These agencies also help students find housing if they need by working with overseas service providers or asking for help from their old students. Linh said the market for Student Life Care is not limited to Vietnamese students, but could be expanded to serve overseas students from other countries. Matching and sharingBy matching new and old overseas students, the service pays its student heroes and helps them earn a living. More importantly, it helps connect overseas Vietnamese students, old and new, together to make a big Vietnamese student community far from home. From his own experience Eric thinks housing is not the only problem Vietnamese students face overseas.

Trọng lauded Brunei for remaining the fourth largest ASEAN investor in Việt Nam, with nearly 200 projects totalling more than $1 billion. The Sultan pledged to support Việt Nam in producing products that meet international halal standards in order to approach Muslim markets. The guest congratulated Việt Nam for successfully hosting the second DPRK-USA summit in February, improving the country’s stature in the region and the world. The two nations will work closely together as Việt Nam and Brunei assume the roles of ASEAN Chair in 2020 and 2021, respectively. They will promote regional economic connectivity via multilateral economic agreements to which both are members, such as the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTTP) and the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP).

The Vibe Nation Beach Fest, a music festival, will be held at Hodota Resort and Camping in Bình Thuận Province on April 5-8. The festival will feature HCM City-based favourite DJs, bands and MCs, and musicians from France, the US, the UK, Japan and India. They will play reggae, hip hop, disco, funk, house, techno and trance music. There will also be workshops on yoga, painting and upcycling. The venue is located at Xuyên Mộc Commune.

HÀ NỘI — The Democratic Party of Korea (DPK) wants to strengthen its friendship and co-operation with the Communist Party of Việt Nam (CPV), helping to push the Việt Nam-Republic of Korea (RoK) relations to a new height, said DPK Chairman Lee Hae-chan. He applauded the signing of a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on boosting cooperation between the CPV and the DPK. The RoK is now the biggest foreign investor, second biggest ODA supplier, and third biggest trade partner of Việt Nam. The country also ranks second in terms of foreign tourist arrivals in Việt Nam. He hoped Việt Nam would continue facilitating RoK firms investing in the nation.

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Now it has been reported that thanks to information received from Việt Nam, a further 276kg of the drug were seized at the Manila International Container Port. Philippines Drug Enforcement Agency director general Aaron Aquino said the drugs packaging was similar to those recovered in Việt Nam on Wednesday. The company is directed by a woman named Phan Thị Mỹ N. who is the girlfriend of a Chinese man suspected to be the head of a major trans-national drug trafficking ring. The seized drugs were transported from Myanmar, Laos and Việt Nam and then to another country. The operations was carried out att about 1.35pm on Wednesday by the Ministry of Public Security, in coordination with the Border Guards and the General Department of Việt Nam Customs.

Secondly, the districts had bird flu outbreaks or cases of bird flu reported at least twice in the last five years (2014-18) or within two years after they are removed from the low-risk district list. Now, there are six disease-free poultry production zones in Việt Nam and 654 poultry farms are certificated disease-free. Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Phùng Đức Tiến said monitoring the bird flu virus circulation effectively helped prevent and control bird flu. Between 2014 to March, 2019, about 90,000 poultry were killed because of bird flu each year. Since April, 2014, no one in Việt Nam has been infected with bird flu.

Việt Nam wants Singapore to share its experiences from its time ASEAN Chair and work closely with Việt Nam to promote initiatives within the framework of ASEAN Vision on self-reliance and creativity, he said. The PM also said Việt Nam will uphold its role in ensuring food security in the region and the world. The country was also the 3rd largest foreign investor in Việt Nam with total capital of $48 billion. The Việt Nam-Singapore industrial parks in Việt Nam have showed effective operations, creating jobs for locals and bringing mutual benefits to both countries. He expressed his hope that Việt Nam would have a successful period as ASEAN Chair next year.

