HÀ NỘI — Hà Nội People’s Committee has recently issued a plan to take advantage of opportunities arising from the Comprehensive and Progressive Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP). The capital city would also focus on enhancing the competitiveness of major industries and small- and medium-sized enterprises through policies and programmes about support in capital, training, market information access and technology application, together with developing talents. The city would also prepare for possible job losses in case firms could not survive the harsh competition, providing job transition training and job consultancy services. Early this month, the Ministry of Industry and Trade issued a plan for implementing the CPTPP. The 11-member CPTPP came into force for Việt Nam on January 14.

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Under a national programme to develop new rural areas, about 40 per cent of communes established a waste collection team that transfers the rubbish to a waste treatment firm. “Most of the waste from rural areas is dumped or burnt,” Ngoạn said. Ngoạn said waste from rural areas would increase in quantity and variety, and that items that cannot decompose like plastic waste “would create bigger pressure on the environment”Việt Nam has developed a legal framework and improved policies to tackle rural waste. The Ministry of Construction is in charge of solid waste issues, but the solid waste that is generated by agricultural activities is overseen by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development. Hazardous solid waste, including any generated through agricultural activities or in trade villages, is overseen by the environment ministry.

HCM CITY — A new dance Bleu Neon co-created by Vietnamese and French contemporary dance artists will be staged at the Factory Contemporary Arts Centre in District 2 on March 22. Her choreographic works have been presented at dance festivals in France, Canada, South Korea, Malaysia and Việt Nam. In 2009, she began her professional dance career with Urban Dance Group as a solo dancer and instructor in ballet and contemporary dance. She became a teacher of ballet, jazz and contemporary dance at Dancenter in 2013. The dance performance Bleu Neon will take place from 7pm-8pm at 15 Nguyễn Ư Dĩ Street in District 2.

HCM CITY – Small and medium-sized enterprises in Vietnamese can export their products all over the world through the online market at http://alibaba.fado.vn. According to the Việt Nam E-Commerce Index, 32 per cent of domestic SMEs already established relations with foreign partners online. Through it, Vietnamese enterprises can reach 260 million buyers all over the world. Following the agreement, local player Fado.vn will represent Alibaba in Việt Nam. SMEs make up around 98 per cent of the 518,000 enterprises in Việt Nam.

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The trial is now expected to begin on April 1. After the trial was postponed, Hương met with Vietnamese Ambassador to Malaysia Lê Quý Quỳnh. She thanked the Party, State and the Vietnamese Embassy in Malaysia for their help and support. Ambassador Quỳnh said lawyers and the Vietnamese Embassy would try their best to support Hương and that the Vietnamese Government and Embassy hope the Malaysian court will give Hương a fair trial and quickly release her from custody. Earlier, Hương’s lawyer asked the Ministry of Justice and the Attorney General of Malaysia to release her after the Indonesian suspect had been freed.

Thanks to his business skills, experience in chocolate processing, and his skills in metal work, he designed components for his machines and equipment and spent two years building his chocolate factory. In April 2017, when Kimmy’s chocolate factory opened, local cocoa farmers were the first to taste his chocolate products made in Việt Nam. “Fermentation, which plays a key role in processing, helps to make the best chocolate products,” he said. They are then ground to make chocolate products. “Many foreign tourists have visited my factory and said that my Vietnamese chocolate was not inferior to other kinds of chocolate in the world,” Durassamy said.

KUALA LUM PUR — A Malaysian court on Thursday announced it would temporarily postpone the trial of Vietnamese citizen Đoàn Thị Hương, a suspect in the murder of a North Korean national in 2017, due to her health condition, Vietnam News Agency reports. After the trial was postponed, Hương met with Vietnamese Ambassador to Malaysia Lê Quý Quỳnh. She thanked the Party, State and the Vietnamese Embassy in Malaysia for their help and support. Ambassador Quỳnh said lawyers and the Vietnamese Embassy would try their best to support Hương and that the Vietnamese Government and Embassy hope the Malaysian court will give Hương a fair trial and quickly release her from custody. At a trial in August 2018, the Malaysian court declared they had collected sufficient evidence to indicate the two women and four North Korean suspects who fled the country had taken part in a scheme to murder the man.

