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☆ Vietnam party chief to visit China's Xi next week
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-25 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Vietnam's Communist Party's Generel Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong is seen in Hanoi, Vietnam April 2, 2018, Picture taken April 2, 2018. REUTERS/Kham/File PhotoBEIJING, Oct 25 (Reuters) - The chief of Vietnam's ruling Communist Party Nguyen Phu Trong will visit China next week on the invitation of President Xi Jinping, Vietnam's government said on Tuesday, in a rare overseas trip by the ageing leader. The visit to Beijing will take place from Oct. 30 to Nov. 2 the government said, without elaborating. Like Xi, Trong has also stayed on as party chief beyond the usual tenure of one or two terms, cementing his influence in a party traditionally governed by consensus among its politburo and powerful central committee. Vietnam and China are among the last five communist-ruled states in the world, along with Cuba, Laos and North Korea.

Last month, the Food and Agriculture Organization's global rice price index rose 2.2% to hit an 18-month high. "The international market has gone up and it will go up further," said Nitin Gupta, vice president for Olam India's rice business. Reuters GraphicsVietnam's unmilled rice output is forecast to hold flat to last year's 43 million tonnes, according to government data. Neighbouring Thailand is aiming to export 7.5 million tonnes this year, up about 7% from its previous target of 7 million tonnes, said Anucha Burapachaisri, a government spokesman. Meanwhile, Pakistan cannot capitalise on India's export curbs after severe flooding ravaged its crop.

Aluminium ingots are seen outside a warehouse that stores London Metal Exchange stocks in Port Klang Free Zone, outside Kuala Lumpur, March 23, 2015. Another source with direct knowledge said that the aluminium delivered to Gwangyang was produced by Rusal. The sources did not say how much of Rusal's aluminium had been delivered by Glencore to LME warehouses in Gwangyang. Glencore and the London Metal Exchange declined to comment. Stocks of aluminium in LME warehouses jumped 65,825 tonnes to 433,025 tonnes on Friday.

☆ Vietnam's VinFast recalls a third of its sold EVs to replace sensors
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-15 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

HANOI, Oct 15 (Reuters) - Vietnam's VinFast said on Saturday it would recall 730 of its model VF e34 electric cars (EVs), which are available only on the domestic market, to make checks and replace their side crash sensors. VinFast, which began operations in 2019, is a unit of Vietnam's biggest conglomerate Vingroup (VIC.HM) and has sold 2,208 EVs in total since its launch late last year. Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com RegisterThe company said it has not recorded any breakdowns or complaints from customers about the sensor errors. In March, VinFast said it would build a production plant in North Carolina with an initial projected capacity of 150,000 EVs a year. Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com RegisterReporting by Phuong Nguyen Editing by Ros RussellOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

☆ I'm a first year medical student with limited time off — here's how I saved $6,000 using credit card points for a winter break trip to Vietnam
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-13 | by ( Ethan Steinberg | Read More | Read Less | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +14 min

I couldn't find available award flights to Vietnam for winter break, so I redeemed flexible credit card points for cash flights instead. Even though I spent more points than I would have liked, I don't regret using my rewards this way. My winter break has clearly defined start and end dates, bookmarked on either end by immovable exams and unmissable lectures. $0 Rewards Chevron icon It indicates an expandable section or menu, or sometimes previous / next navigation options. Read Insider's points and miles valuations to find out what your credit card rewards are worth.

☆ Vietnam economy seen growing 8% in 2022, beating official target - govt
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-11 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

HANOI, Oct 11 (Reuters) - Vietnam's economy is expected to grow 8% this year, beating an official target for an expansion of 6.0%-6.5%, the government said on Tuesday. Vietnam, a regional manufacturing hub, has seen its economy rebounding from the pandemic, with gross domestic product in the third quarter growing 13.67% from a year earlier. The government said it will pursue "a flexible and prudent" monetary policy during the rest of the year to ensure macroeconomic stability. Vietnam will aim for a growth of 6.5% and will consider an inflation target of 4.5% next year, the government said. Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com RegisterReporting by Khanh Vu; Editing by Kanupriya KapoorOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

☆ Vietnam Q3 GDP growth up 13.67% y/y on rebound in manufacturing
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-29 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

