh Chau commune said Friday, citing a report from the attacked boat. Continue reading Chinese ships sink Vietnam’s fishing boat off Hoang Sa (Paracels)
