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Obama to visit Vietnam in May

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U.S. President Barack Obama will visit Vietnam in May during a trip to Asia, the White House said Monday. Obama will make the trip while in the region for the Group of Seven (G7) summit in Japan. If he ends up making the trip, he will be the third consecutive U.S. president to visit Vietnam in the post-Vietnam war era, following Bill Clinton in 2000 and George W. Bush in 2006. The White House made the announcement after Obama met with Vietnamese prime minister Nguyen Tan Dung on the sidelines of the U.S.-ASEAN summit at the Sunnylands retreat with Southeast Asian leaders . According to a White House official, the leaders discussed the continued strengthening of U.S.-Vietnam relations in 2015, which had marked the 20th anniversary of the restoration of diplomatic relations. “The leaders noted the importance of the Trans-Pacific Partnership, maritime security, and human rights to advancing bilateral relations,” the official said. Vietnam is one of 12 members of the U.S...

Vietnam plays active role in ASEAN-US co-operation

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A Vietnamese delegation attended the 7th US-ASEAN Joint Co-operation Committee (JCC) meeting held on April 28 at the ASEAN Secretariat headquarters in Indonesia’s capital city of Jakarta.  Ambassador Nguyen Hoanh Nam, Head of the Vietnamese Permanent Representative Delegation to ASEAN said Vietnam has always coordinated closely with other ASEAN member countries and the US to promote co-operation areas of mutual interest. Vietnam will work with the US and ASEAN member states to speed up two initiatives on establishing an ASEAN-US centre for small and medium enterprises, and a centre for studying climate change issues, which were proposed by former Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung at the last ASEAN Summit. The US Ambassador to ASEAN, Nina Hachigian, attested to the strategic partnership of the two sides in many areas, including economics, politics, marine security and climate change. She revealed the US and ASEAN will continue to map out relation development plans in c...

Vietnam's taxis to issue customers receipts from July 1

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All taxi drivers nationwide must issue receipts to customers from July 1, according to Government Decree 86. Bui Danh Lien, chairman of the Hanoi Automobile Transportation Association, said taxi receipts that include the car’s registration number, fare, route and taxi company will make it easier for customers to lodge a complaint should a problem arise. Lien added that the cost of a printer is fairly high at about VND1 million ($45), but the majority of taxi enterprises have complied with the law. Nguyen Anh Quan, chairman of Thanh Cong Taxi, said that his firm has installed printers in about 200 cars, about a third of the fleet. After trialing the scheme, they realized that many customers leave the receipts behind or refuse to take them, even though the drivers are printing them. “Maybe customers aren't used to receiving taxi receipts or they don't think it’s necessary,” Quan added. A representative from Van Xuan Taxi said that they have installed printe...

ENTERPRISE LAW 2014 - COMPANIES INCORPORATION PROCEDURES

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Required documents and information The Enterprise Law 2014 provides some changes regarding documents and information required for incorporating a new company in Vietnam. The changes are largely positive changes except for more requirements on investment certificate for fo reign investors and details of foreign shareholders in a joint stock company ( JSC) . Details of the changes are as follows: - if the new company has a foreign investor then the application documents must include an Investment Certificate issued to the foreign investor presumably to the extent that the foreign investor needs an Investment Certificate under the Investment Law 2014. This requirements that a foreign investor wishing to start a new company in Vietnam will need to apply for an Investment Certificate under the Investment Law 2014 first and then apply to set up the new company under the Enterprise Law 2014; - the Business Registration Authority may require an individual to submit a certified cri...

CARGO – THE MODERN HEART IN HOI AN TOWN

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In top 4 special cafeterias that you should to visit when coming to Hoi An, Quang Nam province, Vietnam, Cargo club is the last one we want to introduce. Cargo club  is really famous with international tourists although it has recently opened. The main reasons of their reputation are  Cargo ’s beautiful space with delicious food and reasonable prices. Hoi An means “peaceful meeting place”. In English and other European languages, the town was known historically as Faifo. In 1999, the old town was declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO as a well-preserved example of a south-east Asian trading port of the 15th to 19th centuries, with buildings that display a unique blend of local and foreign influences. According to the UNESCO Impact Report 2008, tourism has bought changes to the area which are not sustainable without mitigation.

SAIGON, VIETNAM – FINDING ANOTHER BEAUTIES IN 1960S

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Saigon in 1960s was the central of the  independent republic  of South Vietnam which was also known as “Pearl of the Far East” because of its modernity and prosperity. We are proud to introduce you a part of this amazing collection.

FOREIGN EMBASSIES IN VIETNAM (EUROPEAN AREA) – PART 2

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Below data of Foreign Embassies in VIETNAM (European Area) will be necessary to you, your family or friends in  urgent situation .

FOREIGN EMBASSIES IN VIETNAM (AMERICAN AREA)

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Below data of Foreign Embassies in Vietnam (American Area) will be necessary to you, your family or friends in  urgent situation .

PCA: What the arbitration ruling means for the Philippines v China case

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On 29 October 2015, a United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) Tribunal issued the highly awaited Award on Jurisdiction and Admissibility in the Philippines–China arbitration case. The interim award sets up a climactic final ruling in 2016. In the arbitration, Manila seeks rulings on three interrelated matters. First , none of the insular features in the South China Sea — be it the Scarborough Shoal in the northern sector of the Sea or the Spratly Islands in the southern sector — are capable of generating an entitlement to an exclusive economic zone (EEZ). They are ‘rocks’ at best, which generate a territorial sea at most. Second , as there are no overlapping entitlements in these waters, Beijing’s land reclamation activities in the southern sector of the South China Sea, and law enforcement actions across both sectors, have interfered with Manila’s sovereign rights and freedoms in its EEZ. Finally , China’s claims based on ‘historic rights’ within the ‘nine...