Vice Chairwoman Phóng congratulated Cambodia on the successful organisation of its general election in 2018. She said the landslide victory for the Cambodian People’s Party (CPP) demonstrated the absolute confidence of Cambodian voters and people in the CPP’s leadership. Phóng voiced her hope the Cambodian legislature and government would back Việt Nam’s bid for a non-permanent seat on the UN Security Council for the 2020-2021 tenure. The Cambodian leader lauded Việt Nam’s development and noted her belief that the country would soon complete its targets of national industrialisation and modernisation. Sudary said Cambodia was stepping up the deployment of strategies to raise living standards and help the country develop.

Reports from Saigon Securities Incorporation (SSI) showed the SBV withdrew VNĐ17 trillion (US$729.6 million) via the issuance of seven-day bills at interest rate of 3 per cent per year. In addition, the central bank also net withdrew another VNĐ6.4 trillion via open market operation (OMO). Though the SBV withdrew up to VNĐ162 trillion in the last five weeks, interest rates on the interbank market steadily dropped, especially during last week. It was reported the SBV has net bought the dollar to date this year to build up the country’s foreign reserves. This allows them to have long-term capital to meet the central bank’s regulation on reducing short-term funds for medium- and long-term loans to 40 per cent against last year’s rate of 45 per cent.

HÀ NỘI – Liquidity in the interbank market has been abundant, helping the State Bank of Việt Nam (SBV) resume the issuance of treasury bills after five months to withdraw Vietnamese đồng from the banking system. Reports from Saigon Securities Incorporation (SSI) showed the SBV withdrew VNĐ17 trillion (US$729.6 million) via the issuance of seven-day bills at interest rate of 3 per cent per year. In addition, the central bank also net withdrew another VNĐ6.4 trillion via open market operation (OMO). Though the SBV withdrew up to VNĐ162 trillion in the last five weeks, interest rates on the interbank market steadily dropped, especially during last week. Economist Lê Xuân Nghĩa said that although the central bank was very cautious about increasing the money supply in the market, the rise of Government bond yields is also putting more pressure on interest rates.

Việt Nam has a dense network of rivers which should provide a more than adequate supply. “We do not have proper database for water resources, we are lacking of qualified water management staff at localities,” he said. Bảy from the Department of Water Resources Management suggested strict enforcement of water resources utility and protection regulations should be implemented. Director of the National Centre for Water Resources Planning and Investigation Triệu Đức Huy said in the future, the centre will complete the national water resources plan along with relevant policies. Lê Đức Trung from the Mekong River Commision office in Việt Nam said Việt Nam has been proactively co-operating with countries in upper Mekong River regions in sustainable water resources management, both bilaterally and multilaterally.

Up to now the Government and all stakeholders have succeeded in limiting, geographically speaking, the outbreak to the northern part of Việt Nam. What are FAO’s recommendations to enhance the ASF response capacities of Việt Nam and prevent its further spread? The FAO had called on Việt Nam to declare a national emergency. In addition, you have roughly another 1,700 commercial units or bigger farms in Việt Nam. FAO will do its best to support the Government and the people of Việt Nam – in particular assisting the affected rural households.

MoIT and the Ministry of Finance had reviewed input costs for electricity production including coal and gas prices as well as interest rate differences in EVN’s foreign currency-denominated debts. The Ministry of Industry and Trade announced the power retail increase. That money would be used to buy coal and pay gas suppliers and power plants. “We are almost an intermediary collecting money and paying coal and gas suppliers and power plants,” Tri said. EVN would have to pay VNĐ7 trillion to coal suppliers, VNĐ6 trillion to gas suppliers and VND3.8 trillion for the exchange rate difference.

Việt Nam News spoke to Dr. Albert T.Lieberg, Representative of the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) in Việt Nam about prevention and response plans. Up to now the Government and all stakeholders have succeeded in limiting, geographically speaking, the outbreak to the northern part of Việt Nam. What are FAO’s recommendations to enhance the ASF response capacities of Việt Nam and prevent its further spread? In addition, you have roughly another 1,700 commercial units or bigger farms in Việt Nam. FAO will do its best to support the Government and the people of Việt Nam – in particular assisting the affected rural households.