The Vietnam Electricity National Power Transmission Corporation (EVNNPT) and the US Embassy in Vietnam held a seminar in Hanoi on May 30 to discuss opportunities in Vietnam’s power transmission development.
The escalating US-China trade war has affected many other countries, including Vietnam, said Prof. Liu Ying of the Chongyang Institute for Financial Studies under the Renmin University of China.
Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh had meetings with several US officials in Washington DC on May 23 as part of his official visit to the North American nation.
Vietnam Electricity (EVN) and the US Trade and Development Agency (USTDA) on May 22 finalised a grant agreement on technical assistance for a liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal and gas-to-power project in southern Vietnam.
Vietnam has full legal foundations and historical evidence affirming its sovereignty over Hoang Sa (Paracel) and Truong Sa (Spratly) archipelagos in accordance with international law.
A seminar to promote exchange and cooperation among sectors, enterprises, and organisations of Vietnam and the US was held in Hanoi on May 23 by the Vietnam-US Society under the Vietnam Union of Friendship Organisations (VUFO).
US economic officials have been holding events in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City throughout the year to lure Vietnamese firms into joining a delegation to Washington, DC, which is scheduled for June 10-12, to explore investment opportunities, reported the Voice of America (VOA).
Vietnam attaches importance to the Vietnam – US comprehensive partnership and rejoices at the positive development of the bilateral relations over the recent past, Deputy Prime Minister Vuong Dinh Hue affirmed at his telephone talks on May 13 with US Secretary of the Treasury Steven Mnuchin.
Deputy Prime Minister Trinh Dinh Dung appreciated the contributions made by Vietnamese and US businesses to their countries’ relations over the last 25 years, while attending a business summit in Hanoi on May 10.
The State of Vietnam has been consistent in its policy of respecting and guaranteeing the right to freedom of all citizens to follow or not to follow any religion and belief, the spokesperson of the Foreign Ministry Le Thi Thu Hang affirmed at the ministry’s regular press conference in Hanoi on May 9.
The US government has begun returning to Malaysia some 200 million USD recovered from asset seizures linked to the latter’s state investment fund 1MDB, the two countries announced on May 7.
Former President General Le Duc Anh’s death and his contributions to the Vietnamese revolutionary cause as well as helping Cambodia get rid of the Pol Pot genocidal regime received media coverage in Cambodia.
The US Department of Commerce (DOC) has announced its final decision of the DOC’s 14th Period of Review on anti-dumping tariffs on Vietnam’s tra fish batches imported into the country during the period from August 1, 2016 to July 31, 2017.
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