The Military Command of Khanh Hoa Province in south-central Vietnam, in collaboration with the provincial Youth Union, on Saturday presented food to 100 Russian citizens in need residing in Nha Trang City. The donation included 200 boxes of instant noodles, 50 cartons of milk, 500kg of rice, and hundreds of kilograms of vegetables. The recipients are 100 Russian nationals, who are living in Nha Trang and have suffered from the adverse impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic. The donation was funded by the local budget, contributions from officers and soldiers of the armed forces in the province, and the provincial Youth Union’s COVID-19 support fund. “Thank you for the gifts,” said Klina Alena, a 39-year-old woman who has lived and worked in Nha Trang for more than three years. Before the pandemic, Alena rented a store to sell clothing. However, her business has been shuttered in accordance with social distancing rules for COVID-19 prevention. Alena and her four family members …
India seeks to pour $500-mln into Vietnam pharmaceutical hub
The idea of setting up the pharmaceutical industrial park was launched during recent trade and investment promotion sessions for the pharmaceutical industry organized by the Vietnamese Embassy in India, according to the local Vietnam Trade Office. Vietnamese Ambassador to India Pham Sanh Chau said construction of the pharmaceutical industrial park would open an opportunity to welcome large pharmaceutical giants for long-term investment, helping Vietnam reduce dependence on traditional pharmaceutical supplies and diversify production chains. It is estimated the industrial park would create jobs for 50,000 direct and 200,000 indirect workers, earning export revenue of about $5 billion per year. Leaders of localities in Da Nang and Thua Thien-Hue in central Vietnam, Long An in southern Vietnam, and Hai Duong, Bac Ninh, and Thai Nguyen in the north have discussed land rent, geographical location, transport infrastructure and investment incentive mechanisms with Indian investors. …
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Vietnam’s position in US defense strategy in Southeast Asia
The US Secretary of Defense is on a trip to Singapore, Vietnam and the Philippines. This is the first visit to Southeast Asia by a top official in the Biden administration. In Singapore, Mr. Lloyd Austin spoke at an event organized by the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS). The visit of the Pentagon leader demonstrates that the Biden-Harris administration considers Southeast Asia an important part of the Indo-Pacific region. The US Secretary of Defense’s two-day visit to Vietnam has just concluded. America's commitment to the region Vietnamese Defense Minister Phan Van Giang welcomed his American counterpart Lloyd Austin on the morning of July 29. Photo: Pham Hai This visit underscores the United States' enduring commitment to the region and its interest in upholding the rules-based international order in the region and promoting ASEAN’s central role. As US Defense Secretary, Mr. Austin has visited Europe twice to mend relations with …
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Expressway connecting central coastal localities ready for opening to traffic
The La Son-Tuy Loan expressway connecting Thua Thien-Hue Province and Da Nang City, part of the North-South expressway, is now ready for opening to traffic. Once opening to traffic, La Son-Tuy Loan expressway is expected to ease congestion and foster local economic development. (Photo: VNA) La Son-Tuy Loan expressway has a total investment of 11,485 billion VND, with the first phase being a 77.5km segment with two lanes. Once opening to traffic, La Son-Tuy Loan expressway is expected to ease congestion and foster local economic development. (Photo: VNA) La Son-Tuy Loan expressway has a total investment of 11,485 billion VND, with the first phase being a 77.5km segment with two lanes. (Photo: VNA) The new road traverses Bach Ma mountain range in the central province of Thua Thien-Hue. (Photo: VNA) The new road crosses Bach Ma National Park, a top trekking destination. (Photo: VNA) Two-storey intersection in Khe …
Vietnam chairs meeting of Group of Friends on 1982 UNCLOS
On July 21 (New York time), the Vietnamese mission to the United Nations (UN) hosted an online meeting of the Group of Friends on the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS). At the online meeting of UNCLOS Friends Group. The theme of this meeting highlights the importance of the UNCLOS in carrying out UN Sustainable Development Goal No 14 on the conservation and sustainable use of seas and oceans (SDG 14). The event featured the participation of ambassadors, delegation heads and representatives of more than 120 UN member states. Upon addressing the event, Malcolm Evans, British Professor of Public International Law at Bristol University said that UNCLOS, the "Charter of the Oceans", is the framework that governs all activities at seas and oceans, ensuring a balance between the need to exploit resources from the sea, and the freedom and the governance of the sea that serves common interests. Dispute settlement mechanism established under the …
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Vietnam signs contract of third PPP section of North-South Expressway
