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Illustrative image (Photo: organising board) HCM City (VNA) - The latest technologies, equipment and products in the printing and packaging industry will be on display at the 20th Vietnam International Printing and Packaging Industry Exhibition ( Vietnam Print Pack 2022 ) to be held in Ho Chi Minh City from September 21 to 24. Speaking at a press conference on September 13, Tu Luong, deputy director of the city's Department of Information and Communications , said the event would focus on technology trends and promote digital technology in the packaging and printing sector. The annual four-day expo is expected to attract 135 exhibitors from 15 countries and territories, including Vietnam, China, Germany, Hong Kong (China), India, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Malaysia, the Philippines, the Republic of Korea, Taiwan (China), Thailand, the UK and the US. Covering an area of 8,500 square metres, the expo will feature 412 booths, displaying the latest printing machinery and … [Read more...] about HCM City to host Vietnam Print Pack 2022 expo

The event, part of activities to celebrate the 45th founding anniversary of ASEAN-E.U. ties, was hosted by the Embassy of Thailand in association with the ASEAN Brussels Committee. The three-session workshop focused on the fields of green development, connectivity, and trade and sustainable supply chain. Participants agreed on the significance of the ASEAN-E.U. strategic partnership, especially amid uncertainties in the regions and the world, along with emerging risks of supply chain disruption, food and energy security. E.U. delegates said the union will give priority to green and sustainable development, ensuring safety of supply chain and adaptation to fluctuations in the time to come, with ASEAN in general and its member countries being important partners of the E.U. It is to expand cooperation with ASEAN in green transition, renewable energy, climate change adaptation, infrastructure connectivity and digital transformation, among others. Chairing the discussion on … [Read more...] about ASEAN, E.U. discuss lifting cooperation to new height

As of October 2, the Vietnam Maritime Search and Rescue Coordination Center Region 3’ s SAR 272 ship docked at Vung Tau City to hand over 13 sailor bodies of the bulk carrier WUZHOU 8 to the functional forces. The Sai Gon Giai Phong (SGGP) Newspaper informed that the Chinese ship was on its way from Kohsichang port, Thailand to Lian Yun Gang, China on September 30. When it was 63 nautical miles from Con Dao Island, the captain notified the rescue forces of Vietnam that the crew members aboard showed signs of food poisoning, including ten deaths. After that, Vietnam mobilized helicopters, rescue ships, doctors and medical staff to Con Dao Island to perform treatment for the crew members and took ten bodies into the mainland. Afterward, three more crewmen died. By Nong Ngan- Translated by Huyen Huong … [Read more...] about Eight crewmen of Chinese vessel under treatment, 13 die

Hanoi – A regional information platform for energy transition SIPET, targeted at professionals, has been launched by the Clean, Affordable, and Secure Energy for Southeast Asia (CASE) to facilitate dialogue and promote coordination in the region’s power sector to support the acceleration of the energy transition in the region. A wind power farm in the Mekong Delta province of Bac Lieu. (Photo: VNA) Energy demand is projected to grow by 80 percent by 2050. Indonesia, the Philippines, Thailand, and Vietnam represent nearly three-quarters of total power generation in Southeast Asia; therefore, the ability of the region to meet its development goals largely depends on the countries’ current and future energy choices. Yet, energy transition stakeholders in Southeast Asia have highlighted in a survey a series of common challenges: a lack of institutional capacity; a lack of platforms for timely information and intelligence sharing; excessive time spent in coordination; and … [Read more...] about Southeast Asia’s information platform for energy transition debuts

Vietnamese Ambassador to Belgium and Head of the Vietnam’s Delegation to the EU Nguyen Van Thao (centre) speaks at the event. (Photo: VNA) Brussels (VNA) - A roundtable workshop on cooperation between the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and the European Union (EU) was held in Brussels, Belgium on September 30. The event, part of activities to celebrate the 45th founding anniversary of ASEAN-EU ties, was hosted by the Embassy of Thailand in association with the ASEAN Brussels Committee. The three-session workshop focused on the fields of green development, connectivity, and trade and sustainable supply chain. Participants agreed on the significance of the ASEAN-EU strategic partnership, especially amid uncertainties in the regions and the world, along with emerging risks of supply chain disruption, food and energy security. EU delegates said the union will give priority to green and sustainable development, ensuring safety of supply chain and … [Read more...] about ASEAN, EU discuss lifting cooperation to new height

Medical workers tend to the sailors at the Con Dao military-civil medical centre (Source: VNA) Ba Ria-Vung Tau (VNA) – Nine critical ill sailors in a suspected food poisoning case on a Chinese vessel have been saved after being taken to the southern province of Ba Ria-Vung Tau, said a local health official. They are among 21 sailors on the Wu Zhou 8 en route from Thailand to China, who suddenly fell ill suspectedly from food poisoning when the cargo ship was about 63 miles to the southeast of Con Dao island , Ba Ria-Vung Tau province. After receiving distress calls from the ship on September 30 morning, the national rescue committee quickly dispatched two helicopters to bring the victims to a hospital onshore. When the rescue force arrived, 10 sailors were already dead and 11 others were in critical conditions. Another two sailors died on the way to a hospital on Con Dao island. Director of the Con Dao military-civil medical centre Le Cong Tho said on … [Read more...] about Ba Ria-Vung Tau: nine sailors on Chinese vessel saved in suspected food poisoning