Hanoi: social insurance coverage reaches 78 percent – VietNam Breaking News

September 20, 2017 / Vietnam Post War Advances

“Hanoi (VNA) – About 52,000 out of 140,000 companies operating in Hanoi have joined the local social insurance network, bringing the local insurance coverage to 78 percent. The figure was released at a working session between municipal officials and an inspection group from the Vietnam General Confederation of Labour on October 5. As heard at …

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Hanoi publicises 500 firms with prolonged insurance debts – VietNam Breaking News

September 20, 2017 / Vietnam Post 1975 War Problems

“Hanoi (VNA) – The Hanoi Social Insurance has decided to publicise 500 local enterprises which failed to pay social premiums for their employees for three months upwards. Hanoi now has the highest debts of social, health and unemployment insurance, standing at 3,378 billion VND (148.8 million USD) owed by 23,955 enterprises, affecting the legitimate rights …

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Why Vietnam Was Unwinnable – by Kevin Boylan – NYT

September 20, 2017 / Vietnam-American War

“There is a broad consensus among professional historians that the Vietnam War was effectively unwinnable. Even the revisionists admit their minority status, though some claim that it’s because of a deep-seated liberal bias within the academic history profession. But doubts about the war’s winnability are hardly limited to the halls of academe. One can readily …

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It’s Not Too Late on North Korea – by Susan Rice – NYT | Inconvenient News Worldwide

September 20, 2017 / East Asia, Foreign Affairs and U.S.ForeignPolicy, Korea - North and South Korea

“We carefully studied this contingency. “Preventive war” would result in hundreds of thousands, if not millions, of casualties. Metropolitan Seoul’s 26 million people are only 35 miles from the border, within easy range of the North’s missiles and artillery. About 23,000 United States troops, plus their families, live between Seoul and the Demilitarized Zone; in …

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What Was Australia Doing in Vietnam? – The New York Times

September 20, 2017 / Vietnam-American War

“As Menzies saw it, the risk in American policy was not strategic overreach but isolationism, and what an American withdrawal from Asia in the face of defeat would mean for Australia and its neighbors. As a young man of military age during World War I, and as a youthful prime minister at the outbreak of …

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VN objects to Chinese cinema on island – Politics & Laws – Vietnam News

September 20, 2017 / Vietnam News and Current Events

“HÀ NỘI – China’s construction and opening of a cinema on Phú Lâm island in Việt Nam’s Hoàng Sa (Paracel) archipelago violates Việt Nam’s sovereignty over the archipelago, said Vietnamese Foreign Ministry’s Spokesperson Lê Thị Thu Hằng.Hằng made the statement yesterday in response to reporters’ queries about Việt Nam’s reaction to Chinese activities on Phú …

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Legal framework- roadmap needed for Việt Nam’s wind power – VietNam News

September 20, 2017 / Environment

“HÀ NỘI – Việt Nam needs to develop a legal framework and feasible roadmap to turn its wind energy potential into reality, which will help to meet the country’s rapidly rising electricity demand, experts have said. Tobias Cossen, head of GIZ’s project on supporting the up-scaling of wind power said that Việt Nam has great …

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Charlie Company and the Small-Unit War – The New York Times

September 20, 2017 / Vietnam-American War

“The rest of the squad returned fire as best they could, but they were trapped. And Don knew it. Maybe Jacque’s parting words rang in his ears; maybe it was sheer instinct. But Don acted to save his friends. Shouting, “You guys run like hell, and I’ll cover you,” Don waited an instant before springing …

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