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Japan pledges patrol vessels, loans to Vietnam
Japan pledges to provide Vietnam with 200 million yen (US$1.6 million) in non-refundable aid to buy Japanese used patrol ships for its maritime safety in the 2015 fiscal year, according to a joint statement issued on 15 September following Communist Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong’s ...
Japan pledges 100bn yen in loans for Vietnam
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe pledged on 15 September that his country will extend 100 billion yen ($835 million) in loans for Vietnam to boost the Southeast Asian economy’s infrastructural development, as Tokyo and Hanoi aim to strengthen ties on the economic and security fronts. Keep reading ...
Hanoi's tap water to cost more next month
Hanoi’s tap water rate will be raised by 20 percent to at least 30.5 US cents per cubic meter from next month, the capital’s water utility has said. Keep reading ...
Operators in Mekong's five nations keen on cross-country promotion
Inbound tour operators in mainland South-east Asia are benefiting from cross-promotion of the Mekong subregion, according to delegates at last week’s International Tourism Expo in Ho Chi Minh City. Keep reading ...
US slashes anti-dumping tax on Vietnamese shrimp
The US Department of Commerce has cut anti-dumping tariffs on Vietnamese shrimp by up to 86 percent, giving rise to hope that shrimp exports to that country will increase in the remaining months of this year. Keep reading ...
Typhoon Vamco brings heavy rains, strong winds to Vietnam
Newly-formed typhoon Vamco, the third tropical storm to hit Vietnam this year, brought strong wind and heavy rains to the central city of Da Nang on 14 September. Vamco originally took shape on the southeast waters of Hoang Sa (Paracel) Islands on 13 September and was classified as ...
Vietnam ‘ready’ for returning Montagnards
Vietnam is “ready to receive” the more than 200 Montagnards currently seeking asylum in Cambodia who face forced repatriation if they do not return within three months, according to the UN refugee agency. Vivian Tan, a regional spokesperson for UNHCR, said the Vietnamese government had given ...
Tropical rainstorm Vamco unleashes flooding in Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia
Tropical Rainstorm Vamco will bring flooding rain to portions of Indochina through at least 16 September. Keep reading ...
Vietnam's Communist Party chief seeks to expand economic and security ties during visit to Japan
Vietnam’s Communist Party chief will embark on a four-day visit to Japan on 14 September, seeking not only investment opportunities but geopolitical assurances as China continues its aggressive maritime posturing, according to experts. Nguyen Phu Trong will also become the first party leader to have visited ...
Forest conservation project launched to protect Vietnam biodiversity
The Vietnam Administration of Forestry and Germany’s Federal Ministry for Economic Co-oporation and Development have launched the “Programme on Conservation and sustainable use of forest biodiversity and ecosystems services in Vietnam”. Keep reading ...
