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Vietnam-Oman Investment launches water treatment plant project in Hanoi

The groundbreaking ceremony of the Duong River Surface Water Treatment Plant was held successfully on March 9 in Phu Dong Commune, Gia Lam District, Hanoi. Just nine months earlier, this project was awarded an investment license by the Hanoi People’s Committee. The project has a total investment of US$225 million for phase I, with the […]
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Vietnam’s PM says ready to visit U.S. to promote ties

Vietnam’s prime minister says he is ready to visit the United States to promote ties between the two countries and work with President Donald Trump’s new administration, particularly over trade. Vietnam had been one of the top potential beneficiaries of the Trans Pacific Partnership free trade agreement cancelled by Trump, but it has also been […]
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Vietnam has potential of exporting agro-products to Canada: minister

Vietnam holds the potential to export numerous quality agricultural products to Canada, Canadian Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food Lawrence Macaulay affirmed in Ho Chi Minh City on Friday. One of the advantages of Vietnam is having climate different from Canada’s and therefore could provide different products at different times Canadian consumers need, the minister said […]
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Vietnam’s foreign ministry appoints new spokesperson

A female diplomat has been appointed as head of the Press and Information Department of Vietnam’s Foreign Ministry, becoming the ministry’s new spokesperson. Following the appointment announced on Thursday, Le Thi Thu Hang has become the ministry’s fourth female spokesperson. Hang replaces Le Hai Binh, now serving as deputy director of the Hanoi-based Diplomatic Academy […]
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Vietnam, Singapore seek new directions for bilateral cooperation

Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc and his Singaporean counterpart Lee Hsien Loong agreed to seek out new directions for the two nations’ bilateral ties during their talks in Hanoi on Thursday morning The meeting was convened within the framework of PM Lee’s official visit to Vietnam from March 21 to 24. According to Vietnam’s […]
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Southeast Asia urged to lift minimum wages, end ‘race to the bottom’

Southeast Asian leaders meeting at the 28th ASEAN Summit in Laos this week are urged to push businesses across the region to commit to lifting minimum wages to living wage standards, Oxfam said in a release Wednesday. According to the international non-profit organization, living wage standards are estimated to cost four times the average minimum […]