The industrial and construction sector in the July-September period grew 12.91% from a year earlier, the General Statistics Office (GSO) said in a report. Meanwhile, the services sector expanded 18.86%, while the agricultural sector grew by 3.24%. Vietnam, however, is facing upward pressure on inflation, prompting its central bank to increase its policy rates last week. The Southeast Asian country has set an official target for GDP growth of 6.0%-6.5% and containing inflation at 4% for this year. Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com RegisterReporting by Khanh Vu Editing by Ed DaviesOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

☆ Vietnam downgrades Typhoon Noru to tropical storm, but warns of flood risks
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-28 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

HANOI, Sept 28 (Reuters) - Vietnam on Wednesday downgraded Typhoon Noru to a tropical depression, but warned residents to stay on alert because of the risks from flooding and landslides caused by heavy rain, the government said. The storm made landfall in the early hours with winds of 117kph (72mph) in the province of Quang Nam, home to the historic city of Hoi An and resort of Danang, the weather agency told state media. There were no immediate reports of casualties, but photographs posted on social media and on state media showed downed trees and mudslides blocking roads. Vietnam is also vulnerable to destructive storms and flooding because of its long coastline. Natural disasters - predominantly floods and landslides triggered by storms - killed 139 people and injured 150 others in the country last year, official data showed.

"The government wants to fix what it sees as the 'news-lisation' of social media," said one source familiar with the talks. "News-lisation", or báo hoá, is a term used by the authorities to describe the misleading of users into thinking that social media accounts are authorised news outlets. Authorities would be able to order social media companies to ban accounts that break those rules, they said. YouTube has 60 million users in Vietnam and TikTok has 20 million, according to 2021 government estimates, although Twitter remains a relatively small player. Sources told Reuters in April that the new rules, which were originally planned for July, reflected the government's dissatisfaction with social media platforms' take-down rates.

☆ Vietnam tech firm FPT produces country's first semiconductor chips
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-28 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

HANOI, Sept 28 (Reuters) - FPT Semiconductor, a unit of Vietnam's leading tech company FPT (FPT.HM), launched its first line of semiconductor chips used in medical devices on Wednesday, part of the company's efforts to enter the competitive global industry. Global semiconductor makers have in recent years been betting on the Southeast Asian country, already a major regional manufacturing hub, as an alternative production destination to China. Samsung (009150.KS) said it will begin making semiconductor parts in Vietnam in July, 2023 after injecting $920 million into its plant in northern province of Thai Nguyen earlier this year. Intel increased its Vietnam chip investment by nearly 50% in 2021. Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com RegisterReporting by Phuong Nguyen; Editing by Kanupriya KapoorOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Residents who evacuated from their flooded homes sit on a roadside after Super Typhoon Noru, in San Ildefonso, Bulacan province, Philippines, September 26, 2022. REUTERS/Eloisa LopezHANOI, Sept 27 (Reuters) - Vietnam urged more people on Tuesday to evacuate as an intensifying Typhoon Noru barrelled towards the southeast Asian nation, after causing at least eight deaths and widespread flooding in the Philippines. The typhoon forced airports in Vietnam to close, causing travel disruption, while thousands were forced to evacuate their homes, according to official statements. Typhoon Noru, the strongest storm to hit the Philippines this year, also damaged 1.53 billion pesos ($26 million) worth of crops, government data showed. read more"There are still areas with floods," Daniel Fernando, governor of Bulacan province north of the capital, told DZRH.

REUTERS/Kham/File PhotoLONDON, Sept 27 (Reuters) - While the rest of the world worries about recession, China is steadily increasing its imports of physical copper. The country's net call on refined copper from the rest of the world was up by 9.8% in the first eight months of the year. China's imports of copper scrapSCRAP AND CONCENTRATES IMPORTS UPThe restocking momentum is also travelling down copper raw materials import channels. GREEN DEMAND DRIVERChina's copper import hunger appears unsated. The sign-posting of more government investment in decarbonisation is a major reason for China's copper buyers to feel confident about restocking physical units at current price levels.

