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| A performance is held for IPU-132 delegates in the capital. — VNA Photo US House Minority Leader |
US House Minority Leader
HA NOI — Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong has called for the US to continue its support in dealing with the consequences of war, especially Agent Orange victims, bomb and mine clearance, and sharing information on Vietnamese soldiers and officers missing in action. Continue reading Global gathering helps to forge parliamentary ties
(April 28th 2014) “Say it with flowers” is taking on a new and revolutionary meaning as Vietnamese farmers are reducing their pesticide use by breaking up fields of rice monoculture with strips of colourful, nectar producing flowers
Rice is big business in Vietnam. In 30 years the country has changed from being a net importer to a net exporter and ecological engineering is becoming an important part of that story. Continue reading No GMOs and no pesticides: Vietnamese farmers use flowers to protect rice
by Murray Hiebert • March 24, 2015
By Murray Hiebert & Phuong Nguyen
cogitasia – Vietnam boosted its military spending by 113 percent between 2004 and 2013, the largest increase among Southeast Asian countries. Defense spending has accounted for around 2 percent of the country’s gross domestic product since 2004. Total spending was $3.3 billion in 2012 and $3.4 billion in 2013 (the latest year for which figures are available), and according toIHS Jane’s, signed military procurement contracts in 2014 worth $1.4 billion. Continue reading Vietnam Ramps up Defense Spending, but its Challenges Remain
An airborne Staff Sergeant in the US Army takes a little prisoner into custody which he found during the operation held just after the New Year’s cease-fire, southwest of Da Nang, Vietnam. (Photo: Keystone Pictures/Newscom)
On this day [March 29], in 1973, the last of the U.S. troops withdrew from South Vietnam. The eight-year war was over.
Sort of.
Two months earlier, the United States, North and South Vietnam, and the Vietcong signed a peace agreement in Paris, ending the direct U.S. military involvement in Vietnam. Among the agreement’s provisions was a cease-fire throughout Vietnam and withdrawal of U.S. forces. But even before March 29, communists violated the cease-fire.
More than 58,000 American lives were lost in Vietnam—a war often referred to as the nation’s least popular war. Today, Americans honor the men and women who served at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C., where all 58,000 names are listed chronologically. Continue reading Remembering the Vietnam War, 42 Years After U.S. Troops Withdrew
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| VN tops outsourcing location index in the world. — Photo worldpropertyjournal.com |
HCM CITY (VNS)— Viet Nam has become the world’s top outsourcing location for the first time in terms of costs, risks and operating conditions, according to a study by global real estate consultant Cushman & Wakefield. Continue reading VN tops outsourcing location index
By JAN. 30, 2015
Representatives from the United States and 11 other Pacific Rim countries convened to decide the future of their trade relations in the so-called Trans-Pacific Partnership (T.P.P.). Powerful companies appear to have been given influence over the proceedings, even as full access is withheld from many government officials from the partnership countries.
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| Farmers transport lychees from Bac Giang Province to different areas. This year, farmers in Hai Duong Province’s Thanh Thuy Commune are preparing to make their first lychee shipment to the US. — VNA/VNS Photo Viet Hung |
HAI DUONG (VNS) — Farmers in Hai Duong Province’s Thanh Thuy Commune are preparing to export their first lychee crop to the US.
One of the busy lychee farmers, Nguyen Thi Lua, was among 87 households in the commune chosen for a lychee-export programme, under which agricultural officials would give her technical support, guidance and safe pesticides to use. Continue reading Hai Duong lychees win US order
A growing number of farmers are abandoning genetically modified seeds, but it’s not because they are ideologically opposed to the industry.
Simply put, they say non-GMO crops are more productive and profitable.
Modern Farmer magazine discovered that there is a movement among farmers abandoning genetically modified organisms (GMO) because of simple economics. Continue reading American Farmers Abandoning Genetically Modified Seeds: “Non-GMO Crops are more Productive and Profitable”
by cogitASIA Staff • March 16, 2015
By Phuong Nguyen
The revelation on March 11 that Washington expressed concern to Hanoi about Russia’s use of Cam Ranh Bay to assist its bomber flights in the Asia Pacific has again prompted a debate on the role of the port in quickly-warming U.S.-Vietnam defense ties. It became clear that Washington feels uncomfortable about the role Russia still occupies in Vietnam, an increasingly important U.S. partner in Southeast Asia, when Commander of the U.S. Army Pacific General Vincent Brooks confirmed that Russian planes circling Guam recently were refueled by tankers at Cam Ranh Bay. Continue reading What Should the United States Do about Cam Ranh Bay and Russia’s Place in Vietnam?
Global Trends 2030: Alternative Worlds
is the fifth installment in the US National Intelligence Council’s series aimed at providing a framework for thinking about the future. As with previous editions, we hope that this report will stimulate strategic thinking by identifying critical trends and potential discontinuities. We distinguish between megatrends, those factors that will likely occur under any scenario, and game-changers, critical variables whose trajectories are far less certain. Finally, as our appreciation of the diversity and complexity of various factors has grown, we have increased our attention to scenarios or alternative worlds we might face. Continue reading Global Trends 2030: Alternative Worlds
Vietnam Communist Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong’s upcoming visit to Washington comes at a critical juncture for Vietnam and a time when a confluence of domestic, regional, and geopolitical factors are giving increasing salience to the importance of expanding and protecting civil and political liberties in the country. The most important step in making the case for human rights in Vietnam is to convince the country’s leadership that better rights will generate significant benefits for Vietnam both domestically and in the international arena. Continue reading Getting Rights Right at Vietnam’s Crossroads
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| Priority will be given for allocating forest areas to ethnic households, poor households without land and local communities to protect. — Photo binhthuan |
HCM CITY (VNS) — The Lam Dong Province People’s Committee on Sunday unveiled a plan for the “Reduction of greenhouse gas emissions through efforts to reduce deforestation and forest degradation, sustainable management of forest resources, conservation and enhancement of forest carbon stocks” to be implemented through 2020. Continue reading Lam Dong unveils its go green plan
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| The project covers eight communes in four districts and will eventually supply nearly 1,300 households and 78 offices. — Illustrative image File Photo |
QUANG BINH (VNS) — Authorities in central Quang Binh Province have conducted research on a solar-power project to make sure it is cost effective in all areas that it reaches.
If it is not effective in all villages, authorites said they would switch to normal network power to link them up. Continue reading Quang Binh villages to get solar power
I heard about Vienna for its charm and its world-renowned classical music and operas, but I’d never thought that Vienna could be in my EU travel list that soon. It was a completely unplanned trip, unlike what I usually did when traveling. Vienna meet-up was due to a situation that demanded me to travel. To be honest, I wanted to visit Vienna for some unexpected reasons. I actually convinced myself to spend a few days in Vienna as a little treat and a break during my hectic time at work. Continue reading 3-Euro gift from Vienna
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