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Participants spent a lot of time discussing co-operation among ASEAN member countries and between ASEAN and other international economic groups. In the discussion on economic co-operation among ASEAN member states, we spent quite a lot of time evaluating the master plan on the course of the establishment of the ASEAN Economic Community by 2025. … [Read more...] about Vietnam plays its role as President of ASEAN

Hanoi (VNA) - Singapore has set a goal of phasing out petrol and diesel vehicles and using more electric ones by 2040 as part of its efforts to cut greenhouse gases and fight climate change. In his speech on budget, Finance Minister Heng Swee Keat said Singapore’s vision is to phase out internal combustion engine (ICE) and have vehicles run on cleaner energy by 2040. According to the minister, measures to encourage electric vehicle adoption include a registration fee rebate on purchases of fully electric car and taxis. Besides, Singapore will expand public charging infrastructure to 28,000 points by 2030 from 1,600 now. The country is one of the most expensive places in the world to buy a car and there are few electric vehicles on the roads./. … [Read more...] about Singapore to phase out petrol, diesel vehicles by 2040

Hanoi (VNA) – Minister of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs Dao Ngoc Dung and Ambassador of the Republic of Korea (RoK) to Vietnam Park Noh-wan on February 18 expressed their wish to further enhance their countries’ cooperation in vocational education.  At the working session in Hanoi, Ambassador Park said he hopes the RoK and Vietnam will continue developing win-win cooperation and the Vietnamese Government will keep support Korean businesses. He also expected stronger collaboration in vocational training, especially for vulnerable groups in society, calling on the Vietnamese ministry to support the MoU on labour cooperation to be renewed and the social insurance agreement to be signed soon. About 9,000 Korean firms are operating in Vietnam, the diplomat noted, voicing his hope that Vietnam will issue more policies to attract businesses from his country. For his part, Minister Dung said the two countries have recorded clear progress in labour cooperation. In … [Read more...] about Vietnam, RoK to boost ties in vocational education

Vietnam now needs to find another partner on its own, which is a difficult task as not many teams would want to go to Southeast Asia for football matches amidst the ongoing novel coronavirus outbreak. … [Read more...] about Iraq calls off friendly with Vietnam over coronavirus fears

“Free trade agreements, on the other hand, impose strict requirements on the origin of products, demanding capability of material autonomy. Since few of Vietnamese business can produce raw materials, they can not fully exploit the benefits brought in by the FTAs”, SSI said. … [Read more...] about Material autonomy key for Vietnam to fully exploiting EVFTA