News headlines 8 october 2018

Railway companies in the south will start selling tickets for Lunar New Year 2019 (falling in early February of 2019) from October 1, 2018.— VNA/VNS Photo Viet Nam News HÀ NỘI — Railway companies in the south will start selling Lunar New Year 2019 tickets, the biggest and longest holiday of Vietnamese people, on October 1 this year. The information was announced on Wednesday by Lê Quốc Trung, deputy director of Sài Gòn Railway Transport Company. On the occasion of Lunar New Year 2019, which falls in early February of 2019, besides sixteen Thống Nhất passenger trains (trains running from North to South and returning), the railway company will put into operation six more trains on the routes: HCM City – Quảng Ngãi, HCM City – Quy Nhơn, HCM City – Nha Trang and HCM City – Phan Thiết. A number of trains that typically run on less popular routes will temporarily stop during the Tết period and will be mobilised to supplement busy routes, including HCM City – Tam Kỳ, HCM … [Read more...] about Railway company to begin selling Tết 2019 ticket from October 1

Việt Nam’s headline inflation rate increased by 1.69 per cent in the first quarter of this year, putting pressure on the new Government to curb the rate going forward. — Photo vov.vn HÀ NỘI — Việt Nam’s headline inflation rate increased by 1.69 per cent in the first quarter of this year, putting pressure on the new Government to curb the rate going forward, according to a quarterly report on macroeconomic growth. The report, conducted by a group of researchers from the Việt Nam Institute for Economic and Policy Research (VEPR), was discussed during a launching ceremony in Hà Nội on Tuesday. The Australian Government’s Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade supported the research. Việt Nam’s inflation rate hike in the first three months of 2016 was attributed to increasing fees for medical services and education, and the recovery of commodity and service prices in the world. New developments in the global economy, along with domestic changes, make it a … [Read more...] about VN’s headline inflation rises in first quarter

Tourist boats anchored at Thọ Quang Port in the central city of Đà Nẵng to avoid a typhoon in November 2017. — VNA/VNS Photo Đinh Văn Nhiều Viet Nam News HÀ NỘI — Five to six typhoons are expected to hit Việt Nam’s mainland this year, the National Centre for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting has said. Weather forecasts of the centre show that 12-13 typhoons and tropical depressions will form in the East Sea this year. Five to six of them are expected to have a direct impact on Việt Nam’s mainland, especially the central region. The total amount of rainfall in the first half of the year is expected to be 15-30 per cent higher than previous years’ average in the northern, central and southern regions, the centre said. Flooding is expected to occur in the central and Central Highlands regions earlier than in previous years. The peak discharge on all rivers in these regions is also expected to be higher than previous years. High tides will appear in the coastal areas of the … [Read more...] about Central region vulnerable to typhoons in 2018

HCM City commemorates Russia’s October Revolution (07-11-2005) HCM CITY — A ceremony to mark the 88th anniversary of Russia’s October Revolution (Nov 7) was organised in HCM City on November 4 by the city’s Union of Friendship Organisations and the Viet Nam-Russia Friendship Association. The Russian Consul General in HCM City attended the ceremony. Speaking at the event, Le Chi Thanh, Vice President of the HCM City Union of Friendship Organisations, hailed the great October Revolution of the Russian people under the leadership of the Communist Party and V.I. Lenin, which deeply influenced national liberation movements in other countries of the world, including Viet Nam. Inspired by the October Revolution, the Vietnamese people, under the leadership of the Communist Party of Viet Nam and President Ho Chi Minh, succeeded during the August Revolution and the two resistance wars for national independence as well as in socialist construction, and the current renewal … [Read more...] about HCM City commemorates Russia’s October Revolution

Đoàn Thị Hương appears in the first court hearing on March 1. — AFP/VNA Photo Viet Nam News KUALA LUMPUR – Malaysia ’s Shah Alam High Court announced on Friday that the trial of Vietnamese citizen Đoàn Thị Hương and Indonesian citizen Siti Aisyah, suspects in the murder of Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) citizen Kim Chol, will start on October 2. The trial will last for 23 days till the end of this November. Judge Armi Ariffin who chaired the hearing said the next hearings will be from October 2-5, 9-10, 24-26, and November 6-9, 13-16, and 27-30, adding that the defendants could enter a plea at the October 2 hearing. “We will start in October," said Judge Ariffin. "The hearing has been fixed for the second." The cases will be tried together with pleas taken at the first hearing, he was quoted as saying by Reuters. The court will summon 30 witnesses and 10 specialists to the hearings. On Thursday, the two suspects … [Read more...] about Next hearing of Đoàn Thị Hương set for October 2

Ha Noi commemorates Russian October Revolution (08-11-2006) Ha Noi’s leaders pay floral tributes at the Lenin Statue yesterday to celebrate the 89th anniversary of the Russian October Revolution. — VNA/VNS Photo Tung Lam HA NOI — Ha Noi’s leaders including representatives of the city’s Party Committee, People’s Council, People’s Committee and Fatherland Front paid floral tributes at Lenin Statue yesterday to celebrate the 89th anniversary of the Russian October Revolution. The delegation was headed by the deputy secretary of the city Party Committee and deputy chairwoman of the city People’s Council Ngo Thi Doan Thanh. Representatives from the Ba Dinh District Committee, People’s Council and Fatherland Front, Viet Nam’s Union of Friendship Organisations, Viet Nam-Russian Friendship Organisation and other citizens also visited Lenin Park to commemorate the 1917 revolution. The 89th anniversary was marked by celebrations in former Soviet republics … [Read more...] about Ha Noi commemorates Russian October Revolution