Major Dang Duc Minh of the People’s Police Academy said at a conference in Ho Chi Minh City on Friday that every year there are around 500 accidents involving foreigners, many fatal. A high proportion of the violators are from South Korea, China and Laos, he said. Minh blamed carelessness and ignorance of road rules. Many foreigners have been caught driving at high speed, jumping red lights, not wearing helmets, and failing to produce driving licenses, he said. Nguyen Van Thach, head of the traffic safety department under the Ministry of Transport, said motorbike rental services are to blame for increasing number of foreign traffic violations when foreign visitors currently can hire motorbikes without having to own a driving license. Hurting tourism image Authorities in HCMC, a top tourist destination in the country, have expressed determination to crack down on foreign traffic violators to ensure road safety and protect its tourism image. In two weeks of a campaign to crack down … [Read more...] about Foreigners involved in 500 road accidents a year in Vietnam
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Vinh Phuc province promotes investment in Washington
Participants at the workshop (Photo: VNA) Washington (VNA) - A delegation from Vietnam’s northern province of Vinh Phuc has hosted a workshop in Washington, the US, to introduce investment opportunities in the province to potential investors. The event on September 4, which was held with assistance from the Embassy of Vietnam in the US, and the US Chamber of Commerce (USCC), attracted nearly 20 corporations and groups. Vietnamese Ambassador to the US Ha Kim Ngoc particularly thanked Senior Vice President for Asia at the USCC Charles Freeman for supporting Vietnam and its localities in promoting trade, investment and trade relations between the two countries as well as among their localities. The economies of Vietnam and the US are supplementary, Ngoc said, adding that to maintain high growth, Vietnam needs US goods and high-tech services such as energy, airplanes, industrial machines, farm produce, financial and digital services. As the US firms are seeking to diversify … [Read more...] about Vinh Phuc province promotes investment in Washington
PM attends first investment promotion meeting in 2019
PM Nguyen Xuan Phuc is attending the first investment promotion meeting in 2019, January 14, 2019 - Photo: VGP/Quang Hieu Dak Nong Province expects to welcome the largest-ever investment capital this year. With the theme “Dak Nong-investment potentials and opportunities”, the event has attracted the participation of around 1,000 delegates, including 700 investors. At the event, representatives from economic corporations will deliver speeches to exchange strategic cooperative goals and orientations, measures to attract more investment as well as share difficulties and challenges of investing in the province. Besides developing tourism, the province has advantages of mining industry, high-tech agriculture in line with agricultural and forestry processing. In 2018, only 20 projects were granted with investment certificates in the province, including 15 in industry and construction, worth more than VND2,800 billion and two … [Read more...] about PM attends first investment promotion meeting in 2019
Defence cooperation – a pillar in Vietnam-Cambodia ties
General Ngo Xuan Lich (L) and Cambodian Prime Minister Samdech Techo Hun Sen (Source: VNA) Phnom Penh (VNA) – Defence cooperation is seen as one of the important pillars in the relationship between Vietnam and Cambodia, said Cambodian Prime Minister Samdech Techo Hun Sen. At a reception in Phnom Penh on December 28 for General Ngo Xuan Lich, Politburo member, Vice Secretary of the Central Military Commission and Minister of National Defence, the PM expressed his delight at the successful defence ties between the two nations over the past time. He affirmed that Cambodia always attaches importance to preserving and deepening its traditional solidary and friendship and comprehensive cooperation with Vietnam, for the interests of the two countries’ people as well as for peace, stability and development. Minister Lich congratulated Cambodian on the successful organisation of the 6th National Assembly election and the Cambodian People’s Party (CPP) on its … [Read more...] about Defence cooperation – a pillar in Vietnam-Cambodia ties
Vietnam attends ASEAN economic meetings in Singapore
At a meeting in Singapore (Source: VNA) Singapore (VNA) – A Vietnamese delegation led by Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade Tran Quoc Khanh attended the ASEAN Economic Community Council Meeting and the Preparatory Meeting of the ASEAN Economic Ministers’ Meeting in Singapore on November 12. Deputies discussed issues regarding economic and trade cooperation, as well as intra-bloc investment; reviewed Singapore’s priorities and initiatives for 2018; and updated the progress of activities towards achieving the ASEAN Economic Community 2025 goals. Such contents will be submitted to the 33rd ASEAN Summit and related meetings from November 13-15. Ministers agreed on the fourth protocol amending the ASEAN Comprehensive Investment Agreement, which will promote the construction of an open, free, and transparent investment region that is pointed towards global integration. Regarding the ASEAN Trade in Services Agreement – one of Singapore’s … [Read more...] about Vietnam attends ASEAN economic meetings in Singapore