Robert Burns, Ap National Security Writer Updated 9:05 pm PDT, Sunday, October 14, 2018 FILE - In this Jan. 25, 2018, file photo, U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis and his Vietnamese counterpart Ngo Xuan Lich, left, review an honor guard in Hanoi, Vietnam. By making a rare second trip this year to Vietnam, Mattis is showing how intensively the Trump administration is trying to counter China’s military assertiveness by cozying up to smaller nations in the region who share American wariness about Chinese intentions. The visit beginning Tuesday also shows how far U.S.-Vietnamese relations have advanced since the tumultuous years of the Vietnam War, whose legacy includes a continued search for the remains of U.S. war dead on Vietnamese soil. less FILE - In this Jan. 25, 2018, file photo, U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis and his Vietnamese counterpart Ngo Xuan Lich, left, review an honor guard in Hanoi, Vietnam. By making a rare second trip this year to ... more … [Read more...] about Mattis trip to Vietnam aimed at countering China’s influence
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Emmerdale spoilers: Nicola fears dad Rodney’s ‘rampant’ trip to Thailand with girlfriend Misty will be the death of him
NICOLA King is worried that dad Rodney's planned trip to Thailand with girlfriend Misty will finish him off for good. Misty accepts an offer to move to Thailand after bagging a job eating fire... and Rodney's coming along for the ride. The pair reveal their plans to spend the majority of their time in Thailand having sex - much to the disgust of Nicola. The chocolate factory manager tells husband Jimmy that she's worried what'll happen to the businessman, 68. And she's determined to stop him from getting on the plane She said: "We can't possibly let him go. He's too old to be running around Southeast Asia with that woman. INSIDE JOB? Paddy & Christine McGuinness had cash stolen from house ‘over number of weeks’ SHE'S IN! Holly Willoughby ‘confirmed’ to replace Ant McPartlin on I’m A Celebrity another brake? Charlie and Ellie split fears as she leaves date in tears & he goes clubbing birthday like beckhams The Beckhams and Ramsays celebrate Tana's … [Read more...] about Emmerdale spoilers: Nicola fears dad Rodney’s ‘rampant’ trip to Thailand with girlfriend Misty will be the death of him
Vietnam’s trade ministry says high number of overseas trips required for negotiating agreements
Vietnam’s Ministry of Industry and Trade has submitted a report to the prime minister regarding their abnormally high number of overseas business trips from 2012 to 2016, reasoning that the trips were necessary for the negotiations of many agreements. The ministry sent the document to Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc on Monday to give its explanation on the recent results of an inspection by the government inspectorate. The inspectorate previously carried out an examination to identify any officials in the Ministry of Industry and Trade, along with several other ministries and provincial administrations, who might have abused the government’s policies regarding business trips abroad during the 2012-16 period. The trade ministry led the pack, highlighted by former Minister Vu Huy Hoang’s time spent overseas each year. Hoang joined 23 delegations dispatched to foreign nations in 2014. In 2015, that number dropped slightly to 22 delegations but the total time spent … [Read more...] about Vietnam’s trade ministry says high number of overseas trips required for negotiating agreements
Asia shares mixed as markets mull Fed, China trade talks
Kelvin Chan, Ap Business Writer Updated 11:10 pm, Wednesday, May 2, 2018 window._taboola = window._taboola || []; _taboola.push({ mode: 'thumbnails-c', container: 'taboola-interstitial-gallery-thumbnails-4', placement: 'Interstitial Gallery Thumbnails 4', target_type: 'mix' }); _taboola.push({flush: true}); Photo: Kin Cheung, AP Image 1of/4 CaptionClose Image 1 of 4 People walk past an electronic board showing Hong Kong share index outside a bank in Hong Kong, Thursday, May 3, 2018. Asian stock markets were mostly lower Thursday as investors analyzed the Fed's latest decision and turned their focus to upcoming talks between U.S. and Chinese officials in Beijing aimed at resolving simmering trade tensions. less People walk past an electronic board showing Hong Kong share index outside a bank in Hong Kong, Thursday, May 3, 2018. Asian stock markets were mostly lower Thursday as investors … [Read more...] about Asia shares mixed as markets mull Fed, China trade talks
Indonesia urges Southeast Asian economies to bargain together on TPP
JAKARTA -- Indonesia’s trade minister said on Friday it is urging Southeast Asian countries that have not signed up for the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade pact to consider joining and that these economies could collectively negotiate accession terms. Enggartiasto Lukita said Indonesia was still assessing the merits of joining the revised Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for TPP - a pact by the 11 TPP members excluding the United States, but was also asking members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) to consider joining. The six ASEAN members that have not joined the CPTPP are Indonesia, Thailand, the Philippines, Myanmar, Cambodia and Laos. “We, the other six members of ASEAN, would sit together so that we have a better bargaining position,” Lukita said, noting that four members of ASEAN - Singapore, Vietnam, Malaysia and Brunei - were already signatories to the CPTPP. Indonesian President Joko Widodo during a trip to the United States in … [Read more...] about Indonesia urges Southeast Asian economies to bargain together on TPP