Hanoi (VNA) – A French court will open a hearing on a lawsuit filed by Vietnamese-French Tran Thi To Nga against 14 multinational companies for producing and selling chemical toxins that was sprayed by the US army in the war in Vietnam, causing serious consequences for the community, her children and herself. Nga, born in 1942, filed the lawsuit in May 2014. Among the companies named in her suit, there were such names as Monsanto (now under the German group Bayer) and Dow Chemical. With the support of several non-governmental organizations, Nga accused the companies of causing lasting harm to the health of her, her children and countless others, as well as destroying the environment. "I am fighting for not only myself, but also my children and millions of victims”, Nga stated. Tran To Nga graduated from a Hanoi university in 1966 and became a war correspondent of the Liberation News Agency, now the Vietnam News Agency. She worked in some of the most heavily … [Read more...] about French court to hold hearing on AO lawsuit
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Making fortune from Internet not uncommon thing in Vietnam
The 20-year-old app developer, whose name is not disclosed by tax authorities, reportedly received over VND41 billion ($1.76 million) from Google, Facebook and YouTube between 2016 and 2017 thanks to in-app ads the companies placed in the mobile games he developed. … [Read more...] about Making fortune from Internet not uncommon thing in Vietnam
FTLife survey shows Hongkongers far less confident about retirement due to pandemic, while younger generation lacks wealth management knowledge
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Preparatory session of 13th National Party Congress held
Delegates approve the agenda of the preparatory session of the 13th National Party Congress - PHOTO: VNA HCMC - A preparatory session for the 13th National Party Congress was held today, January 25, at the National Conference Center in Hanoi, with the participation of nearly 1,600 delegates, who represented more than 5.1 million Party members across the country. … [Read more...] about Preparatory session of 13th National Party Congress held
National Congress to shape nation’s fortunes
“Vietnam has after nearly 35 years of doi moi transformed itself from being an underdeveloped country with an outdated material-technological base, backward socioeconomic infrastructures, and a low level of development into a middle-income developing country,” said Party General Secretary, State President Nguyen Phu Trong at a ceremony held in Hanoi last February to celebrate the 90th founding anniversary of the Party. “With that, Vietnam has seen its culture and society continuously developed, its population’s material and spiritual living standards improved, breakthroughs in Party-building and the building of political system achieved, all-nation unity unceasingly consolidated, its political and social situation stabilised, its national defense, security, independence, and sovereignty firmly maintained, and its status and prestige in the international arena increasingly elevated.” … [Read more...] about National Congress to shape nation’s fortunes