HCM CITY — With their high demand for agricultural products, South Korea and Japan offer opportunities for Việt Nam to boost export of farm produce, especially fruits and vegetables, Đỗ Quốc Hưng, deputy director general of the Asia-Africa Market Department, has said. “Currently, the South Korean market has allowed the import of coconut, banana, mango and dragon fruits from Việt Nam. But like the Korean market, export of Vietnamese farm produce to Japan is still low. Free trade agreements that Việt Nam has signed with the two countries offer advantages for domestic firms to boost exports. Vietnamese fruits and vegetables were exported to more than 60 countries and territories, with China, the US, South Korea, Japan, the Netherlands, Malaysia, Thailand, and Australia among the biggest importers.

World number one Naomi Osaka crashed out of Indian Wells on Tuesday, routed by Belinda Bencic on a day that saw second-ranked Simona Halep sent packing, too. Bencic, ranked 23rd in the world, defeated Osaka 6-3, 6-1 to reach the quarter-finals of the prestigious WTA premier mandatory event, where Osaka won her first tour title last year according to vietnamnews.vn. Osaka’s defeat capped a black day for top seeds in the combined WTA-ATP Masters event, with men’s world number one Novak Djokovic stunned by 39th-ranked Philipp Kohlschreiber. Fourth-seeded Federer, seeking a record sixth Indian Wells title, next faces Britain’s Kyle Edmund, a 6-3, 6-3 winner over Macedonian qualifier Radu Albot. The women’s field lost its top two seeds as Romania’s Halep, the 2015 Indian Wells winner, fell to Czech teenager Marketa Vondrousova 6-2, 3-6, 6-2.

All 31 ministries and ministerial-level agencies, 63 provinces and centrally-run cities and the Party Central Committee’s Office have connected with the platform with e-documents being sent and received quickly and safely. Minister and Chairman of the Government Office Mai Tiến Dũng said the launch, in Ha Noi, exemplifies the determination to build up e-government systems. Phúc said the launch of the platform is an important breakthrough in the sending and receipt of documents from the central to local levels, better serving the people and businesses. Ministries, agencies, and localities were asked to continue working to complete national databases on population, insurance, finance, business registration, national land, electronic household registration, and specialised data, which will be connected with the platform during the 2020-2025 period, while ensuring absolute safety of information and cyber security. The PM also required relevant agencies to create a comprehensive legal framework for the sending and receipt of e-documents on the platform and the connection and sharing of data among state agencies.

Hanoi (Viet Nam News) — Vietnam was featured among the world’s top ten emerging markets by logistics industry performance, according to a recent ranking by global logistics company Agility. Vietnam surpassed Thailand to rank tenth by Agility Emerging Markets Logistics Index 2019 with an overall score of 5.48. The Agility Emerging Markets Logistics Index 2019 examined domestic logistics opportunities, international logistics opportunities and business fundamentals to measure logistics market development of 50 emerging markets. According to Agility, Vietnam’s international logistics market was the standout driver of its overall performance in the 2019 index. China held the top rank in Agility Emerging Markets Logistics Index 2019 with a score of 8.87, followed by India with a score of 7.39.

Eco-friendly straws include those made from bamboo, metal, glass, green grass and rice flour. Many young people are popularising the use of the eco-friendly straws and sharing information on their Facebook pages. Last month, images and information about rice flour straws, for instance, were shared widely on Facebook, with many people showing interest. Many coffee chains in the country have ordered the rice flour straws, he said. Around 43,000 plastic straws were picked up around beaches and waterways all over the world in a 2017 international coastal cleanup.