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The official website page of Vietnam Airlines is replaced by a picture with words insulting Viet Nam and the Philippines regarding the East Sea dispute. -- Photo from Facebook Viet Nam News HA NOI – An alleged Chinese hacker group carried out several cyberspace attacks on Viet Nam’s two biggest airports and the official website of the national flag-carrier Vietnam Airlines this afternoon. During the time of the cyber attacks, passengers at Noi Bai and Tan Son Nhat International airports used their smartphones to record clips of screens at the airports’ check-in areas displaying pictures with words insulting Viet Nam and the Philippines regarding the East Sea (South China Sea) dispute. These videos were posted to Facebook and quickly went viral. The hackers also took control of the speaker system at Noi Bai airport for a few minutes, during which the speakers broadcast a male voice distorting Viet Nam’s claims over the East Sea in English. The hackers claimed to be the … [Read more...] about Chinese hackers attack VN’s airports and Vietnam Airlines’ website

Deputy PM Trịnh Đình Dũng speaks at a conference on an adjusted master plan for HCM City and surrounding localities held on Tuesday in HCM City. Photo tuoitrethudo.vn Viet Nam News HCM CITY — Deputy PM Trịnh Đình Dũng on Tuesday asked HCM City to tap diverse resources to invest in major infrastructure projects to increase its global competitiveness and become a major player in Southeast Asia as well as the Asia-Pacific region. Towards this, the city should also carefully consider improvements to its road infrastructure and implement an adjusted master plan to strengthen links with neighbouring localities, he said. Top priority should be given to Belt Roads 3 and 4, the Long Thành International Airport, Cái Mép-Thị Vải seaport, and railway routes connecting industrial parks, economic zones and seaports, Dũng said at a conference held in the city. HCM City and surrounding provinces, which are home to major international airports and seaports, have a total population of … [Read more...] about See bigger picture, HCMC told

A campaign called “Chắp Cánh Ước Mơ” (Giving Wings to Your Dreams) which helps street children in crisis was launched in HCM City on July 6. — VNS Photo Viet Nam News HCM CITY — A campaign called “Chắp Cánh Ước Mơ” (Giving Wings to Your Dreams) that helps street children in crisis was launched on Friday in HCM City at Children’s House in the city. The event was organised by Kiehl’s Grand in collaboration with the Blue Dragon Children’s Foundation in Việt Nam. The campaign will help needy kids in crisis throughout Việt Nam , including care for street kids, education for kids at risk, support for sex trafficking survivors, support for the end of slavery, and a unique legal advocacy service for young people in crisis. Young Vietnamese dancer Quang Đăng has been chosen as a representative for the campaign, which is calling for donations from both foreign and domestic individuals and organisations. … [Read more...] about HCM City launches campaign to help street kids

Memories for a city By Mai Lan Young Saigonese ladies in their traditional ao dai in preparation for Tet, the Lunar New Year - PHOTO: THANH HOA Despite its rather young age compared with the country’s long history, Saigon-HCMC has had its own distinctions, some of which have embedded in the mind of Saigonese. When a child, I often desperately expected the holidays before the Lunar New Year, or Tet, to be picked by my uncle. My house at the time was used as both a fabric shop and a tailoring class on the former Truong Minh Giang Street (now Le Van Sy Street in HCMC’s District 3). My mother was so busy with her shop that an outing which fulfilled my wish was a sheer luxury to her. My uncle’s residence was a street-front house on Tran Binh Trong Street, now in District 5. I used to take a seat at the front door to watch the familiar horse carts every morning. I was appealed to the clip-clop of the horses’ hooves steadily knocking on the asphalted road, and the … [Read more...] about Memories for a city

Sharp to build factory in Vietnam The Saigon Times Daily A logo of Sharp Corp is pictured at the 2016 Combined Exhibition of Advanced Technologies in Japan. Sharp plans to build a new factory in Vietnam – PHOTO: REUTERS HCMC – Japanese electronics giant Sharp has announced that it will build a new factory in Vietnam after scrapping a plan to produce automotive liquid crystal displays for the U.S. market in China. Specifically, the factory is planned to be built in the outlying area of HCMC and is expected to be put into operation next year. Sharp did not disclose the cost of building the factory. However, Japan’s Nikkei newspaper had earlier reported that Sharp would establish a subsidiary in Vietnam with initial capital of 2.7 billion yen, equivalent to US$25 million, in February next year. Sharp Vice President Katsuaki Nomura stated that the factory in Vietnam is aimed at avoiding new tariffs that could be imposed on its products exported stateside amid … [Read more...] about Sharp to build factory in Vietnam

