LookAtVietnam – The Ministry of Industry and Trade (MOIT) has proposed to import 100,000 tons of pork, while the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) believes that there’s no need to import meat. MOIT has proposed to import pork because it believes the imports would help ease the current shortage which has pushed the [...]
LookAtVietnam – It is a fact that many Chinese ships have penetrated deep into Vietnam’s sea to make threats against and rob Vietnamese fishermen these days. A switchboard operator talked to captains of fishing boats in Hoang Sa on the phone. The ship PY92134 landed at the Dong Tac fishing wharf in Ward 6, Tuy [...]
LookAtVietnam – Eurocham, in the letters sent to Minister of Finance, Vu Van Ninh and Minister of Industry and Trade, Vu Huy Hoang, wrote that the application of new restrictions on the import of 100 consumer goods is the violation of the regulations in international trade. Meanwhile, Vietnamese officials have denied this. Eurocham’s Chair Alain [...]
LookAtVietnam – The People’s Court of the Mekong Delta province of Ben Tre Monday opened the first instance trial of seven people accused of “working to overthrow the people’s administration” under Clause 2, Article 79 of Vietnam’s Penal Code. The defendants included Tran Thi Thuy, 40, residing in Dong Thap province; Duong Kim Khai, [...]
Dried up corn is seen in a field in eastern China, where a record drought threatens to push global food prices up. Oxfam called on Tuesday for an overhaul of the world’s food system, warning that in a couple of decades, millions more people would be gripped by hunger due to population growth and climate-hit [...]
Vietnamese badminton players will for the first time compete at the World Mixed Team Championships, called the Sudirman Cup 2011, to be held May 22-29 in China’s Shandong Province. The 33 teams from around the world participating in the 12th edition of the contest are divided into four groups competing in five categories namely [...]
Ly Ngoc Kinh, senior consultant and former head of the Vietnamese government's anti tobacco program. A Vietnamese health official was recognized by the World Health Organization (WHO) for his efforts to curb tobacco use in Vietnam. Ly Ngoc Kinh, senior consultant and former head of the Vietnamese government’s anti tobacco program, was among 32 international [...]
Taiwan and the Philippines have warned some sport drinks may have been contaminated with a chemical that could cause infertility and block boys’ sex organ development, officials said Tuesday. The Philippine Food and Drug Administration is monitoring some imported Taiwanese sport drinks, fruit juices and soft drinks that Taipei said may contain excessive amounts [...]
VietNamNet Bridge – Fishing boats in the central province of Phu Yen. Local fishermen are currently troubled by Chinese boats’ increasing violation of their fishing grounds. Vietnam is considering establishing fishery patrol teams to protect Vietnamese fishermen and boats within Vietnam’s territorial waters, as fishermen complained that Chinese boats are violating local fishing grounds. [...]
Japan’s economy offered more signs of recovery from the deadly March earthquake on Tuesday, but Moody’s ratings agency warned both growth and government action may fall short of what is necessary to bring Tokyo’s ballooning debt back under control. Industrial output rose 1 percent last month after a record plunge immediately after the magnitude [...]