☆ London copper price hits two-month low on strong dollar
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-26 | by ( Reuters Staff | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

(Reuters) - London copper prices hit a more than two-month low on Monday, as a stronger dollar made greenback-priced metals more expensive to holders of other currencies. FILE PHOTO: A worker checks copper wires at Truong Phu cable factory in northern Hai Duong province, outside Hanoi, Vietnam August 11, 2017. LME aluminium hit an 18-month low of $2,151 a tonne, zinc eased 0.4% to $2,995.50 a tonne by 0326 GMT while tin rose 1.5% to $20,540 a tonne. The most-traded October copper contract on the Shanghai Futures Exchange declined 2.7% to 60,840 yuan ($8,500.17) a tonne. ShFE nickel dropped 3.1% to 188,620 yuan a tonne, tin fell 3.1% to 178,510 yuan a tonne, aluminium declined 1.9% to 18,380 yuan a tonne and zinc was down 2.2% to 24,430 yuan a tonne.

☆ The B-52 was designed in a hotel room over a weekend in 1948, and it may still be flying 100 years later
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-16 | by ( Alex Hollings | Sandboxx News | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +10 min

That design emerged from a hastily arranged work session in a Dayton hotel over a weekend in 1948. The B-52 started flying when America was still relying on P-51 MustangsUS Air Force F-51D Mustang fighters during the Korean War. Spanning wars and altitudesA US Air Force B-52F dropping 750-pound bombs over Vietnam in the 1960s. US Air ForceIn July 1948, Boeing received a contract from the still-new US Air Force to design and build a new heavy bomber. By late Friday night, the new B-52 bomber was already coming into focus.

☆ Kim Jong Un: Coreea de Nord trebuie să fie pregătită pentru o confruntare cu SUA
▼ + stars: | 2021-06-18 | by ( ) www.jurnal.md time to read: +2 min

Sursa foto: ProfimediaKim Jong Un: Coreea de Nord trebuie să fie pregătită pentru o confruntare cu SUALiderul nord-coreean Kim Jong Un a declarat că ţara sa ar trebui să se pregătească „atât pentru dialog, cât şi pentru confruntare" cu SUA sub conducerea preşedintelui Joe Biden. Liderul de la Casa Albă nu exclude o întâlnire cu Kim Jong Un. Liderul nord-coreean a cerut o reacţie rapidă în faţa unei situaţii care evoluează rapid şi o concentrare a eforturilor asupra capacităţii de a ţine sub un control stabil situaţia din peninsula coreeană. Este un obiectiv incredibil de dificil", a declarat Biden reporterilor, anunţând că a numit un diplomat cu experienţă, Sung Kim, drept emisar special pentru Phenian. Negocierile dintre Statele Unite şi Coreea de Nord s-au întrerupt după eşecul celui de-al doilea summit dintre Donald Trump şi Kim Jong Un, care a avut loc la Hanoi în 2019.

Persons: Profimedia Kim Jong, coreean Kim Jong, Joe Biden, Kim Jong, Donald Trump, Biden, coreean Moon, Sung Kim Organizations: Albă Locations: Coreea de Nord, SUA, coreean, Washington, Phenian, american, - coreean, Singapore, Hanoi, experienţă, Statele Unite

☆ Coreea de Nord nu va participa la Jocurile Olimpice de la Tokyo
▼ + stars: | 2021-04-06 | by ( Publika.Md - Aici Sunt Știrile | ) www.publika.md time to read: +2 min

Coreea de Nord nu va participa la cea de-a 32-a ediţie a Jocurile Olimpice de la Tokyo, din cauza riscurilor de infectare cu coronavirus, informează AFP, citează Agerpres. Ministerul Unificării din Coreea de Sud s-a declarat dezamăgit că situaţia generată de Covid împiedică Jocurile de la Tokyo să fie o oportunitate de a avansa procesul de pace în peninsula coreeană. Dar un analist sud-coreean a spus ca situaţia generată de coronavirus nu este probabil singurul motiv pentru decizia nord-coreeana de a nu participa la Jocuri. Participarea Coreei de Nord, putere nucleară izolată de restul lumii, la ultimele Jocuri Olimpice de la iarnă, desfăşurate la PyeongChang, în Coreea de Sud, a fost un factor decisiv în spectaculoasa apropiere diplomatică din 2018. Kim Yo Jong, sora liderului nord-coreean Kim Jong Un, a asistat la Jocuri ca trimis al fratelui său, iar participarea nord-coreeană a fost larg mediatizată.

