Stronger decentralization key to Hanoi's urban railway ambitions
With transformative policies that include amendments to the Capital Law and specific proposals for urban rail projects, Hanoi is committed to achieving its intended goals for urban rail development.
17:01, 2025/01/09
Get it right! Reporting traffic violations is never a money maker
LƯU Ý ĐOẠN NÀY: Is it easy, right and ethical for us to make money from the faults of others? Let's find out in today's Words on the Street.
21:13, 2025/01/02
Breaking traffic rules costs you a monthly payment? Play by the rules or accept the fines
Raising fines for traffic violations is an effective step toward restoring order in major cities and enhancing public awareness of road rules.
21:15, 2024/12/30
Year-end blues: The pressure we all feel
Welcome back to Words on the Street, where we delve into the little-known stories that lie beneath the busiest corners of life.
19:21, 2019/08/26
Tit-for-tat with serious effects
How long will this trade war last and who will be the first to make concessions?
17:30, 2019/08/19
Limit damages before it’s too late
There was more than enough evidence showing that the UK and Gibraltar had acted in deliberate violations of international law only in order to appease the US.
16:19, 2019/08/15
US can send coast guard ships to uphold int'l law in South China Sea: Expert
Professor Alexander L Vuving (AV) from the Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies (APCSS) shared with Hanoitimes some thoughts on the recent Chinese infringements of Vietnam’s sovereignty in the South China Sea.
09:51, 2019/08/13
Different actions conveying same message
The world’s public opinion shouldn`t dramatize their actions and the new situation in the Korean Peninsula and shouldn`t be surprised if in the future the US and South Korea perform military drills again and North Korea fires missiles.
23:55, 2019/08/10
US-Sino trade war: from tit-for-tat to agreement?
Their game with currency is always like playing with double-edged knife. China’s deliberate weakening of the yuan has a limit and the US sanctions on countries it considers currency manipulators can`t be limitless and effective forever.
16:20, 2019/08/06
Psycho Warfare or Real Strike?
Mr. Trump`s new tariff on Chinese goods is firstly something like another psycho warfare to deter and deliver a warning to China, keep this country under the US pressures and force China to kneel down.
11:55, 2019/07/22
China once again violates Vietnam's sovereignty and international law
It isn`t the first time China ignored protests and warnings from Vietnam and the outside world.
16:31, 2019/07/21
Squaring the Circle
The EU would still need more time to solve its own problems before returning to the role and influence it once had on the world stage.
13:57, 2019/07/17
Another approach to break the deadlock
Both sides are taking care about keeping chances and possibilities to scale down their confrontation.
12:06, 2019/07/13
Positive move but business as usual
The two presidents talked about, of cause, Ukraine, concretely about the conflict in Ukraine’s eastern regions and the relations between Russia and the smaller neighbor.
16:37, 2019/07/11
Fatal leaks
Now US President Donald Trump`s anger over the UK seems to be limitless.
16:06, 2019/07/08
Save the acceptables for last
Nobody thinks about installing the best candidates in the best interest of the EU but only cared about its own interests.
08:47, 2019/07/05
A historic event on the Korean Peninsula
From now on there is no return to the past for Mr. Trump, Mr. Kim Jong-un and Mr. Moon Jae-in any more.
15:35, 2019/07/03
EVFTA – a chance for both sides
Last weekend marked a milestone for Vietnam`s trade relations when the long-awaited deal was signed.
13:19, 2019/06/30
This time like last time
Except some small details, this agreement looks similar to what the two men had reached last year in Argentina, also on the sidelines of the then G20 annual summit.
18:12, 2019/06/29
Status quo until next time
The encounter was of very positive significance that they met with each other again.
13:15, 2019/06/25
Bargaining again
After a not short standstill, the bargaining between the US and China will start again.
09:20, 2019/06/25
Between psycho-game and war
In showing to the outside, both the US and Iran have been insisting that they did not want war against each other but all determined to respond to the other`s provocations with the same toughness by the same weapons.
08:52, 2019/06/21
The same game with different dimensions
The dimension in the case of India is not comparable to that in the case of China, but it is the same game the US is now playing with China and India.
08:20, 2019/06/20
Trilateral format at multilateral forum
This year in Osaka, it will still be another summit of China, India and Russia on the sidelines of G20.