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The 19th Việt Nam-China border economic and trade fair kicked off on Tuesday. — Photo nhandan.com.vn LÀO CAI — The 19th Việt Nam-China border economic and trade fair kicked off in Lào Cai City of the northern province of the same name on Tuesday. The event, part of the 2019 National Trade Promotion Programme, is being organised by the Trade Promotion Agency under the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT), the Lào Cai Department of Industry and Trade, and the trade authorities of Honghe prefecture of China’s Yunnan Province. Speaking at the opening ceremony, Vice Chairman of the Lào Cai People’s Committee Lê Ngọc Hưng stressed that Lào Cai and China’s Yunnan Province had nurtured a traditional friendship. The two localities have over the years joined hands to foster socio-economic development. Export-import revenues through Lào Cai-Hekou border gates report an average growth of nearly 20 per … [Read more...] about Việt Nam-China border trade fair opens in Lào Cai

    Agricultural expert Hồ Quang Cua and the award in Manila.  This is the first time Vietnamese rice has been named the best rice in the world. VNA/VNS Photo MANILA – Việt Nam’s organic rice from Sóc Trăng ST24 was crowned the best in the world at The Rice Trader (TRT) World Rice Conference 2019 in Manila, the Philippines, on Tuesday. This is the first time Vietnamese rice has been awarded this title. The TRT World Rice Conference is the largest annual gathering of commercial and professional rice industry participants in the world. The ST24 rice variety was developed by a group of Sóc Trăng-based agricultural engineers led by Hồ Quang Cua, who was former deputy director of Sóc Trăng Province’s Agriculture and Rural Development Department. This is a high-yield rice variety that can provide 2-3 crops per year. It is long-grain white rice with an aroma of pineapple. Early this month, it … [Read more...] about Việt Nam’s rice crowned the best at 2019 World Rice Conference

  Deputy Prime Minister Vũ Đức Đam speaks at the ceremony. VNA/VNS Photo Dương Giang HÀ NỘI — A ceremony to announce the establishment of the National Action Centre for Toxic Chemicals and Environmental Treatment (NACCET) was held yesterday in Hà Nội. In July, Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc signed the decision to establish the NACCET. The organisation will be responsible for running tasks to overcome the post war consequences of chemical toxins to environment and humans; handling pollution of toxic chemicals and hazardous substances, overcoming incidents of toxic chemicals and environment nationwide; and building and managing a database on overcoming post war consequences of toxic chemicals. Hà Văn Cử, General Director of the NACCET, said while the war had ended long ago, its consequences remained. “Tackling post-war toxic chemicals and carrying out activities to ensure security and … [Read more...] about Centre for toxic chemicals and environmental treatment established

Korean scholar says states should not resort to forceChina asked to withdraw ships from Việt Nam’s territorial watersViệt Nam voices concern over developments in East Sea at AMM-52Việt Nam consistently exercises, safeguards sovereignty by peaceful measuresVN consistently protects sovereignty in East Sea: spokeswoman Approaching An Bang (Amboyna Cay) Island in Việt Nam's Trường Sa (Spratly) archipelago. — VNA/VNS Photo Quý Trung HÀ NỘI — Việt Nam rejects all contents of the statement made by the Chinese spokesperson on sovereignty over Trường Sa (Spratly) archipelago on November 8. Vietnamese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Lê Thị Thu Hằng made the statement in response to reporters’ question on Wednesday. The Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson Geng Shuang last week during a regular press briefing said that Việt Nam and other countries in the region … [Read more...] about Việt Nam rejects China’s statement on sovereignty over Trường Sa islands

Other News Power crunch threatens Vietnam The Saigon Times Daily Wednesday,  Nov 13, 2019,19:25 (GMT+7) Power crunch threatens Vietnam The Saigon Times Daily Electricity workers inspect transformers in the northern province of Phu Tho. The Government is scrambling to head off an impending energy crunch that threatens to bring blackouts within this and next year – PHOTO: VNA HCMC – The country, especially in the southwest region, is at risk of an electricity shortage this year and next, stated Minister of Industry and Trade Tran Tuan Anh at a meeting on November 11. The situation will not improve until 2022-2023 as the country is facing a shortage of investment in power generation and transmission. The ministry noted in a report to the Government and the National Assembly that extreme weather has caused prolonged droughts for many localities across the country, reducing water flow to hydropower reservoirs. … [Read more...] about Power crunch threatens Vietnam