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Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Nguyen Quoc Dung, also head of Vietnam’s ASEAN Senior Officials’ Meeting (SOM), speaks to Vietnam News Agency about the country’s ASEAN chairmanship role in 2020. Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Nguyen Quoc Dung.  2020 is the second time Vietnam will take ASEAN chairmanship. The first time was in 2010. How do you view the regional context and Vietnam’s position this time around? There are a lot of differences when Vietnam takes over ASEAN chairmanship next year compared to 10 years ago. The world’s situation has changed rapidly and strong competition among countries has multi-dimensional impacts on ASEAN, posing many challenges ASEAN has to adapt to. However, I think they also bring opportunities for ASEAN, such as from the Fourth Industrial Revolution or Industry 4.0. In 2020, Vietnam will also be a non-permanent member of the UN Security Council for the 2020-21 period. How will this role contribute … [Read more...] about Vietnam aims to boost ASEAN consensus as chairman

Foreign visitors get on a train to tour Da Lat city, the Central Highlands province of Lam Dong (Photo: VNA) Quang Nam (VNA) – The Smoke-free Cities ASEAN Network (SCAN) convened the 6th regional meeting in Hoi An city, the central province of Quang Nam, on November 20, focusing on reshaping tourism through smoke-free environments. The event was attended by more than 100 foreign delegates from smoke-free tourism cities of Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Indonesia, Myanmar, Malaysia, the Philippines, China and Mongolia. It also saw the presence of the Fund for Tobacco Harms Prevention and Control of the Vietnamese Ministry of Health, the Southeast Asia Tobacco Control Alliance and the World Health Organisation (WHO) Western Pacific Regional Office. Addressing the meeting, Deputy Minister of Health Nguyen Viet Tien, member of the management council of the Fund for Tobacco Harms Prevention and Control, said in Vietnam, the building of smoke-free tourism cities began in Hoi An city in … [Read more...] about ASEAN cities seek to promote smoke-free tourism environments

Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam speaks at a meeting organised by the National Council for Sustainable Development and Competitiveness Improvement held in Hanoi on December 6. (Photo: chinhphu.vn)   Hanoi (VNA) - Although Vietnam has made strides in bettering the business environment and competitiveness capacity, there’s still room for improvement, heard participants at a meeting held in Hanoi on December 6. The meeting, organised by the National Council for Sustainable Development and Competitiveness Improvement, aimed at reviewing the implementation of the government’s efforts on the issues from 2019 and assign tasks for next year. Dau Anh Tuan, Director of the Legal Department of the Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry, said results of surveys on administrative procedure and tax procedure reform and business environment improvement in 63 provinces and cities showed the proportion of enterprises with positive assessment continued to increase for the third … [Read more...] about Vietnam makes progress in improving competitiveness

  Officers of Cốc Nam Customs Department in Lạng Sơn Province, which shares a border with China, perform a check on imported products. — VNA/VNS Photo Hoàng Hùng HÀ NỘI — Economic and trade relations between Việt Nam and China have been developing in a positive direction, as shown by the continuous increase of bilateral trade turnover between the two countries. Việt Nam is fast becoming an attractive investment destination for Chinese enterprises. According to the Foreign Investment Agency under the Ministry of Planning and Investment, China invested about US$1.6 billion in Việt Nam in the first fourth months of this year, making it the country’s fourth largest source of foreign investment. Several large projects were funded by Chinese investors in the period including a tire manufacturing project with total registered capital of $280 million in the southern province of Tây Ninh and another tire … [Read more...] about Việt Nam, China trade ties continue to develop

  Deputy Prime Minister Vũ Đức Đam speaks at a meeting organised by the National Council for Sustainable Development and Competitiveness Improvement held in Hà Nội on Friday. Photo chinhphu.vn HÀ NỘI — Although Việt Nam has made strides in enhancing the business environment and competitiveness capacity, there’s still room for improvement, heard participants at a meeting held in Hà Nội on Friday. The meeting, organised by the National Council for Sustainable Development and Competitiveness Improvement, aimed at reviewing the implementation of the government’s efforts on the issues from 2019 and assign tasks for next year. Đậu Anh Tuấn, head of the Legal Department of Viet Nam Chamber of Commerce and Industry said results of surveys on administrative procedure and tax procedure reform and business environment improvement in 63 provinces and cities showed the proportion of … [Read more...] about Việt Nam making progress in improving competitiveness