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Diplomatic corps, int’l organisations informed about 13th National Party Congress The diplomatic corps and representatives of international organisations in Vietnam are invited to attend the opening and closing sessions of the upcoming 13th National Party Congress,  … [Read more...] about Hanoi given new facelift to welcome 13th National Party Congress

Kuala Lumpur (VNA) – Malaysia has recently filed a complaint with the World Trade Organisation (WTO) over the European Union (EU)’s rules affecting the consumption of palm oil-based biofuels. In the complaint, dated January 15, Malaysia charges that the EU, particularly its member states such as France and Lithuania, had imposed restrictive measures on the use of palm oil that violate international trade agreements. Malaysia holds that the bloc and its members confer unfair benefits to EU domestic producers of certain biofuel feedstocks such as rapeseed oil and soy, and the biofuels produced therefrom at the expense of palm oil and oil palm crop-based biofuels from Malaysia. The EU has embarked on a major plan committing its members to build a carbon neutral economy by 2050, including by promoting the use of biofuels. However, it has deemed that palm oil production is not sustainable and palm oil-based biofuels cannot be counted towards EU renewable targets. … [Read more...] about Malaysia files WTO lawsuit against EU on palm-biofuel curbs

To support each other in overcoming hardships, several migrant women organised themselves in a network Over 30 years ago, Do Thi Hong said goodbye to the poor countryside in Nghia Hung district of Nam Dinh province to bring her seriously ill mother to Hanoi to find work and get medical treatment. With no qualifications and no experience, Hong could only apply for odd jobs such as washing dishes, serving in restaurants, and selling at street vendors. … [Read more...] about The migrant women who never quit

He congratulated Saysomphone Phomvihane on being re-elected as a Politburo member of the LPRP (11th tenure) and expressed his belief that under the leadership of the new Politburo and the LPRP Central Committee, the Lao people will reap even greater achievements in the process of national construction and defence and successfully realise goals and political tasks set by the Resolution of the 11th Congress of the LPRP. … [Read more...] about VIETNAM NEWS JANUARY 20

As e-commerce is a field which needs significant capital, Vietnamese businesses without a parent company with strong financial potential would not be able to develop and compete as they are only allowed to access capital from the narrow list of investors announced periodically by the Ministry of Industry and Trade, he said. … [Read more...] about VIETNAM BUSINESS NEWS JANUARY 20