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Speaking at a press briefing yesterday, Huỳnh Văn Hùng, chief of HCM City Statistics Office, said: “This indicator has gradually improved over the last 10 years, from 0.9 per 10,000 in 2009 to only 0.2 per 10,000 this year. The proportion of families having housing is 99.8 per cent. The average housing area per capita this year is 19.4 square metres per person.” … [Read more...] about VIETNAM NEWS HEADLINES OCTOBER 13

According to Trinh Quoc Vu, deputy head of Energy Saving under the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment, with some 6,000 factories employing more than 3 million people, the industry is both economically and socially important for the country. However, the sector has an adverse environmental impact. Intensive water extraction, use and discharge of wastewater and high energy consumption for water heating and steam generation are all environmental concerns. … [Read more...] about VIETNAM BUSINESS NEWS HEADLINES OCTOBER 13

CHICAGO/JAKARTA -- Boeing Co has settled the first claims stemming from the crash of a Lion Air 737 MAX in Indonesia, a U.S. plaintiffs’ lawyer said, and three other sources said that families of those killed will receive at least $1.2 million apiece. … [Read more...] about Boeing settles first Lion Air lawsuits for at least $1.2 million apiece: sources

My preferred option is (c) above because I don’t believe my pre-condition is serious enough to warrant surgery in the foreseeable future, nor do I want to diminish my cash reserve paying high premiums. That approach has risks too because insurance companies have special discounts with hospitals that uninsured individuals can’t get, so if I need hospital care I may pay more over the counter than through a provider. … [Read more...] about Health insurance a ticking time bomb for expat retirees in Vietnam

As asserted in Hang’s earlier remarks on July 16, it is Vietnam’s consistent position to resolutely and persistently stand against any act infringing upon the nation’s sovereignty, sovereign rights and jurisdiction in Vietnamese waters established in the provisions of the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, through peaceful means in accordance with international law and the convention. … [Read more...] about U.S. State Department says concerned by reports of Chinese interference in East Vietnam Sea

With regard to the future prospects of the RECP, economists at a recent seminar titled ‘RCEP agreement – Negotiation Updates and Issues Concerned by Businesses’ said that the RCEP can be considered the world’s largest regional trade agreement with its market size being larger than that of the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP). … [Read more...] about BUSINESS NEWS OCTOBER 12