e.vnexpress November 3, 2020 | 10:28 am GMT+7

In just a month, central Vietnam got struck by three floods, four storms and a series of landslides that claimed 159 lives and left 71 missing.

On October 4, provinces from Thanh Hoa to Quang Ngai along the central strip of Vietnam recorded heavy rains due to a combination of a cold spell moving down from the north and winds from the east. After months of drought, rains brought joy to the people of central Vietnam. But little did they know the rain in fact signaled a streak of consecutive disasters.

A residential area in Thua Thien-Hue Province is submerged under flood water, October 10, 2020. Photo by VnExpress/Vo Thanh.

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03/11/2020 11:17 GMT+720Lưu TTO – Trước Quốc hội, Bộ trưởng Bộ Giao thông vận tải Nguyễn Văn Thể thừa nhận việc triển khai các dự án đường sắt đô thị ‘đã bộc lộ nhiều vấn đề, đặc biệt vấn đề chậm tiến độ’.

• Chậm thu phí không dừng, Bộ trưởng Thể tự nhận ‘nghiêm khắc phê bình’
• Không đủ cơ sở xem xét trách nhiệm hình sự bộ trưởng Nguyễn Văn Thể trong vụ Út ‘trọc’

Bộ trưởng Bộ GTVT Nguyễn Văn Thể – Ảnh: Quochoi.vn Đọc tiếp trên CVD >>

vietnamnet 2/11/2020    21:01 GMT+7

The government is taking a cautious view in setting its development goals for 2021, which is understandable due to lingering risks from the Covid-19 pandemic.

The Vietnamese National Assembly (NA)’s year-end meeting, scheduled to last for more than three weeks from October 20 to November 17, will focus on reviewing socio-economic development in 2020 and decide important matters related to socio-economic issues and the state budget for the next year.

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Journal of Economic Surveys | 30 September 2020

Does investor protection increase foreign direct investment? A meta‐analysis

par Josef C. Brada, Zdenek Drabek, Ichiro Iwasaki

 Abstract

We undertake a meta‐analysis of the effects of international investment agreements for the protection of foreign investors on foreign direct investment using 2107 estimates drawn from 74 studies. Our meta‐analysis finds robust evidence that effect of international investment agreements is so small as to be considered zero. However, our results do not rule out the possibility that the effect of these agreements is, in fact, positive and that current research methods are insufficiently powerful or precise to identify the underlying genuine effect. FDI from developed countries appears to be more responsive to the existence of investment protection, and there is evidence of publication–selection bias in favour of studies that find a positive effect for investor protection.

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By Viet Anh   November 3, 2020 | 07:00 am GMT+7 vnexpress

With minor differences, international observers agree that the latest Vietnam visit by U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo signals post presidential election continuity.

While at least one expert is troubled by the lack of any new development, others see significance in the visit happening, per se.

“Pompeo’s unexpected visit to Hanoi must be viewed as a significant development, because it came at a time when the Covid-19 has severely impacted high-level face-to-face meetings,” Carlyle Thayer, Emeritus Professor from the University of New South Wales Canberra at the Australian Defense Force Academy, said.

U.S Secretary of State Pompeo (L) with Vietnamese PM Nguyen Xuan Phuc in Hanoi, October 30, 2020. Photo by Vietnam News Agency.

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Wednesday, October 28, 2020, 16:44 GMT+7 Tuoitrenews

HANOI — AES Corp. will sign a deal with PetroVietnam Gas GAS.HM to develop a $2.8 billion liquefied natural gas (LNG) import terminal and a power plant in Vietnam, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Wednesday.

“Vietnam has given the green light to AES Corp., a company based in Virginia, to go forward with the project,” Pompeo said at a virtual Indo-Pacific Business Forum.

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By Phan Anh   October 24, 2020 | 07:55 am GMT+7 vnexpresz

Rapid urbanization and economic development can intensify natural disaster risks for Vietnam’s coastline and wipe billions of dollars off its economic growth over the next decade.

A report released Wednesday notes that Vietnam’s coastline, despite being among the most exposed to natural hazards like storms, floods and erosion, also hosts thriving economic sectors that provide livelihoods for a growing and rapidly urbanizing population.

The report, titled “Resilient Shores,” is a collaboration between the Vietnamese government, the World Bank and the Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery.

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By Reuters   October 23, 2020 | 08:11 am GMT+7 vnexpressA boat of rice in a canal in Hau Giang Province in Vietnam’s Mekong Delta, March 13, 2020. Photo by VnExpress/Nguyet Nhi.

China on Thursday signed an agreement with the Mekong River Commission (MRC) to share year-round data on the flow of its portion of the vital waterway.

The move came amid concern that Chinese dams may be causing drought downstream in Southeast Asia.

A push for more data from China’s portion of the Mekong River – which Beijing calls the Lancang River – intensified this year after U.S. government criticism that 11 Chinese dams were “hoarding” water and hurting livelihoods downstream, an accusation Beijing denies.

