Tag: Vietnam

Death toll from Vietnam storm rises to 87 with 70 people missing

- AGENCY PRESS -

The death toll in Vietnam from Typhoon Yagi and subsequent heavy rain that triggered floods and landslides climbed to 87 on Tuesday, with 70 people missing and hundreds injured, state media said. Typhoon Yagi was the strongest typhoon to hit Vietnam in decades when it made landfall Saturday with winds of

Tensions with China drive investors towards Vietnam

- Kris Janssens, IPS -

In recent months, several European representatives embarked on trade missions to Vietnam. German President Steinmeier visited Hanoi in January. The Netherlands sent Prime Minister Mark Rutte, with the Dutch royal couple, King Willem-Alexander and Queen Máxima, soon to follow suit. Notably, the Netherlands stands as the most significant European investor

Hanoi chokes as Vietnam capital tops most polluted cities list

- Agence France-Presse -

Vietnamese capital Hanoi was blanketed by a thick haze of pollution on Tuesday that obscured high-rise buildings and left the city's nearly nine million people breathing toxic air. The city topped air monitoring website IQAir's table of the world's most polluted cities early Tuesday afternoon. Levels of PM2.5 pollutants -- cancer-causing microparticles

Fire kills 3 in Vietnam’s northern city

- Agence France-Presse -

Three people in a family died in a fire in Vietnam's northern city of Hai Phong on Thursday morning, Vietnam News Agency reported. The fire occurred at a rented one-floor house covering 60 square meters in Vinh Bao district. The victims were a 43-year-old woman and her daughter aged 6 and son

Bangladesh surpasses Vietnam in global RMG exports

- Times Report -

Bangladesh bagged the second position again in the global apparel export market in 2021 after it was pushed back in third position by Vietnam in 2020. World Trade Statistical Review 2022, released by the World Trade Organization (WTO) on Wednesday, showed that Vietnam's share in global ready-made garment (RMG) exports

Solidarity and negotiations to end the Ukraine war

- Joseph Gerson, IPS -

On November 1, a statement of solidarity with Russians opposed to the Ukraine War was published. It was signed by more than 1,000 U.S. men and women who had opposed the U.S. invasions of Vietnam, Afghanistan and Iraq. At a time when the Ukraine War increasingly resembles the trench warfare of

Path towards socialism in Vietnam

- Nguyen Phu Trong -

Socialism and the path to socialism in Vietnam is a truly fundamental theoretical and practical topic of great importance. It covers a broad array of diverse and complex issues under various approaches, and requires both painstaking and serious investigation, and a deep and scientific stocktaking of practice. Within the scope