Vietnam Today

The Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) has decided to impose an anti-dumping tax of 10.64 per cent for five years on certain H-shaped steel products originating from Malaysia. The tax is lower than the 22 per cent applied on H-shaped steel imported from China.

Vietnam’s NanoDragon satellite is expected to be launched into orbit with eight other Japanese satellites at the Uchinoura Space Center launch site in Japan’s Kagoshima prefecture on October 1. The Made-in-Vietnam satellite was transported from Hanoi’s Noi Bai International Airport to Tokyo’s Narita Airport on August 11. NanoDragon is a nano-class cubesat satellite weighing 3.8 kilograms and was developed by the Vietnam Space Center at the Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology.

Japan will provide Vietnam with 1 million free Avigan pills for the treatment of patients with Covid-19 and will also consider transferring the antiviral drug’s production technology to the country.

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) is one of Vietnam’s 10 largest export partners in the world and its largest trading partner in the Middle East and Africa. Vietnam continually posts a trade surplus with the country, and the Vietnam Trade Office in the UAE has forecast that two-way trade turnover will reach $5 billion this year.

At a meeting with leaders of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment on August 19 regarding the amended Land Law, National Assembly (NA) Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue said there remain shortcomings and limitations in land management and use. It is therefore necessary to carefully consider the amendments to better ensure the rights of land users.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh chaired a national online conference on planning work on August 19, during which he pointed out the limitations, difficulties, and obstacles in the task. Proposals and solutions to resolve issues and ensure the progress and quality of planning in accordance with the provisions of the Law on Planning were raised by delegates. The Prime Minister also directed that planning be one step ahead, and not local or fragmented.