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16/09/2020    12:00 GMT+7

The Supreme People’s Procuracy on Monday issued an indictment to prosecute former Minister of Industry and Trade Vu Huy Hoang and his accomplices for their involvement in a violation case related to the land plot at 2-4-6 Hai Ba Trung Street, HCMC.

Former Director of the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT)’s Light Industry Department Phan Chi Dung, Former Vice Chairman of the HCM City People’s Committee Nguyen Huu Tin, former Director of the municipal Department of Natural Resources and Environment Dao Anh Kiet, and six others will also face prosecution.

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VnExpress

Danh sách Bí thư các tỉnh/thành nhiệm kỳ 2020-2025

Tất cả

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• Tỉnh An GiangVõ Thị Ánh Xuân
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• Tỉnh Bà Rịa – Vũng TàuPhạm Viết Thanh

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20/10/2020    11:24 GMT+7 vietnamnet

Đấu tranh chống tham nhũng còn không ít khó khăn, hạn chế; vẫn còn tình trạng đối tượng phạm tội tham nhũng tẩu tán tài sản, bỏ trốn, gây khó khăn cho công tác điều tra, xử lý.

Khai mạc QH: Quyết định một số nhân sự, cho ý kiến nhiều dự án luậtQuốc hội dành một phút mặc niệm Thiếu tướng Nguyễn Văn ManĐiều đặc biệt ở 6 nữ Bí thư Tỉnh ủy nhiệm kỳ 2020 – 2025 vừa trúng cử

Trình bày báo cáo tổng hợp ý kiến, kiến nghị của cử tri và nhân dân tại Quốc hội sáng nay (20/10), Chủ tịch UB T.Ư MTTQ Việt Nam Trần Thanh Mẫn cho biết, cử tri và nhân dân rất quan tâm theo dõi quá trình tổ chức đại hội Đảng các cấp và các chỉ đạo của Tổng Bí thư, Chủ tịch nước  Nguyễn Phú Trọng về một số vấn đề cần được đặc biệt quan tâm trong công tác chuẩn bị cho Đại hội đại biểu toàn quốc lần thứ XIII của Đảng.

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Politico

Federal officials also said Iran and Russia have obtained voter registration data.

By ERIC GELLER

10/21/2020 07:49 PM EDT

Updated: 10/21/2020 08:54 PM EDT

The Iranian government is behind recent emails threatening Americans with retribution if they do not vote to reelect President Donald Trump, national security officials said on Wednesday.

In addition, Iran and Russia have obtained the voter registration data of some Americans, Director of National Intelligence John Ratcliffe said during an abruptly scheduled evening news conference.

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October 21, 2020 The New York Times, Wednesday Morning

For one thing, big companies weren’t as dominant. Small businesses — those with fewer than 100 workers — still employed more Americans, combined, than companies with at least 1,000 employers:

When two Stanford University graduate students, Sergey Brin and Larry Page, founded Google in 1998, the U.S. economy looked different than it does today.

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By Tat Dinh   October 19, 2020 | 09:43 pm GMT+7 vnexpressA flooded street in Ha Tinh Town, Ha Tinh Province on October 19, 2020. Photo by VnExpress/Le Hoang.

The number of deaths caused by flooding and landslides in central Vietnam rose to 102 Monday night, with 26 still missing.

The Central Steering Committee for Natural Disaster Prevention and Control says the three provinces with the highest loss of lives are Quang Tri with 48 people, Thua Thien-Hue with 27 and Quang Nam with 11.

As of 4 p.m. Monday, Ha Tinh, Quang Binh and Quang Tri provinces had 166,780 households submerged in floodwaters, and 28,900 households with 90,900 residents had been evacuated.

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21/10/2020    14:38 GMT+7 vnexpress

Quốc hội sáng nay (21/10) thảo luận về một số nội dung còn khác nhau của dự thảo Luật Cư trú (sửa đổi).

Bộ trưởng Tô Lâm: Nên bỏ điều kiện nhập hộ khẩu vào Hà Nội, TP.HCMHà Nội nhất trí bỏ điều kiện riêng nhập hộ khẩuÔng Vương Đình Huệ lo áp lực tăng dân số lớn nếu bỏ điều kiện nhập hộ khẩu

Báo cáo giải trình, tiếp thu, chỉnh lý dự thảo, Chủ nhiệm UB Pháp luật của Quốc hội Hoàng Thanh Tùng cho biết ý kiến của đa số ĐBQH tán thành với việc cần chuyển đổi sang phương thức quản lý cư trú mới và quy định luật sẽ có hiệu lực thi hành từ ngày 1/7/2021 như đề xuất và cam kết của Chính phủ. 

Chủ nhiệm UB Pháp luật của Quốc hội Hoàng Thanh Tùng.

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