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Shrimp exports provided the biggest contribution to the country's total aquatic product export value in 2017 (Photo: VNA) Vietnam earned some 2.4 billion USD from exporting aquatic products in the first four months of 2018, representing a year-on-year rise of 13 percent.  The US, Japan, China and the Republic of Korea were the biggest importers in January-March, making up 52 percent of the Southeast Asian country’s total aquatic product exports. The highest growth was reported in the Netherlands (55.7 percent), China (44.6 percent) and the UK (33.8 percent). In the four-month period, Vietnam imported 536 million USD worth of aquatic products, up 27.4 percent against the same period last year. Of the figure, 130 million worth of aquatic products were imported in April. Vietnam gained its highest ever aquatic product export value of 8.32 billion USD in 2017, a year-on-year increase of 18 percent, according to the MARD. The Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers … [Read more...] about Aquatic product exports bring home 2.4 billion USD in four months

Tran Quoc Pagoda in Hanoi and Buu Long Pagoda in Ho Chi Minh City have been listed among the top 20 most beautiful Buddhist temples voted by the US magazine National Geographic. Tran Quoc pagoda in Hanoi (Photo: baophapluat.vn)   Tran Quoc pagoda is located on a small peninsula on the east side of the West Lake and is nearly 1,500 years old. It was the Buddhist centre of Thang Long citadel during the Ly and Tran Dynasty. According to the magazine, the 11-story red pagoda is topped by a nine-story gemstone lotus. Gold and bronze statues clutter altars throughout the temple, and three different female Buddhas, called “Mothers,” can be found in Tran Quoc’s front courtyard. With its historical and architectural values, Tran Quoc pagoda has attracted many Buddhists and visitors in Vietnam and from abroad. Buu Long Pagoda, which is located on an area of over 11 hectares at the Ethnic Culture Historical Park in District 9, Ho Chi Minh City, formed by … [Read more...] about Two Vietnamese pagodas listed among world’s top 20 most beautiful

U20 Vietnam and their coaches  On the schedule, as soon as the team arrives at Incheon International Airport on May 12, they move directly to the Mokpo Sports Center to  start their training sessions in preparation for the first round of the FIFA U20 World Cup 2017 in the Republic of Korea. On May 14, the team will play a friendly match with U20 Vanuatu which is thought to play a similar style with U20 New Zealand. On May 18, the team will go to Cheonan City, where the team will officially compete with other rivals in Group C. The Vietnamese team will play U20 New Zealand in the first match on May 22, second match on May 25 with France, and the last with Honduras on May 28. This is the first time U20 Vietnam has played in a world football event. The 2017 U20 World Cup finals will take place from May 20 to June 11 in six cities in the RoK. Translated by Lam Anh … [Read more...] about U20 Vietnam prepares for FIFA U20 World Cup 2017

Indian Defence Minister Rajnath Singh at the ADMM Plus in Bangkok (Photo: VNA)   Hanoi (VNA) - Indian Defence Minister Rajnath Singh has emphasised the need to protect the rights of states that are not party to negotiations between ASEAN and China for a Code of Conduct in the East Sea (COC), according to the India’s The Hindu newspaper. The newspaper quoted Singh as saying at the sixth ASEAN Defence Ministers’ Meeting Plus (ADMM Plus) in Bangkok that it is natural for the international community to have an interest in open sea lanes of communication. The minister expressed hope that the situation remains stable, without the use, or threat of use of force, or militarisation of the region. He also hoped that the outcomes of these talks would be in keeping with all relevant international laws, including the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) and promote freedom of navigation, overflight and lawful commerce in the East Sea. On the … [Read more...] about India calls for no use or threat of use of force in East Sea