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...He was the latest casualty in a years-long corruption crackdown led by Communist party secretary-general Nguyen Phu Trong....
...Vietnam’s President Vo Van Thuong has resigned due to “violations” and “shortcomings” after only a year in office, the ruling Communist party said on Wednesday, deepening political turmoil that risks undermining...
...Vo Van Thuong resigned as Vietnam’s president in March after only a year in office because of unspecified “violations” and “shortcomings”....
...The national assembly elected Vo Van Thuong, 52, as president on Thursday with 98.38 per cent of the vote, according to the government’s official news portal....
...The National Assembly in March named Vo Van Thuong as president, the country’s second-highest position, following his predecessor’s resignation....
...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....
...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....
...Long before his victory in 1975, Hanoi’s defence minister General Vo Nguyen Giap made this sinister prediction, with which every well-prepared Vietnam war correspondent, including myself, became familiar...
...Hong and her brother then rode double on a motorbike heading to their hometown in Quang Binh Province, 1,100km away....
...Manufacturing “eagles” are flocking to Vietnam, which must prepare accordingly, said Nguyen Thanh Binh, business information director at the Vietnam Chamber of Commerce & Industry....
...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....
...“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...
...One afternoon in Hanoi, I met Nguyen Anh Tuan, an activist who belongs to Vietnam’s small but vocal dissident community....
...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....
..., designed by Vietnamese architect Vo Trong Nghia....
...Truong Gia Binh is chairman of FPT, the country’s largest technology company....
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