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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.
10:38, 2019/06/17
Unavoidably failed mediation
They could not succeed because they were not fully selfless, the US and Iran are still miles away from being ready to sit down and talk with each other about scaling down the tension and solving the conflict.
07:52, 2019/06/17
Building common boat for one's own interests
Ironically for the US, the more problems the US caused to Russia and China, the closer and stronger the relationship between Russia and China would become.
01:10, 2019/06/12
Verbal crashes until next talks
Possibly, like last year in Argentina, Trump and Xi would meet in private, talk to each other and reach new agreements and solve the dispute or at least to reactivate their bilateral trade talks.
10:33, 2019/05/30
Trump-Abe: A special kind of diplomacy
Abe`s special kind of diplomacy seemed to have succeeded.
08:57, 2019/05/29
Bitter lessons for the EU
The message and the lesson were that the people in the EU were not satisfied with the bloc and wanted it to profoundly and quickly change, both politically and institutionally.
19:25, 2019/05/22
Electoral similarities
The time ahead will not be not easy and comfortable for the election winners and for their countries.
09:22, 2019/05/17
Selected and Controlled Escalation
Latest moves by both China and the US would result in speculations.
08:29, 2019/05/16
A Dangerous Approach
The US maximum pressure strategy on Iran together with trade sanctions may result in worse impacts.
10:44, 2019/05/10
Denuclearization: Maybe stagnation but not reverse
Russia, South Korea and Japan would like the peace talks between the US and North Korea to go on, and tried to push it because a detente between the US and North Korea as well as denuclearization of the Korean peninsula serve their strategic long-term interests.
16:12, 2019/05/03
New monarchs, new era?
The big question is whether the "new monarchs" automatically lead to a "new era" in Japan and Thailand?
18:18, 2019/04/24
From traditional partner to strategic counterweight
Russia would like to play a more decisive role in the process of finding solutions to political and security problems in Northeast Asia, including solutions to the nuclear issue of North Korea.
05:22, 2019/04/09
Dangerous developments in a region of conflicts
The whole world, except the US, always condemned this move of Israel, considers it a serious violation of international law.
08:08, 2019/02/11
Making cities more livable
Sasank Vemuri, Urban Development Specialist, Asia Development Bank, talks with Hanoitimes on criteria of livable cities.
06:29, 2019/02/10
Hanoi advised to first focus on key infrastructure as it heads for smart city
Dr. Brian Hull, general director of ABB Vietnam, talks to Hanoitimes on Hanoi’s conditions to build a smart city and what the metropolis should focus on to speed up the plan.
16:05, 2019/02/08
Hanoi is well positioned to become a smart city: Ericsson exec.
Denis Brunetti, president of Ericsson Vietnam, Myanmar, Cambodia and Laos, talks to Hanoitimes on Hanoi’s readiness to turn itself into a smart city and the role of ICT in this process.
15:44, 2019/01/07
Vietnam and the legitimacy of a war
“What would have happened if Vietnam had not helped to liberate Cambodian from genocidal regime? Would anyone help them?”
11:00, 2018/12/14
FujiMart: where Vietnamese food culture meets with Japanese service excellence
On the occasion of the debut of FujiMart in Vietnam, Hanoitimes has an interview with Keisuke Hitotsumatsu, CEO of FujiMart Vietnam, about the retail store model where the Vietnamese food culture is being honored by the world- acclaimed Japanese top-quality service.
11:12, 2018/11/26
Vietnam plays an increasing important role in ASEAN
2020 is an important year for Vietnam as once again acting as the "captain" to steer ASEAN`s "family ship" forward. With its growing role, Vietnam needs to promote a mighty ASEAN for the sake of Southeast Asia’s people.
00:59, 2018/10/23
EU-Singapore FTA a boon for Vietnam trade: HSBC
Vietnam’s supply chain is expected to open up further to increased European business.
10:53, 2018/10/18
Three pillars of Japanese ODA policy in Vietnam
Sharing about the implementation of Japan`s official development assistance (ODA) projects, Konaka Tetsuo, Chief Representative of the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) in Vietnam said that all Japanese projects have contributed to boosting economic growth and improving the Vietnamese living quality.
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