UN officials in Vietnam have warned that "severe drought and salt intrusion in the Mekong Delta is affecting" 39 out of 63 provinces in Vietnam, UN spokesman Stephane Dujarric said here Monday.
A Vietnamese official described China as a top partner of Vietnam with two-way trade of over 66 billion U.S. dollars in 2015 during an event held in Vietnam's capital Hanoi on Monday.
Singapore and Vietnam reaffirmed bilateral defense relationship at the 7th Singapore-Vietnam Defence Policy Dialogue (DPD), said the Ministry of Defence (MINDEF) on Monday.
If it had been in business a decade ago, Nguyen Anh Thuan's restaurant would have been a target for late-night police raids to arrest lawbreakers and stamp out "social evils".
Vietnamese Prime Minister (PM) Nguyen Tan Dung on Monday suggested cabinet members to take efforts so as to lift the country's economic growth target from 6. 7 percent to around 7 percent in 2016.
Montagnard asylum seekers have not met the criteria for refugee status and would be returned to Vietnam, an Interior Ministry spokesman has said.
Vietnam's Communist Party Wednesday re-elected its 71-year-old chief for a second term, an expected outcome that sees the conservative pro-China ideologue cementing his hold on power.
"We are hoping that the upcoming 12th National Congress of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) will breathe new life into the country, and chart a clear course for the development of Vietnam in the coming five years," said a Vietnamese youngster.
The 12th National Party Congress of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) came under the spotlight in a series of articles recently posted by foreign press outlets. The Russian “People’s News” newspaper on January 20 carried a story titled “Vietnam confirms renewal policy”.
China is shocked and confused by Vietnam's argument that the test flights at a newly built airport in the South China Sea have threatened civilian air traffic, a foreign ministry spokesperson said Thursday.
The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP)free trade pact will have huge beneficial economic impact on Vietnam, but the country will struggle to take advantages and cope with challenges, many Vietnamese and foreign officials and experts told Xinhua recently.
As a member of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), Vietnam will face both opportunities for growth and challenges when the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) is established by the yearend.
In recent years Vietnam has been speeding up international economic integration with the most recent milestone being the conclusion of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), which is expected to bring both opportunities and challenges for the agricultural sector.
China's Belt and Road initiative, highlighted during President Xi Jinping's visit to Vietnam and Singapore last week, is set to boost bilateral ties and facilitate trade and investment between China and Southeast Asian nations.
Chinese President Xi Jinping's just-concluded visit to Vietnam and Singapore has been a successful move in China's peripheral diplomacy.
Chinese President Xi Jinping's just concluded state visit to Vietnam and Singapore has contributed to further promoting China's friendship with the two countries and building new diplomatic furniture in Southeast Asian countries.
"I have learned a lot from Chinese technicians' guidance at work with advanced technology and construction methods," Le Van Doan, a Vietnamese worker at China's Hua Yue construction company told Xinhua recently in Vietnam's northern Bac Giang province.
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