– The foreign-invested economic sector is animportant component of Vietnam's economy and the Vietnamese Government alwaysprotects the legitimate and legitimate rights and interests of investors, PrimeMinister Pham Minh Chinh said on February 14.
He made the remarks at a reception for adelegation of the EU-ASEAN Business Council and the European Chamber ofCommerce in Vietnam (EuroCham) to discuss measures to promote economic, tradeand investment relations between Vietnam and the EU.Read full text
- Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has suggestedVietnamese and US agencies work harder to promote economic, trade andinvestment ties between the two countries.
At a reception for US Trade RepresentativeKatherine Tai in Hanoi on February 14, PM Chinh affirmed that Vietnam alwaysattaches importance to its comprehensive partnership with the US, and expressedhis delight at the strong, all-round development of the bilateral relationsover the past time.Read full text
– Chairman of the National Assembly Vuong DinhHue had a working session with a delegation of the EU-ASEAN Business Council(EU-ABC) and the European Chamber of Commerce in Vietnam (EuroCham), withrepresentatives from nearly 50 businesses and groups, in Hanoi on February 14.
Managing Director & Regional HeadAsia/Pacific at Landesbank Baden-Wuerttemberg, Jens Ruebbert, and EuroChamChairman Alain Cany, co-heads of the delegation, affirmed that Europeanbusinesses are interested in the Vietnamese market and consider Vietnam aleading country and a pioneer in Asia-Pacific, especially Southeast Asia.Read full text
- Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui ThanhSon hosted a reception in Hanoi on February 14 for former Prime Minister ofFrance Edouard Philippe, who is now Mayor of Le Havre city.
Son expressed his pleasure to welcome Philippe onthe occasion of the 50th founding anniversary of Vietnam-France diplomaticties, and the 10th anniversary of strategic partnership.Read full text
– A team from the Vietnam People’s Army (VPA) has immediatelybegun search and rescue efforts in Haci Omer Alpagot commune, Antakyacity, Hatay province of Turkey, after their arrival in the locality in theafternoon of February 14.
According to Vietnam Defense Television reporters accompanyingthe team, the team is sending small groups to conduct reconnaissance in thearea. Once they detect any signals of survivors that needed to be rescued, theywill immediately report to the commander who will dispatch forces to the sceneand take necessary measures. Military medical forces will be ready to providefirst aid in case of need. They are also ready to move victims out of the sceneif required and hand them over to local authorities.Read full text
– Vietnam has great potential and advantages to develop oysterproduction chains, experts said at a conference on aquaculture technologyorganised in Ho Chi Minh City on February 14 by the Japan InternationalCooperation Agency (JICA).
Speaking at the conference, Dinh Xuan Lap, an expert fromInternational Centre for Aquaculture & Fisheries Sustainability (ICAFIS)said that Vietnam's aquaculture in general and mollusk farming in particularhas changed positively from self-sufficiency, small-scale production toexport-oriented commercial production.Read full text
– Officials of Vietnam and China as well asVietnamese localities on February 14 gathered at a conference in the northernborder province of Lang Son to seek measures to facilitate agro-aquatic producttrade between the two countries.
Vietnamese Minister of Agriculture and RuralDevelopment Le Minh Hoan said that as part of efforts to realise theVietnam-China joint statement on continuing to promote and deepen the bilateralcomprehensive strategic cooperative partnership, the two sides have agreed tofurther step up the trade of high quality agricultural and food products.Read full text/.