The contract signing ceremony of the third PPP section under the North-South Expressway The Cam Lam-Vinh Hao section is one fo three public-private partnership (PPP) sections under the Eastern Cluster of the North-South Expressway. After the contract signing, Cam Lam-Vinh Hao will enter the phase of credit arrangement and then construction. According to the feasibility study, the section has a total length of 78.5km, starting from Cam Thinh commune of the southern central province of Khanh Hoa to Vinh Hao commune of the southern central province of Binh Thuan. The Cam Lam-Vinh Hao section has a total investment capital of nearly VND8.93 trillion ($388.26 million), with VND3.78 trillion ($164.34 million) coming from investors and about VND4.2 trillion ($182.6 million) to be sourced from the state. The section, together with other sections of the Eastern Cluster will help increase transportation capacity, connecting south-central and south-eastern economic hubs and boosting …
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Online tourism in the midst of the pandemic
The longer the pandemic lasts, the more it will be necessary to see online tourism as a necessary direction to open the flow of tourism and partly limit the heavy losses being experienced in the industry. In the context of the Covid-19 outbreak, with all tourism activities paralyzed, most tourism personnel have had to quit or change jobs, but there are still units and individuals willing to create initiatives and ways to make tourism operate in its own way. Le Hoang with his online tour introducing Vietnamese coffee products to international guests. Immediately, the young guide began to plan in detail the first online tour on the topic of Vietnamese coffee culture, teaching visitors how to make traditional Vietnamese coffee. All he needs is an internet-connected phone, a tripod, a noise-canceling microphone and the necessary ingredients. Because it is an online tour, visitors can closely witness each stage, performed through the screen and interact directly with …
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Travel agencies offer cheap trips to mitigate Covid impact
Travelers could purchase a tour packages and depart at any time before the end of next year. A representative of Hanoi-based CEO Travel said the company has been offering a voucher to stay at 5-star Best Western Premier Sonasea Phu Quoc Hotel with prices starting from VND499,000 ($21.71) a person, including a one night stay in a Deluxe Garden View room, free take-away breakfast, airport pick-up and drop-off and free entertainment services. This price has decreased by more than 50 percent after the new wave reemerged in late April. The validity of the voucher extends until the end of 2022. Since July 15, the company has sold more than 20,000 vouchers. Phu Quoc Island is one of top tourist destinations in Vietnam and is planning to welcome vaccinated foreign tourists back from October. Nguyen Duc Hieu, chief sales executive at Hanoi-based tour operator Aadasia Holidays, said his company has been providing travel vouchers with prices reduced from 20 to 50 percent, allowing …
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2021 a very special year for Swiss-Vietnamese partnership: Ambassador
Hanoi (VNA) – On the occasion of the National Day of Switzerland (August 1), the upcoming visit to Vietnam by the European country’s Vice President and Foreign Minister Ignazio Cassis, and the 50th anniversary of the bilateral diplomatic relations, Swiss Ambassador to Vietnam Ivo Sieber wrote an article describing 2021 as a “very special” year for the Swiss-Vietnamese partnership . Following is the full text: Commemorating a national day is an exceptional event for any country. On August 1, Swiss nationals in Switzerland and all over the world proudly remember the founding of their country in 1291. Observing this year’s Swiss national day here in Vietnam is singularly special. Not only is Switzerland reminiscing the 730th centenary of its foundation. This year, Vietnam and Switzerland are also looking back on half a century of bilateral diplomatic relations. Moreover, 2021 also marks three decades of Swiss-Vietnamese development cooperation. The Landmark81 in Ho Chi …
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Vietnamese, Cambodian police enhance ties amidst COVID-19
At the hand-over ceremony (Photo: VNA) Dak Nong (VNA) – Police of the Central Highlands province of Dak Nong on July 30 presented gifts and medical supplies worth 100 million VND (4,300 USD) to help their counterpart in Cambodia’s Mondulkiri province fight COVID-19. The hand-over ceremony was held at a border marker along the Vietnam-Cambodia border in Tuy Duc district. Colonel Bui Quang Thanh, Director of Dak Nong’s Police, suggested the two sides work harder to guarantee security and order along the border, thus tightening the friendship between the two provinces as well as the fine neighbourliness between Vietnam and Cambodia . Lauding cooperation between the forces of the two provinces over the past time, Thanh expressed his hope that the relationship will be lifted to a new high in the time ahead. Lieutenant-General Lao Sokha, Director of Mondulkiri’s Police, thanked his Vietnam ese colleagues for their sentiments and timely, practical support which, he …
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