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"China can provide a little bit of economic assistance and ensure that those two states don't, for example, agree with ASEAN consensus or when China and Vietnam's interests are colliding, the Chinese can positively influence Laos and Cambodia," Nagy said. ASEAN is the 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations. … [Read more...] about Chinese Support Gives Laos an Edge Over Powerful Neighbor Vietnam

Hanoi (VNA) - Collecting public feedback on the draft documents to be submitted to the upcoming 13th National Party Congress is a vivid illustration for the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV)’s efforts to ensure democracy in the Party, said Vice Chairman of the Party Central Committee’s Commission for Mass Mobilisation Nguyen Phuoc Loc. In a recent interview with the Vietnam News Agency’s reporter on the threshold of the 13th National Party Congress, Loc said that the Party Central Committee's Commission for Mass Mobilisation had joined hands with the Vietnam Fatherland Front and socio-political organisations at the central level to hold 24 meetings to collect public feedback on the draft documents, with a view to engaging the whole people in the outlining of policies to develop and protect the nation in the new situation. This showed the close relationship between the Party with the people as well as the nation’s solidarity, he stressed. The draft documents to … [Read more...] about CPV ensures democracy through public feedback on draft documents

HCM City (VNS/VNA) - Officers tasked with preventing fake goods, trade fraud and smuggling in Ho Chi Minh City and southern border provinces have been forced to work hard ahead of Tet (Lunar New Year), which falls on February 12 this year. Last week, the HCM City customs department discovered 14 steel containers that consignee V.V Steel Company described wrongly to evade tax. The company, in Long An province’s Duc Hoa district, made a declaration that would have allowed it to enjoy 0 percent tax instead of the 10-15 percent it had to pay, equivalent to 1 billion VND (43,000 USD). Now, besides the tax it will also have to pay a penalty of 20 percent of the amount. Smuggling and trade fraud are becoming increasingly sophisticated. Truong Van Ba, Director of the HCM City Market Surveillance Department, said last year 25,538 violations had been discovered involving loss of tax revenues of 5.8 trillion VND. Competent agencies filed charges in 113  cases. … [Read more...] about HCM City, southern provinces step up efforts against fake goods

Vietnam had the highest number of adult gamers in the world in 2020. Ninety-four percent of participants said they gamed at least occasionally while nearly 20 percent said they were frequent gamers, according to a survey released by German data portal Statista late last year. … [Read more...] about Vietnamese audiences dominate global esports viewership

London (VNA) - The Old Bailey Court in London on January 22 jailed four people-smugglers for a combined 78 years after 39 Vietnamese migrants smuggled to the UK were found dead in the back of a lorry. Ringleaders Gheorghe Nica, 43, and Ronan Hughes, 41, and drivers Maurice Robinson, 26, and Eamonn Harrison, 24, were give imprisonment sentences on the day. … [Read more...] about Essex lorry deaths: Four people-smugglers jailed for a total of 78 years