About 70 percent of Japanese companies investing in Myanmar will either maintain or expand their operations in the Southeast Asian country in a year or two despite the impact of political instability and the coronavirus pandemic, according to a Japan External Trade Organisation report.
Ambassador Pham Hai Anh, Chargé d’Affaires a.i. of Vietnam to the United Nations (UN), has called for efforts to fully address the root causes of instability for long-term peace and stability in Central Africa while attending the UN Security Council’s periodical meeting on the region’s situation and operations of the UN Regional Office for Central Africa (UNOCA) on December 15.
The Vietnamese Embassy in South Africa has advised Vietnamese citizens residing and doing business in the country to closely monitor the situation and not to travel to areas that are hotspots of instability.
Ambassador Pham Hai Anh, Deputy Permanent Representative of Vietnam to the United Nations, reiterated the need to promote reconciliation in a bid to put an end to violence and address security challenges in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Ambassador Pham Hai Anh, Deputy Permanent Representative of Vietnam to the United Nations, has called for closer cooperation among stakeholders to address security and humanitarian challenges in the Central African Republic (CAR) and Syria.
Minister Counsellor Nguyen Phuong Tra, Deputy Permanent Representative of Vietnam to the United Nations, has called on the international community, including regional countries, to continue to support the political process in Haiti and to assist Haitian people in overcoming difficulties facing them at present.
Ambassador Pham Hai Anh, Chargé d'Affaires of the Vietnamese mission to the United Nations has voiced concern about the security situation in Central African Republic before the upcoming general election, and condemned actions harming the Peace Agreement in the country.
Regional and international cooperation are two crucial factors to wipe out security instability in Africa’s Great Lakes region in natural resources management, Ambassador Dang Dinh Quy, head of the Vietnamese mission to the United Nations (UN), said at a video conference held by the UN Security Council on July 15 via the Arria-formula meeting.
Vietnam and Indonesia stressed the need to address the root of security instability in Central Africa via comprehensive and long-term measures at an online meeting of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) on June 12.
Foreign investors reduced their net investment in Malaysian equities by 1.19 billion RM (283 million USD) last week, according to the MIDF Amanah Investment Bank Bhd Research.
The creation of a healthy and safe information environment will contribute positively and effectively to protecting and maintaining political and social stability, and will serve as a foundation for Vietnam’s sustainable development.
Although some negative external factors may affect Vietnam’s growth outlook for 2019 and next year, ADB experts still believe that the country’s economy will continue to have a year of robust growth.
Member states of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) should prioritise progress on regional initiatives to cope with major economic headwinds in the context of increasing US-China trade tensions, according to eastasiaforum.org.
Vietnam has joined countries’ call for UN agencies, including the UN Security Council, to coordinate and help countries and regional organisations in dealing with climate change at an open debate of the UN Security Council on January 25.
The State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) has warned local people and firms to consider carefully and be cautious before taking part in peer-to-peer (P2P) lending as there are many potential risks related to the service.
Indonesia’s economic growth is expected to continue to be robust in 2018 and 2019 amid global headwinds, according to an update of the Asian Development Bank (ADB)’s flagship annual economic publication, Asian Development Outlook (ADO) 2018.
The People’s Court of the central province of Nghe An sentenced Le Dinh Luong to 20 years in jail for “attempting to overthrow the people’s administration” under Clause 1 of Article 79 and Articles 38, 39 and 92 of the 1999 Penal Code at the first-instance trial on August 16.
Vietnamese seafood companies need to work harder to realise the export target of 10 billion USD set by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) when oversea shipments in during January-July were estimated at only 4.66 billion USD.
Cambodia will monitor and control online news intended to cause “instability” ahead of the July general election, according to an official notice released by the government on June 4.
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