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Vietnamese Ambassador to Canada Nguyen Duc Hoa speaks at the seminar in Ottawa on September 11 (Photo: VNA) Ottawa (VNA) – New trade and investment opportunities in Vietnam were introduced to Canadian officials and businesses at a seminar in Ottawa on September 11. The seminar marked the opening of Vietnam Week in Canada from September 11 to 17 to celebrate Vietnam’s 73rd National Day and 45 years of bilateral diplomatic ties. It was attended by Donald Bobiash – Assistant Deputy Minister for Asia Pacific of Global Affairs of Canada, Kathleen Donohue – executive director at the Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Ladislau Papara – Regional Manager for Asia at the Export Development Canada and Jacques Frémont – President of the University of Ottawa. The Vietnamese side included Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Nguyen Ngoc Thien, Vietnamese Ambassador to Canada Nguyen Duc Hoa and Trade Counsellor Do Thu Huong. At … [Read more...] about New trade, investment chances in Vietnam introduced in Canada

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc (R) at a session with leaders of the G7 nations and guest countries (Photo: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) – The website of the Asia-Pacific Foundation of Canada on June 9 published an article of the Vietnam News Agency titled “Vietnam’s G7 Participation Opportunity to Build on Economic, Geostrategic Relationship with Canada.”   The article was published on the occasion of Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc’s attendance at the Group of Seven (G7) Outreach Summit and visit to Canada from June 8 – 10 at the invitation of Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. The article said PM Phuc’s attendance at the G7 in Quebec from June 8-10 at the invitation of PM Justin Trudeau is of special significance as the two countries hold various activities to celebrate the 45th anniversary of diplomatic ties. Vietnam and Canada elevated their relationship to a Comprehensive Partnership during Trudeau’s official visit … [Read more...] about VNA’s article on Vietnam’s G7 Summit participation published in Canada

President Tran Dai Quang (R) meets Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in Hanoi in November 2017 (Photo: VNA)   Hanoi (VNA) – Vietnamese President Tran Dai Quang on August 20 sent a message of congratulations to Julie Payette, Governor General of Canada, on the 45th founding anniversary of Vietnam-Canada diplomatic relations (August 21, 1973-2018). The same day, Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc cabled a congratulatory message to his Canadian counterpart Justin Trudeau. Chairwoman of the National Assembly Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan also congratulated Speaker of the Canadian Senate George Furey and Speaker of the Canadian House of Commons Geoff Regan. Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Pham Binh Minh also took the occasion to extend a congratulatory message to Canadian Foreign Minister Alexandra Chrystia Freeland. Vietnam is currently Canada’s biggest trade partner in ASEAN with bilateral trade reaching nearly 5 billion USD in 2017. Canada ranks 14th … [Read more...] about Congratulations on 45th anniversary of Vietnam-Canada ties

A container of waste (Source: eco-business.com) Hanoi (VNA) – Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte on April 23 said that he would “declare war” against Canada if it doesn’t take back the trash that it had shipped to the Phillipines. More than 100 containers of waste were shipped to Manila by a Canadian company in 2013 and 2014, improperly labelled as plastics for recycling. Manila has repeatedly sent diplomatic dispatches to Ottawa on this problem. Speaking at an urgent meeting on the earthquake in Pampanda, Duterte said that Canada should prepare a grand reception for its waste. To date, the Canadian side maintains that this was just a trading activity which was not supported by the government. However, at an ASEAN summit with partners in Manila two years ago, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau declared to take back the waste, but no related moves have been taken so far. Last week a British Columbia lawyer said in a legal brief that Canada is in … [Read more...] about Philippines threatens to declare war against Canada on waste issue

The vessel has a capacity of 8,814 tonnes and has a total length of 334m. Northern Jaguar is one of the largest vessels operated by The Alliance on the Trans-Pacific route and will regularly call at HICT. This regular stop off will provide a direct service from northern Vietnam to the West coast of the United States and Canada.  The service will help to reduce the shipping time from Haiphong to the West of the American continent to 17 days. This is as opposed to the previous route which took 25 days as it had to call at various other overseas transshipment hubs. Since its inception in 2018, the port has had a major impact on the logistics landscape of northern Vietnam. The introduction of the port as significantly reduced logistics costs, improved the competitiveness of the logistics of national businesses, and has served to promote investment attraction, especially through foreign direct investment. In May, HICT will continue to welcome other direct services from … [Read more...] about HICT welcomes first direct Trans-Pacific service to US and Canada