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T.K., a high school student in Ho Chi Minh City’s Phu Nhuan District, opens his vape and adds some drops of oil. “There are no tastes I’ve never tried. Among all, chocolate flavor is the best,” he told Tuoi Tre (Youth) newspaper after taking a long drag then exhaling slowly. Vaping has been sneaking into schools with a kit affordably ranging from VND120,000 to VND150,000 (US$5.19 to $6.49) in form of a lipstick, pen or USB. E-liquid is diverse in flavors, from strawberry to orange, mango which contains nicotine and cannabis. “I tried this in my eighth grade” On a winter day in the southern metropolis, smoke billowed an air-conditioned coffee shop on Nguyen Thai Binh Street in Tan Binh District where a group of schoolboys in their uniforms gathered for vaping. “Your eyes must feel stinging. This place is exclusive for vapers like us,” one of those schoolboys told Tuoi Tre’s reporter. Exhaling chillingly while spinning an e-cigarette … [Read more...] about In Vietnam, students’ vaping sounds alarm bell

The Hanoitimes - In Hanoi, in addition to expanding the distribution network of goods, all levels and branches of the city have stepped up the inspection and supervision of the origin of goods in the market. Hanoi and other localities have supplied abundant goods for local people, preventing commodity price hike and ensuring market demand during Tet (Lunar New Year) holiday. The Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) has just released a quick report on the market situation in a number of cities and provinces across the country during the holiday. In Hanoi, in addition to expanding the distribution network of goods, all levels and branches of the city have stepped up the inspection and supervision of the origin of goods in the market. Local residents are shopping at Vinmart supermarket in Hanoi. Photo: Kinhtedothi.vn The municipal Department of Industry and Trade informed that the entire commercial network in the city has implemented Covid-19 prevention … [Read more...] about Consumer goods abundant, prices stable during 2021 Tet

The Hanoitimes - The two countries target to increase the trade value to US$500 by 2025. Vietnam’s Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc asked different ministries to step up the implementation of a trade agreement with Cuba that took effect in April 2020. Vietnam'S Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc (right) and Cuba's President Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez in 2018. Photo: VGP Under the PM’s decision signed on February 3, authorized bodies include the Ministry of Industry and Trade, the Ministry of Finance, the Ministry of Science and Technology, and the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development. The Vietnam-Cuba Trade Agreement was signed in Hanoi in November 2018 replacing the agreement on trade exchange and other form of economic cooperation signed in 1996. The agreement, with 14 chapters, covers regulations on trade in goods, rules of origin, customs management and trade facilitation, technical standards, food safety, and animal and plant quarantine, among … [Read more...] about Vietnam speeds up implementation of trade agreement with Cuba

According to Pha, after the joint victory of the Vietnamese and Cambodian revolutionary armed forces over the Pol Pot genocidal regime on January 7, 1979, the Vietnamese Party Central Committee’s delegation of advisors (Committee B68 in short) and Mission 478 of the military advisors had many busy days helping Cambodia build its armed forces and political system and recover its economy. His B68 Committee was assigned to help Cambodia transfer its People’s Party Central Committee to Phnom Penh and the Party Civil Affairs Committee to its provinces. Pha recalled that a fortnight after the victory, members of B68 Committee arrived in Phnom Penh. Knowing the urgency and importance of the mission, all members of the committee exerted all-out efforts to effectively complete the task. Everyone worked so hard that they did not realize the Lunar New Year was coming. Two weeks before the Lunar New Year Festival (Tet), Pha returned to Vietnam for a business trip and took a visit to Chief of … [Read more...] about First Lunar New Year celebration in Cambodia

The Hanoitimes - State budget allocation would continue to be prioritized for the Covid-19 fight, recovery efforts in the wake of natural disasters, social welfare, national security and foreign affairs. Vietnam's National Assembly has approved the state budget estimate in 2021 with a fiscal deficit of VND343.67 trillion (US$14.82 billion), equivalent to 4% of GDP, down from an estimated deficit of 4.99. – 5.59% in 2020 (equivalent to VND319.5 – 328 trillion (US$13.78 – 14.15 billion). Vietnam's National Assembly has approved the state budget estimate in 2021 with endorsement of 446 deputies present, or a 92.53% approval rate. Specifically, Vietnam’s state budget revenue next year is estimated at VND1,343 trillion (US$58 billion) and expenditure VND1,687 trillion (US$72.78 billion). The government is set to borrow VND608.56 trillion (US$26.3 billion). The National Assembly agreed with the proposal from the government in keeping the basic wage, pension and … [Read more...] about Vietnam gov’t mandated to narrow fiscal deficit to 4% of GDP in 2021