A Vietnamese policewoman in the Central Highlands has been fined and her driver’s license revoked for driving a car under the influence of alcohol and causing an accident last month. The People’s Committee in Gia Lai Province confirmed it had imposed the sentences on Major Tran Thi Luan, a 38-year-old police officer in Dak Doa Town, Dak Doa District, local media outlet Tuoitrenews reported. According to the report, she was fined a total of VND 46 million (US$1,850), including VND11 million ($442) for incorrectly reversing the car, causing an accident, and VND35 million ($1,408) for driving a car with the…
Author: Kevin Le
Vietnam remains the world’s largest pepper producer, heard an international conference on Vietnam’s pepper industry held Nov. 9-10 in Dak Lak province in the Central Highlands, Vietnam News Agency reported. The data from Vu Ba Phu, the trade promotion agency of the Ministry of Industry and Trade, showed that Vietnam’s pepper exports are estimated at 220,000 tons in 2022, accounting for 55% of the world’s total pepper output. In order for Vietnamese paprika products to sustainably establish their position on the global market, the sector must comply with international standards, especially in terms of chemical residues and socio-economic and environmental…
Ukraine says its forces have reclaimed dozens of landmine-strewn towns and villages abandoned by Russian forces in southern Ukraine as they approach the outskirts of the strategic capital Kherson. In his speech on Thursday evening, Volodymyr Zelenskiy said that “dozens of Ukrainian flags have already returned to their rightful place”. Today we have good news from the south,” the Ukrainian president said. “Forty-one settlements were liberated.” Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy According to a Guardian report, Ukraine claimed it had liberated the main city of Snihurivka, about 20 miles (32 kilometers) north of Kherson. Images have also surfaced of Ukrainian soldiers…
According to the Ministry of Transport, Vietnam currently has 34 seaports, including 2 special class seaports, 11 class 1 seaports, 7 class 2 seaports and 14 class 3 seaports. Besides, Vietnam has 3 seaports that can receive large tonnage ships. According to the latest update of the list of 100 seaports with the largest cargo traffic in the world by Lloyd Maritime Company (UK), Vietnam currently has 3 seaports in the top 50 seaports with the largest cargo traffic in the world. The Port of Saigon ranks 20th, Hai Phong Port 31st and Port of Cai Mep 42nd in the…
Vietnam reiterates strong climate commitments at the 27th UN Climate Change Conference (COP27), taking place in Egypt. Minister of Natural Resources and Environment Tran Hong Ha, who leads the Vietnamese delegation to the event, told Vietnam News Agency (VNA) that Vietnam and other countries at the conference will work to perfect mechanisms and policies to mobilize resources from developed countries. for the implementation of the commitments. The funds should be allocated transparently and equally to developing and underdeveloped countries making efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and adapt to climate change, the minister noted. He emphasized energy transition as a…
“Real estate market faces liquidity, other serious problems” Le Hoang Chau, chairman of the Ho Chi Minh City Real Estate Association (HoREA), warned during a meeting that Deputy Prime Minister Le Minh Khai and the Ministry of Construction held with real estate companies and HoREA to help reduce problems in the market. “To survive, some have had to postpone development projects and even IPOs, which could hamper economic recovery,” Chau added. The Vietnam News Agency quoted the HoREA statement as saying that many companies struggle to access bank credit, issue bonds and mobilize customers’ money, and even resort to selling…
Many provinces and cities in Northern Vietnam have recorded poor air quality for the third day in a row. The Northern Center for Environmental Monitoring under the Vietnamese Environment Administration reported poor air quality in several northern places on Tuesday. This was the third day in a row that such air quality was documented in these provinces and cities. In Long Bien District, Hanoi, the level of particulate matter (PM2.5) was measured at 152 on Tuesday morning. Similarly, the PM2.5 level was 153 in Thuan Thanh District, Bac Ninh Province, 159 in Kinh Mon District, Hai Duong Province, and 198…
As the hotel industry strives to crawl out of the devastation wrought by the global pandemic, an independent resort has signed up with Southeast Asia’s largest privately owned independent hotel management company to leverage its online distribution system. Alma Resort in Vietnam’s peninsula, Cam Ranh has joined forces with Archipelago International to implement its “Powered by Archipelago” system that includes a range of services from booking systems to inventory generation designed to dramatically increase online revenue. The Powered by Archipelago distribution system uses a variety of tools and systems to build hotel awareness and generate online room sales, including channel…
Recently, the famous culinary website Taste Atlas put balut on its list of the most “scary” egg dishes in the world. TasteAtlas describes balut as a popular street food in some Southeast Asian countries such as Vietnam, the Philippines, Laos or Cambodia. This dish is made from eggs that have formed all parts of a young duck (about 17-21 days old). Eggs are usually boiled, eaten with soup powder and laksa leaves. The reason this dish is popular with the locals is that they think it has an invigorating effect. In addition, this is also an ideal snack in the…
Vietnam’s central bank told lenders on Tuesday to meet the credit needs of fuel importers as authorities try to avoid a fuel shortage, Reuters reported. The country of 98 million has experienced fuel shortages in recent weeks, with hundreds of gas stations in major cities shutting down or curtailing sales due to financial problems and tight supplies. Government officials have said some fuel importers struggled to access bank loans and foreign currency to pay for their imports and that the weakening of the dong currency had made imports expensive. “Petroleum products are strategic and important and can have a direct…