At the talks (Photo: VNA) Vientiane (VNA) – The Vietnam News Agency (VNA) and the Laos news agency Khaosan Pathet Lao (KPL) have agreed to cooperate to improve information quality in 2020. The consensus was reached during talks between VNA Deputy General Director Le Quoc Minh and KPL General Director Sounthone Khanthavong in the Lao capital city of Vientiane on December 8. The two sides also pledged to work together to step up the communication work to promote the friendship, special solidarity and comprehensive cooperation between the two agencies as well as between the Vietnamese and Lao Parties, States and peoples. The VNA will continue to help the Lao agency upgrade its website http://kpl.la, provide KPL with professional training and provide studio equipment in 2020. Meanwhile, the KPL will assist the VNA in publishing the Lao version of its Vietnam Pictorial in Laos and popularising the VNA’s e-newspapers like Vietnam Pictorial and VietnamPlus on its … [Read more...] about Vietnamese, Lao news agencies forge cooperation to raise information quality
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Vietnam, US cooperate to address post-war aftermath
Overview of the meeting (Source: qdnd.vn) Hanoi (VNA) – Deputy Defence Minister Senior Lieutenant General Nguyen Chi Vinh had a meeting in Hanoi on March 19 with Kelly McKeague, Director of the Defence Prisoner of War/Mission in Action Accounting Agency (DPAA) under the US Department of Defence. Host and guest affirmed that cooperation in dealing with war aftermath is among prioritised cooperation areas of Vietnam and the US as well as a motivation for defence affiliation between the two countries. They underlined that search for missing servicemen in action is of humanitarian significance, contributing to creating trust and strengthening partnership between the two countries. Vietnam’s Defence Ministry welcomes all appropriate initiatives to raise the efficiency of search and cooperation activities between the two countries in overcoming war consequences such as Agent Orange/dioxin detoxification and the clearance of wartime bombs, mine and explosives, … [Read more...] about Vietnam, US cooperate to address post-war aftermath
Vietnam Travel & Tourism Summit 2019 opens in Hanoi
At the event (Photo: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) – The Vietnam Travel & Tourism Summit 2019 opened in Hanoi on December 9 with four symposiums taking place in the morning to discuss bottlenecks of Vietnam’s tourism. Revitalising national tourism promotion to inspire more foreigners to visit Vietnam was the theme of a symposium, during which participants contributed their ideas to improve the nation’s tourism messages and the operation of tourism offices abroad. One of the proposals at the symposium was the early launch of the tourism development support fund. Other opinions dealt with how to address existing problems such as overcharging tourists, food safety and safety for visitors. Another symposium looked at how to improve tourists’ experience in preparing and planning Vietnam visits, considering the fact that many visitors face difficulties in using Vietnamese online tourism services, such as real products not matching advertisement and a lack of … [Read more...] about Vietnam Travel & Tourism Summit 2019 opens in Hanoi
SEA Games: Philippines tours hotcakes as Vietnam in football final
The number of people buying tours to Manila has experienced a rapid surge since Saturday night, soon after Vietnam advanced to its first SEA Games final in 10 years. The final match of the SEA Games men’s football will be played Tuesday. Tours priced from VND9.5 million ($409) to VND15 million ($646) are almost sold out, local operators said. A representative of local tour operator Vietravel said over 500 slots departing from Da Nang City, Hanoi and HCMC to Manila were sold out. "We are working with airlines to open additional flights to cater to the growing travel demand, the representative said. Leading travel company Saigontourist has sold 60 percent of its tours and continued to receive bookings until Tuesday morning. Travel agency Hanoi Redtours has chartered an aircraft to take football fans from Hanoi to Manila, and 90 percent of the seats were booked as of Saturday night. Besides charter tours, local travel companies are still offering customers … [Read more...] about SEA Games: Philippines tours hotcakes as Vietnam in football final
Vietnam mulls reducing import taxes on US agricultural products
Following the U.S.’s request, the Ministry of Finance has submitted to the government proposed changes to the decree on preferential import and export tariffs. According to the ministry, the U.S. has asked for reducing the import taxes on chicken, chicken products, almond, apple, fresh grape, wheat, pork, and potato. They are now at around 20 percent, and the U.S. wants the import tax on chicken and chicken products scrapped by 2028, on pork by 2027, apple and grape by 2020, and wheat and processed potato by 2021. The ministry is considering the demand since it could help reduce Vietnam’s trade surplus with the U.S. But the cuts are unlikely to be as deep as the U.S. wants and would only match the tax cuts proposed under the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP). The ministry would finalize the rates following consultation with other ministries and agencies. In the first 10 months this year, the U.S. was Vietnam’s largest export … [Read more...] about Vietnam mulls reducing import taxes on US agricultural products