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...Vietnam communist party chief Nguyen Phu Trong has further cemented his grip on power after parliament approved the dismissals of two deputy prime ministers on January 5....
...Beverly Nguyen, stylist and homewares dealer: We all need a security blanket from time to time....
...Make like the model and designer TyLynn Nguyen and try a plain white tee underneath a gently oversized style....
...While northern factories have space to isolate infected workers or separate crews, the south is more crowded, said Nguyen Thanh Binh, a director at the Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry....
...Hong and her brother then rode double on a motorbike heading to their hometown in Quang Binh Province, 1,100km away....
...The store has become an unlikely stylist’s hunting ground: actresses Demi Moore and Sophia Bush are clients, as is Rihanna’s stylist Nini Nguyen....
...Erin O’Toole, the opposition Conservative leader, said he would take a tougher approach towards China than Justin Trudeau, the Canadian prime minister, if he won....
...Manufacturing “eagles” are flocking to Vietnam, which must prepare accordingly, said Nguyen Thanh Binh, business information director at the Vietnam Chamber of Commerce & Industry....
...Micro organising In France, 23-year-old Paris resident Thibault Nguyen is struggling to get his career as a freelance sound engineer off the ground....
...Skadden Arps has hired Bao Nguyen as a partner in its financial institutions regulation and enforcement group in Washington, DC....
...The pandemic coincided with Hanoi’s decision, in June, to assemble a task force to attract higher-quality foreign investment, headed by Pham Binh Minh, deputy prime minister....
...Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc signed off on a $9.3bn tourist resort led by Vingroup, Vietnam's largest private conglomerate, in mid-June....
...Authorities faced rare public protests in 2015 against air pollution and ash generated by the Vinh Tan 2 thermal power plant in Binh Thuan Province....
...Turning inwards, Veronica O’Keane looks at memories — how we make them and how they shape us — in The Rag and Bone Shop (Allen Lane, February)....
...“Climate change is gradual and adaptable,” says Nguyen Huu Thien, an environmentalist and consultant studying the delta....
...The two — Nguyen Huy Hung, a boy from Ha Tinh province, and Dinh Dinh Binh, from Hai Phong — were among 10 teenagers found dead in the early hours of October 23, near Grays in Essex....
...Factory inspections are one of a series of measures introduced by Nguyen Xuan Phuc, the prime minister, to demonstrate Vietnam’s commitment to addressing US complaints....
...Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc effectively kick-started solar development in April 2017, offering an attractive 9.35 US cents per kWh feed-in-tariff, applicable for 20 years, for projects which begin operating...
...Additional reporting by Nguyen Khac Giang in Hanoi...
...“When the Vietnamese government fail to act in favour of the nation and its people, then we Vietnamese will stand up to protect our country,” Nguyen Manh Hien said in a text message....
...Additional reporting by Nguyen Khac Giang...
...By 2020, it plans to build 20 large solar power plants in southern provinces, including a 320MW plant in Tay Ninh Province and a 300MW facility in Binh Thuan Province....
...State companies that have gone public so far this year include Binh Son Refining and Petrochemical, PV Oil, PV Power and Vietnam Rubber Group....
...Truong Gia Binh is chairman of FPT, the country’s largest technology company....
...Vuong Dinh Hue, the head of the central economic committee, and Nguyen Van Binh, the former central bank governor, were promoted to the politburo, while Dinh Tien Dung, finance minister, retained his position...
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