An announcement by the U.S. Commerce Department last week that it would investigate allegations that solar panel manufacturers in Southeast Asia are using Chinese-made parts and evading U.S. tariffs has raised alarms concerning both trade and environmental policy. The department announced March 28 that it would investigate claims by California-based solar panel manufacturer Auxin […]
Continue ReadingScanning a code to pay for products and services has become popular among consumers in Vietnam’s big cities. Under the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic, non-cash payments have been growing rapidly. Mr. Pham Tien Dung, director of the Payment Department of the State Bank of Vietnam, said that one of the most special marks in the […]
Continue ReadingThe State Bank of Vietnam set the daily reference exchange rate for the US dollar at 23,098 VND/USD on April 4, up 3 VND from the last working day of previous week (April 1).With the current trading band of +/-3 percent, the ceiling rate applicable to …
Continue ReadingThe Miss Peace Vietnam 2022’s preliminary round is underway in all the three northern, central and southern regions of the country, lasting from April 4 to the end of July, heard at a press conference on the beauty contest held in the central city of D…
Continue ReadingTravellers arriving in Thailand will no longer require pre-travel COVID-19 tests from April 1 onwards, according to a spokesperson from the Thai Centre for COVID-19 Situation Administration (CCSA).Accordingly, the requirement for pre-travel PT-PCR test…
Continue ReadingHanoi always gives high priority to developing its friendship and cooperation with Lao localities, particularly Vientiane, said Secretary of the municipal Party Committee Dinh Tien Dung at his meetings with Lao leaders on April 4.Leading a visiting del…
Continue ReadingThe total amount of social investment capital disbursed in the first quarter of 2021 was estimated at 562.2 trillion VND (24.6 billion USD), up 8.9 percent year-on-year, reported the General Statistics Office (GSO).In particular, the disbursement of fo…
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