PM sends VNA letter of praise on 60th birthday (15-09-2005) HA NOI — Viet Nam’s official news agency, the Vietnam News Agency (VNA), has successfully accomplished the tasks assigned to it by the Viet Nam Communist Party and State, says Prime Minister Phan Van Khai in a congratulatory letter sent for the organisation’s 60th birthday. Generations of VNA reporters – led by the Party and President Ho Chi Minh – have united to overcome difficulties and contribute significantly to national liberation, construction and defence, the letter says. "VNA staff have used their initiative and creativity through their reports and photos to inform and encourage people to successfully implement the policies and guidelines of the State and Party during doi moi (renewal) and the promotion of industrialisation and modernisation," it says. "The VNA deserves to be a trusted strategic information centre of the Party and State and the people can rely upon it," it says. The prime … [Read more...] about PM sends VNA letter of praise on 60th birthday

HA NOI — Constructive efforts have kept the East Sea "basically peaceful", said world think tank representatives yesterday while still warning of the potential for conflicts in the oil-and-gas-rich territory in the future. Speaking at an international workshop entitled "The East Sea: Co-operation for Regional Security and Development" in Ha Noi, president of the Viet Nam Diplomatic Academy Dang Dinh Quy said the issues "had been discussed in a constructive way" when the threat of "open conflict" seemed imminent over the past year. "At times, regional and international communities had to hold their breath," he said. Tensions rose when Viet Nam accused Chinese fishing boats of damaging cables from an oil exploration vessel inside its exclusive economic zone last May. Relations between China and the Philippines have also grown tense over the issues. Dr Tran Truong Thuy, director of the East Sea Studies Centre, said intensified diplomatic negotiations finally calmed down the … [Read more...] about Constructive efforts keep East Sea ‘basically peaceful’, workshop hears

Deputy Prime Minister Vương Đình Huệ speaks at a meeting with the ministry yesterday on mid-term public investment. — VNA/VNS Photo HÀ NỘI — Poor coordination between the Ministry of Planning and Investment and other ministries and localities is to blame for the late disbursement of public investment, said Deputy Prime Minister Vương Đình Huệ. At a meeting with the ministry yesterday on mid-term public investment, the Deputy PM also pointed out that there were shortcomings in legal documents on public investment, including the Law on Public Investment and a number of the Government’s decrees on implementing it. He asked the ministry to cooperate with related State bodies to review these documents in order to mend problems that need to be revised before May, when the National Assembly convenes its next session. Slow administrative reforms and a lack of efforts to improve management and leadership capacity were another reason, he said, admitting that the Government’s target of … [Read more...] about Deputy PM slams MPI for poor allocation of investment capital

This aerial picture shows the remains of a ten-storey hotel in Palu in Indonesia’s Central Sulawesi on Sunday after it collapsed following a strong earthquake in the area. The death toll from the powerful earthquake and tsunami in Indonesia rose to 832 on Sunday, as stunned people on the stricken island of Sulawesi struggled to find food and water, looting spread and fears grew that whole towns had still not been heard from. — AFP/VNA Photo Viet Nam News HÀ NỘI — Top leaders of Việt Nam on Saturday sent messages of sympathy to Indonesian leaders over the huge losses in humans and property caused by earthquakes and tsunami in Palu city, Central Sulawesi province. Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc and Acting President Đặng Thị Ngọc Thịnh cabled the messages to Indonesian President Joko Widodo, while National Assembly Chairwoman Nguyễn Thị Kim Ngân sent the message to Speaker of the People’s Representative Council Bambang Soesatyo. The same day, Deputy Prime Minister cum Foreign … [Read more...] about Việt Nam extends sympathy to Indonesia over tsunami-caused losses

Lê Minh Thể at the hearing. — VNA/VNS Photo Viet Nam News CẦN THƠ — The People’s Court of Bình Thủy District, Cần Thơ City on Wednesday imprisoned a man for two years for posts on his Facebook. He was convicted of “abusing the rights to democracy and freedom to infringe on the interests of the State and the rights and interests of organisations and citizens” in line with Clause 1, Article 331 of the Penal Code. According to the indictment, from March to August 2018, Lê Minh Thể, 56, residing in An Thới Ward of Bình Thủy District, joined Facebook with the account name ‘Le Minh The’ and a profile picture featuring a running wastewater drain of the Lee&Man paper plant in the Mekong Delta province of Hậu Giang. During the period, Thể used his Facebook account to regularly livestream about social issues with the aim of slandering the Party and State, sabotaging the people’s solidarity and sowing division between the people and the Party and State, according to the … [Read more...] about Facebook user jailed for defaming Party and State