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Việt Nam attaches great importance to its role as ASEAN Chair 2020. — VNA/VNS Photo Thống Nhất HÀ NỘI — Việt Nam attaches great importance to its role as ASEAN Chair 2020, and wishes to build a strong ASEAN Community which is resilient to regional and global challenges, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Nguyễn Quốc Dũng has said. Briefing nearly 70 foreign ambassadors and representatives from embassies of ASEAN member states and ASEAN’s development partners at a conference at the weekend in Hà Nội, Dũng, who is also Secretary General of the National ASEAN 2020 Committee, affirmed joining ASEAN’s activities was among priorities in Việt Nam’s foreign policy, and the country would spare no efforts to successfully act as the ASEAN Chair 2020. Việt Nam had selected the theme “Cohesive and Responsive” for ASEAN 2020, he said, holding the two elements are interdependent … [Read more...] about Việt Nam wants to sustain ASEAN resilience to global challenges: Deputy FM

Americas News U.S. exports to China to nearly double in 'totally done' trade deal - Lighthizer The Saigon Times Daily Monday,  Dec 16, 2019,08:59 (GMT+7) U.S. exports to China to nearly double in 'totally done' trade deal - LighthizerThe Saigon Times Daily United States Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer gestures as he chats with Chinese Vice Premier Liu He, with Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin looking on after posing for a family photo at the Xijiao Conference Center in Shanghai, China, July 31, 2019 – PHOTO: REUTERS WASHINGTON (REUTERS) - The “phase one” U.S.-China trade deal will nearly double U.S. exports to China over the next two years and is “totally done” despite the need for translation and revisions to its text, U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer said on Sunday. Lighthizer, speaking on CBS’ “Face the Nation” program, said there would be some routine … [Read more...] about U.S. exports to China to nearly double in ‘totally done’ trade deal – Lighthizer

A medical staff member at the Đống Đa General Hospital in Hà Nội inputs patients’ information on a computer. — VNA/VNS Photo Dương Ngọc Viet Nam News HÀ NỘI — Keeping medical records in an electronic database brings benefits to citizens and healthcare facilities, experts have concluded thanks to a pilot project launched in June. The pilot by the Ministry of Health (MoH) introduced software to compile citizens’ medical records in one electronic database in eight cities and provinces in June. Participating localities are Hà Nội and HCM City and the provinces of Lào Cai, Yên Bái, Hà Tĩnh, Khánh Hòa, Lâm Đồng and Long An. People who keep their medical records in the database said they were satisfied with the convenience of the system. Nguyễn Văn Thành from Hà Nội’s inner district of Ba Đình said he no … [Read more...] about Electronic medical records prove their benefits in pilot project

  Students choose books from a cabinet placed under a tree in the yard of Hồ Văn Thanh Primary School in HCM City’s District 12. VNS Photo Gia Lộc HCM CITY— Students of Hồ Văn Thanh Primary School in HCM City’s District 12 once used to huddle in a small library with only enough space for 10 of them. Two years ago a portion of the yard in front of the library was converted into a place for students to sit and read, Phạm Thuần Châu, the school’s vice principal, told Việt Nam News. “The yard was also not large enough and so school authorities put small cabinets with books under the trees in the yard for the students to read during breaks.” Of the books available in the school, many have been donated by students, who passed them on after reading them, he said.   Phạm Duy Khánh, a third grader, said: “I like reading books and often read during the break.” … [Read more...] about HCM City schools take libraries outdoors to encourage students to read

Read what is in the news today. Society -- Vietnam is set to replace paper bills with electronic ones by November 1, 2020, according to Luu Duc Huy, director of the tax policy department under the General Department of Taxation. -- More than 4,000 people from different units participated in an anti-terrorism drill in District 1 and at Tan Son Nhat International Airport in Tan Binh District, Ho Chi Minh City, on Sunday. -- Former Ministers of Information and Communications Nguyen Bac Son and Truong Minh Tuan are brought to trial in Hanoi today, December 16, for violations in a TV acquisition that caused a US$300 million loss to the state budget. -- Police in Da Lat, a touristy city in the Central Highlands province of Lam Dong, have asked passenger bus operators to warn their customers against pickpockets using sedative drugs at bus stations. -- Police in Buon Ma Thuot, the capital city of the Central Highlands province of Dak Lak, have arrested a 22-year-old local man for sneaking into … [Read more...] about Breakfast @ Tuoi Tre News – December 16