March 30, 2011
A flyer, posted on the Hanoi Backpacker's Hostel bulletin board, advertising a daily tour to Le Mat Village Last Sunday, in Hanoi’s Old quarter, a young, blue-eyed Australian backpacker sat cradling his head in his hands and complaining of a hangover. He said he’d had a wild night and produced a small digital camera from [...]
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February 6, 2010
The Ministry of Public Securityâs environment department (PC36) and the Ministry of Healthâs food safety department on Wednesday found over 17 tons of frozen food of unclear origin in Hanoi. Tran Manh Hieu, representative of a family-run business on De La Thanh Street in Ba Dinh District, told the team of inspectors he bought the [...]
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February 5, 2010
Eighty percent of the four million overseas Vietnamese would like to buy a house in Vietnam, says the head of the HCM Committee for Liaison with Vietnamese Abroad. So why don’t they? A meeting between HCM City’s officials and overseas Vietnamese. A few days ago, the media reported that since 2005, only 140 Viet Kieu (VK, or overseas [...]
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February 1, 2010
Markets in major cities nationwide are flooded with foodstuff consumed traditionally during the Tet (Lunar New Year) festival, but this has also brought out concerns over their safety and quality. LookAtVietnam – Markets in major cities nationwide are flooded with foodstuff consumed traditionally during the Tet (Lunar New Year) festival, but this has also brought [...]
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December 21, 2009
Local exporters are worried a new EU regulation requiring certificate of origin will hurt shipments to the largest market for Vietnamese seafood. LookAtVietnam – Local exporters are worried a new EU regulation requiring certificate of origin will hurt shipments to the largest market for Vietnamese seafood. Starting January 1, exporters of fisheries products to the [...]
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December 19, 2009
Women dry anchovies in central Vietnam Local exporters are worried a new EU regulation requiring certificate of origin will hurt shipments to the largest market for Vietnamese seafood. Starting January 1, exporters of fisheries products to the EU will be required to have certification for the origin of their products, a rule aimed to prevent [...]
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December 18, 2009
LookAtVietnam – Seafood exporters can expect a response to their product certification applications within two days. Viet Nam currently has about 130,000 fishing vessels, only 15,500 of which have more than 90hp of power.The move is an effort by MARD to accelerate the process for seafood exporters to have their products accepted in the EU [...]
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December 5, 2009
VietNamNet Bridge – Under the European Council’s new regulation, as of January 2010, seafood products exported to the EU market must have certificates of origin and the fishing vessel’s registration. The regulation aims to prevent illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing (IUU). The EU is currently Vietnam’s largest export market, accounting for one third of its exports. [...]
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October 12, 2009
A EU regulation will shut Vietnamese seafood exporters out of the market if they can’t figure out how to certify who caught fish and where. Big challenges All seafood export consignments to the EU from October 31, 2010 must be clearly labled as to the origin of the products, including the sea area where the [...]
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September 15, 2009
LookAtVietnam – Director of National Office of Intellectual Property of Viet Nam Tran Viet Hung discusses agricultural products and trademark protection Fifteen agricultural products have been granted what is known as protected designation of origin. (Photo: Internet)Fifteen agricultural products have been granted what is known as protected designation of origin, also called protected geographical indication.It [...]
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