Read what is in the news today: Politics -- Sixty-three staff members of the second rotation of Vietnam’s level-two field hospital took off for South Sudan on a C-17 Globemaster III plane of the Royal Australian Air Force on Tuesday to join the United Nations peacekeeping mission in the war-torn African country. Society -- A search and rescue mission is ongoing for 11 crewmen, including six Vietnamese nationals and five South Koreans, who remain missing after their fishing vessel caught fire and sank off Jeju Island, South Korea at 7:00 am on Tuesday. -- A court in the north-central Vietnamese province of Quang Tri on Tuesday handed ten suspects, aged 16-18, between 30 months of probation and eight years behind bars each for gang-raping a tenth-grade schoolgirl in March. -- Vietnam’s lawmaking National Assembly has approved adding one more day to the National Day (September 2) public holiday, raising the total number of paid days off in the Southeast Asian country … [Read more...] about Breakfast @ Tuoi Tre News – November 20
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Transport ministry cancelled international bidding for North-South Expressway, seeks bids from domestic investors
A section of Sơn La – Tuý Loan Highway runs through Thừa Thiên-Huế Province. — VNA/VNS Photo Hồ Cầu HÀ NỘI — The transport ministry announced on Monday they would cancel open international bidding for eight projects of the North-South expressway, in favour of homegrown investors. The decision was made on the consensus reached after consulting relevant agencies, transport ministry said in an announcement sent to the media, adding that it would adjust pre-qualification bidding invitations to better suit open domestic bids for eight public-private-partnership (PPP) projects for the eastern section of the trans-Việt Nam highway. The ministry's project management boards had received 60 applications as of the end of July, two months after the international bidding invitation. Four of the projects did not have investors … [Read more...] about Transport ministry cancelled international bidding for North-South Expressway, seeks bids from domestic investors
Annual furniture fair targets domestic market
A booth at the VIFA Home 2018. The fair this year will be held at the Phu Tho Sports Stadium in HCM City’s District 11 from November 28 to December 1. (Photo: VNA) HCM City (VNA) - The 2019 Vietnam Furniture and Home Furnishing Fair (VIFA Home 2019) will be held in HCM City from November 28 to December 1 to promote locally made wooden furniture, home decor and handicrafts. The expo will have 600 booths set up by 120 firms to showcase outdoor and indoor furniture, handicrafts, and household appliances. Huynh Van Hanh, deputy chairman of the Handicraft and Wood Industry Association (HAWA), told a press briefing in HCM City on November 19 that in addition to a number of large domestic furniture retailers such as Chilai, Home'Furni, Toan Phu Furniture, VietmayHome, and Duy Tan, the fair this year has also attracted prestigious export brands such as Scancia Pacific, Savimex, Donata, Lê Tran, Viet Can, and Sadaco Binh Dương. “These firms will bring their products … [Read more...] about Annual furniture fair targets domestic market
Vietnam’s export of squid, octopus to US surges in 2019
Illustrative image (Photo: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) – Vietnam’s export of squid and octopus to the US market saw a strong rise of 63.7 percent in the first nine months of 2019 to reach 11.4 million USD, according to the Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers (VASEP). Main export items were dried squid, marinated squid, frozen squid, frozen whole octopus and frozen processed octopus. The US is now the sixth largest importer of Vietnam’s squid and octopus, accounting for 2.7 percent of the Southeast Asian country’s total export of those products. As the US-China trade tension escalates, the US raises tariffs on some Chinese squid and octopus products by 30 percent, which has brought opportunities for similar products of Vietnam./. VNA … [Read more...] about Vietnam’s export of squid, octopus to US surges in 2019
Bamboo Airways eyes to be first Vietnamese carrier to fly directly to US
The“Vietnam – US Direct Route: Ready for Taking Off” seminar. (Photo: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) – Bamboo Airways makes no secret of its ambition to become the first airline in Vietnam to operate direct flights to the United States, the airline’s Deputy Director General Truong Phuong Thanh said at a seminar on August 1. “We have been very interested in launching Vietnam – US direct services from day one,” Thanh told the “Vietnam – US Direct Route: Ready for Taking Off” seminar held by FLC Group – the airline’s parent company – and the Vietnam Association on Aviation Science and Technology (VAAST) in Hanoi. “Bamboo Airways will be the first in Vietnam to open Vietnam – US direct route,” he said, adding that he has full confidence that the new budget carrier can achieve this goal. Chairman of the Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry (VCCI) Vu Tien Loc highly spoke of the airline’s … [Read more...] about Bamboo Airways eyes to be first Vietnamese carrier to fly directly to US