Persons: Trump, Kim Yo Jong, coreean Kim Jong, coreean Moon, Kim Jong, american Donald Trump Organizations: Sportului, Ministerul, Kim Locations: Coreea de Nord, Tokyo, Agerpres, Anunţul, Phenian, coreean, Coreea de Sud, coreeană, Washington, Hanoi, Coreei de Nord, PyeongChang, american

Participarea Coreei de Nord, putere nucleară izolată de restul lumii, la ultimele Jocuri Olimpice de la iarnă, desfăşurate la PyeongChang, în Coreea de Sud, a fost un factor decisiv în spectaculoasa apropiere diplomatică din 2018. Kim Yo Jong, sora liderului nord-coreean Kim Jong Un, a asistat la Jocuri ca trimis al fratelui său, iar participarea nord-coreeană a fost larg mediatizată. Preşedintele Moon şi-a exprimat cu claritate intenţiile pe 1 martie, în discursul său cu ocazia Zilei naţionale a independenţei Coreei de Sud. Dar un analist sud-coreean a spus ca situaţia generată de coronavirus nu este probabil singurul motiv pentru decizia nord-coreeana de a nu participa la Jocuri. Coreea de Nord este lovită de numeroase sancţiuni internaţionale din cauza programelor sale de arme nucleare şi rachete, interzise de rezoluţiile Consiliului de Securitate al ONU.

Persons: Kim Yo Jong, coreean Kim Jong, coreean Moon, Kim Jong, american Donald Trump ., Trump, Moon, Yang Organizations: Sportului, Kim, Ministerul, Universitatea de, Securitate, ONU, Phenianul Locations: coreean, Phenian, Coreei de Nord, PyeongChang, Coreea de Sud, Washington, american, Hanoi, independenţei Coreei de Sud, Tokyo, Japonia, Nord, Sud, Coreea de Nord, Statele Unite, - coreean, Anunţul, Japoniei, - Coreene, Seul, China

☆ Țara cu 97 de milioane de locuitori care nu a înregistrat niciun deces din cauza coronavirusului. Care a fost abordarea de succes
▼ + stars: | 2020-05-30 | by ( ) albasat.md time to read: +8 min

După trei săptămâni de carantină, Vietnamul a ridicat restricţiile de distanţare fizică la sfârşitul lunii aprilie. Cronologie:La începutul lunii ianuarie, screeningul temperaturii era deja în vigoare pentru pasagerii care soseau din Wuhan pe Aeroportul Internaţional din Hanoi. Pe 1 februarie, Vietnamul a declarat epidemie naţională, cu doar şase cazuri confirmate înregistrate în toată ţara. Toate zborurile dintre Vietnam şi China au fost oprite, măsură urmată a doua zi de suspendarea vizelor pentru cetăţenii chinezi. Efortul de urmărire a contactelor din Vietnam a fost atât de meticulos încât au fost luate în calcul şi persoanele de contact indirecte.

Persons: Guy Thwaites, Chi Minh, Dam, îşi, Nguyen Xuan Phuc, OMS, cela, Pham, Thwaites Organizations: CNN, Mediafax, Universităţii Oxford, OMS, Pham, Aeroportul, Vietnamul, Partidului Comunist Locations: Asia, Coreea de Sud, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Vietnam, China, Vietnamul, oraşul, Chi, ţării, Pham Quang Thai, Hanoi, Wuhan, Iran, Italia, Chinei, Vietnamului, străinătate

☆ Here's how the US-North Korea nuclear crisis could unfold before year-end
▼ + stars: | 2019-12-11 | by ( Stella Soon | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un smile during a meeting at the second U.S.-North Korea summit in Hanoi on Feb. 28, 2019. North Korean state media claimed Saturday that they had conducted a "very important" test at a rocket-testing site — the Sohae Satellite Launching Ground — that Pyongyang promised to dismantle after the first Trump-Kim summit in June 2018. In response, U.S. President Donald Trump said on Twitter that North Korean leader Kim Jong Un risks losing "everything" if he acts in a hostile manner. To that, North Korean state media on Monday called Trump an "old man bereft of patience" and "heedless and erratic." Trump tweet: Kim Jong Un is too smart and has far too much to lose, everything actually, if he acts in a hostile way.

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