He said that as a signatory of UNCLOS, Vietnam has over the past 25 years abided by the Convention and strengthened international cooperation in enforcing it. Since signing UNCLOS in 1994, Vietnam has promoted international maritime cooperation in realizing its foreign policy and strengthening its international integration. It is in line with the Party resolution on enhancing external relations and international maritime cooperation to tap marine potential, address challenges to create peace and stability in the East Sea, and serve national development. Enhancing international maritime cooperation Vietnam has established diplomatic ties with 189 countries, including 3 comprehensive strategic partnerships, 13 strategic partnerships, and 12 comprehensive partnerships. Vietnam has boosted international cooperation in several maritime issues to boost economic growth and protect the marine environment. Vietnam has participated in 28 bilateral and 29 multilateral maritime treaties and … [Read more...] about International cooperation enhanced to enforce UNCLOS
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Novaland honoured as year’s top developer at Dot Property Southeast Awards
Giant property developer Novaland Group yesterday won the Developer of the Year award at the 2019 Dot Property Southeast Asia Awards, a prestigious property industry honour in the region. Giant property developer Novaland Group yesterday won the Developer of the Year award at the 2019 Dot Property Southeast Asia Awards, a prestigious property industry honour in the region. At a ceremony in Bangkok last night, it also won the award for the Best Entertainment and Tourism Complex for its NovaWorld Phan Thiet. Now in its fourth year, the Dot Property Southeast Asia Awards rewards the best in regional real estate, honouring the leading developers, projects and companies that contribute to the sector. In July, at the Dot Property Viet Nam awards, Novaland had won the Best Developer Vietnam award. In the 27 years since it was established Novaland Group has become one of the biggest and most prestigious developers in the country with over 40 projects ranging from housing to hospitality. … [Read more...] about Novaland honoured as year’s top developer at Dot Property Southeast Awards
Conversation with Vietnamese billionaire Pham Nhat Vuong – Part 3
Vietnamese billionaire Pham Nhat Vuong discusses his past life and ultimate life goals in this last instalment of a three-part interview with Tuoi Tre (Youth) newspaper. Vuong is Vietnam’s richest man and chairman of multifaceted conglomerate Vingroup, which operates in the fields of realty development, retail, tourism, and automobile manufacturing, and smartphone development. Click on the links to read the first and second parts of his interview with Tuoi Tre. It has been 17 or 18 years since you first earned fame in Vietnam. Still, nay wonder: Who is Pham Nhat Vuong? A citizen [smile]. When I first started my career in Vietnam there was a rumor that I was a Mafia member coming back home from Russia. When people saw that I had no visual signs of being stabbed or anything like that, they started spreading rumors that I was a drug trafficker. When no one found evidence of drug trafficking, rumors began to circulate about my death. Every year there are several rumors that … [Read more...] about Conversation with Vietnamese billionaire Pham Nhat Vuong – Part 3
Cinemas requested to allocate 20 percent of screenings for Vietnamese films
Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Nguyen Ngoc Thien informed the National Assembly Thursday that every year 240 foreign films are imported, but just 40 Vietnamese films are produced. Vietnamese films are vastly outnumbered by foreign films in the local cinema market, he said. There is currently no regulation that limits film imports, hence the dominance of foreign films, the minister said. Vietnam needs to improve production and promotion of films by attracting investment for producing local films, he added. Another measure is to use technical barriers like censorship to prevent inappropriate foreign movies from being distributed in the market, Thien said. The minister also noted that Vietnam currently has many movies earning high revenues of up to VND200 billion ($8.5 million). In the first quarter of 2019, three movies raked in over VND100 billion ($4.3 million) in revenue: Furie (Hai Phuong), Winning Back My Pregnant Wife (Cua Lai Vo … [Read more...] about Cinemas requested to allocate 20 percent of screenings for Vietnamese films
