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Deputy Prime Minister Vũ Đức Đam (first row, middle) and delegates pose for a photo at the opening of the 44th Executive Board Meeting of the Organisation of Asia-Pacific News Agencies (OANA) in Hà Nội yesterday. The meeting is themed  'For professional and innovative journalism'. — VNA/VNS Photo Minh Quyết HÀ NỘI — The rapid proliferation of so-called fake news had led to a decline in public trust in news media, so countries around the world needed to take drastic action to change the status quo. This was agreed by participants at the 44th Executive Board Meeting of the Organisation of Asia-Pacific News Agencies (OANA) that officially opened in Hà Nội on Friday. This year’s event saw the attendance of 40 international delegates, including influential news agencies such as Azertac (Azerbaijan), TASS (Russia), Xinhua (China), Kyodo News (Japan), Yonhap (the Republic of Korea) and AAP (Australia). Hosted by the Việt Nam News Agency (VNA), the meeting focused on … [Read more...] about In’t partners join VN to combat fake news, build public trust

A forest bee hunter prepares to climb the tree to catch a beehive in Nghệ An Province. - Photo nghean24h.vn Viet Nam News NGHỆ AN – It’s a busy time of year for bee hunters with just a little over a month left to collect honey. This is considered the best time of year to scour forests in search of nests in the Nghệ An Province’s Nam Hưng Commune. Nguyễn Phùng Quản, 32, begins his day with others heading into the forests in search of their prize. “Bee hunting is handed down from my ancestor. In the past, people mainly collected honey for daily use as gifts and also medicine. Over the years, it has become a job to get millions of đồng each day,” he told Tiền Phong (Vanguard) newspaper. “For my family, forest honey hunting has brought a lot of money." Quản, after ten years, found it’s not a job for everyone. It requires the hunter to have experience, be stubborn and must understand the behavior of bees. To collect wild honeycombs in the woods, hunters have to … [Read more...] about As busy as a bee hunter can be

NA faces questioning over oil refinery project, health (10-06-2005) HA NOI — The Government recently was plied with questions about the feasibility of the country’s first-ever oil refinery as the National Assembly opened a televised debate on the troubled Dung Quat project. Addressing the session, chaiman of the National Assembly (NA) Science, Technology and Environment Committee Ho Duc Viet admitted that inadequate research, failure to bring in money, and poor organisation had affected the project. The project has, as a result, been delayed for seven years, costing the country millions of dollars. The refinery, to be built in central Quang Ngai Province, was approved by the NA in 1997 and originally scheduled to go on stream in 2002. But it has been haunted by a series of mishaps ranging from the withdrawal of foreign partners, financial problems, the Asian financial crisis and other technical issues. Industry minister Hoang Trung Hai told the NA that the … [Read more...] about NA faces questioning over oil refinery project, health

Deputies consider technology transfer (26-10-2006) HA NOI — National Assembly deputies yesterday discussed the draft Law on Technology Transfer in detail, including the proposal to establish a national technology renewal fund. During their debate, most deputies underlined the importance of the draft law, in particular clauses on encouraging technology transfer from foreign nations and vice-versa. On establishing a national technology renewal fund, Deputy Huynh Minh Hoang from Bac Lieu Province said the renewal fund would support enterprises, especially small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), to adopt new technologies, raise their competitive edge and expand the scale of production in accordance with international trends and WTO rules. Hoang said it was not necessary to grant licenses as stipulated in the draft law for technology transfer activities as they should follow market rules and demand. Issuing licences would make procedures more cumbersome and result in … [Read more...] about Deputies consider technology transfer

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung (fifth left) poses with other regional leaders at the 18th ASEAN Summit in Jakarta over the weekend. — VNA/VNS Photo Duc Tam JAKARTA — The 18th ASEAN Summit concluded yesterday with the release of the Chair's Statement on ASEAN Community-Building, the implementation of ASEAN Charter and other issues. During the two-day summit, the leaders of the 10 member states of the regional bloc agreed and adopted three joint statements on "ASEAN Community in a Global Community of Nations", " establishment of the ASEAN Institute for Peace and Reconciliation" and"Enhancing cooperation against trafficking in persons in Southeast Asia". Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung joined other ASEAN leaders to discuss an ASEAN community, an expanded East Asia Summit (EAS) and measures to strengthen ASEAN's foreign relations and improve the bloc's role in the international arena. Prime Minister Dung highlighted Viet Nam's views on implementation of the roadmap to … [Read more...] about ASEAN focuses on community

INDONESIA — Indonesia, which holds the chairmanship of ASEAN in 2011, issued a statement yesterday, following discussions within the 19th ASEAN Summit and related summits. The statement mentioned important, fundamental and updated contents on the orientations, commitments and measures to continue building the ASEAN Community; enhancing ASEAN connectivity; implementing the ASEAN charter; promoting ASEAN's role in the regional architecture, fostering ASEAN's external relations; and building an ASEAN community in a global community of nations as well as other regional and international issues of mutual concern. Regarding the East Sea issue, the statement stated that ASEAN leaders reiterated the importance of the Declaration on the Conduct of Parties in the East Sea (DOC) to promote peace, stability and mutual trust and ensure peaceful solutions in dealing with regional disputes in accordance with international law, including the 1982 UN Convention on the Law of the Sea. The … [Read more...] about Chair statement focuses on community building