Russian oil-gas giant Zarubezhneft expressed its interest in expanding its presence in Vietnam by venturing into offshore wind power projects.
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Vietnam's Finance Ministry Plans to Offer Cash Rewards to Snitch on Corrupt Officials
The Vietnamese finance ministry is considering offering cash rewards to individuals offering tips to authorities in helping them track down corrupt government officials.
Japanese General Trader Marubeni Invests on Amata's Vietnamese Industrial Park
Marubeni Corporation recently announced that it was participating in the development and operation of an industrial park in Vietnam run by a subsidiary of the Thai industrial developer Amata Corporation.
Vietnam's Chief Security Officer To Lam Named as Country's New President
Vietnamese public security minister To Lam has been appointed as the country’s new president after the resignation of Vo Van Thuong as part of the Communist Party’s anti-corruption policy.
Vietnam Urges Apple Supplier Foxconn to Voluntarily Reduce Power Use by 30% amid Worsening Electricity Outages
Vietnam reportedly requested that Foxconn, an Apple supplier, reduce power consumption by 30% at its assembly plants in the northern region to prevent a recurrence of the electricity outages experienced last year.
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500 Startups is seeing a great potential in Vietnam, where more than half of its population are below the age of 30 and most adults are using smartphones. The Silicon Valley-based accelerator is preparing a $10 million investment fund dedicated for Vietnam startups.
India is now the world's largest exporter of rice, with 10.23 million tons of rice exported in 2015. The country outranked the former leader, Thailand whose export numbers have fallen to 9.8 million tons this year, which also recorded the lowest rice prices in the last ten years. It seems the falling prices are also tied to the global oil crisis that has hit the rice importers, thereby affecting their purchasing power.
Vietnam warned China against drilling an oil rig in borderline waters in the South China Sea. Vietnam's anxiety over the rig develops subsequent to a recent flight testing carried out by China on a fake island in Spratly archipelago.
Vietnam‘s economy is steadily expanding at near 7 percent this year, making it one of the world’s fastest-growing markets amidst global market turmoil.
China has been claiming most of the potentially oil- gas enriched islands located in the South China Sea region. Moreover, naval routes of this region are extremely important for passage of huge trade consignments. These factors have allured China to take control over the zone. But Chinese efforts in this regard are creating tensions among its neighboring countries, also claimant for the disputed islands.
In the recent update of South China Sea dispute, incident of Chinese coastguard attacking Vietnamese fishermen occurred even more. The fishermen were beaten and their equipments were broken. Chinese coastguard also damaged the ship.
Vietnam issued second warning for China for landing two airplane on the artificial island in disputed Fiery Cross Reef.
US President Barack Obama is heading for an Asian trip and is expected to join the APEC Summit in Manila to talk about the Trans-Pacific Partnership. The Asia-Pacific Economic Co-operation (APEC) summit, which will be attended by all Asia-Pacific leaders will be the center of Obama's attention to deliver a speech and convince leaders to sign the agreement.
Mark and Britnee Johnston spent a whole year's vacation leave days or two weeks on a trip to Vietnam. It was their first long trip as a couple and as they toured the small Asian country and talked to other travellers, two weeks of travel suddenly didn't seem enough. Mark said that they felt unsatisfied thinking that they have to wait another year to have another vacation again.
