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Le Van Thao at the court (Photo: VNA) Ca Mau (VNA) – The People’s Court of the southern province of Ca Mau on April 15 sentenced Le Van Thao, born in 1963 and residing in Son Doc town, Tran Van Thoi district, to nine years in prison on the charge of organising illegal entry to Vietnam for 38 people. Under the indictment of the Ca Mau People’s Procuracy, Thao, also known as Le Hoang Thao, received a phone call on January 18, 2021 from his relative Pham Hoang Lo from Malaysia and Au, a friend of Thao. Lo and Au asked Thao to use his boat to transport some people to the mainland for 25 million VND (1,083 million USD). After making the deal with Lo and Au, Thao operated his boat plated CM 99323-TS to bring 38 people from Malaysia into Vietnam illegally. His vessel has been seized. Meanwhile, the 38 illegal immigrants have been put under investigation./. VNA … [Read more...] about Ca Mau man jailed for brokering illegal entry to Vietnam

The 1,500-megawatt Ca Mau Power Plant 3 is set to begin operation in 2026 when it will produce nine billion kilowatt-hours of electricity a year and employs 2,000 locals. PV Power will require 26 hectares in Khanh An Commune to begin construction in 2022. This is PV Power’s third gas-fired power plant in the province. Ca Mau chairman Le Quan supports the project and has tasked departments with assisting the company in completing administrative procedures. Several other LNG power plants have received approval or are having feasibility studies done amid growing power demand in Vietnam. Southern Long An Province last month licensed a 3,000-MW liquefied natural gas power plant to be built by South Korea’s GS Energy and fund management company VinaCapital. The northern port city of Hai Phong has approved construction of a $5.09 billion LNG plant by America's Exxon Mobil. Singapore’s Delta Offshore Energy will build a plant in the Mekong Delta province of Bac Lieu in 2024. … [Read more...] about Petrovietnam Power to build $1.5 bln LNG plant

House Intelligence Committee Ranking Member Devin Nunes (R-CA) said Republicans expect Democrats to further weaponize the intelligence community against “domestic extremists,” much as how they used it to further the Russia collusion hoax against former President Donald Trump. Nunes said in his opening statement at Thursday’s committee hearing on worldwide threats: The Democrats see political benefits in characterizing wide swathes of American citizens, particularly Republicans and conservatives, as politically suspect, potentially violent, and deserving of government surveillance. However, I will remind those assembled here today that our Intelligence Community exists solely to counteract foreign threats. He added: History shows that major abuses occur when our intelligence capabilities are turned inward to spy on our own citizens—from the FBI spying on Martin Luther King Jr. in the 1950s and ‘60s to its surveillance of Republican party members in 2016. This is a red line … [Read more...] about Nunes: Democrats Will Further Weaponize Intel Community Against ‘Domestic Extremists’

Efforts to stimulate domestic consumer market continue as pandemic threatens exports The Ha Noi Department of Industry and Trade will organise five Vietnamese Goods Weeks this year to stimulate demand. Photo baodauthau.vn The Ministry of Industry and Trade will organise conferences to connect producers, suppliers and retailers, and events for producers and traders, especially small traders, to help take goods to residential areas, industrial parks and rural and mountainous regions, the Sai Gon Giai Phong (Liberated Sai Gon) newspaper reported. It will help encourage consumption by fostering the evening economy and holding fairs and exhibitions of products and services. It continues to implement the ‘Vietnamese people give priority to using Vietnamese goods’ programme. It will also promote the adoption of IT and foster e-commerce. The Ha Noi Department of Industry and Trade will organise five Vietnamese Goods Weeks this year to stimulate demand. To be held in … [Read more...] about VIETNAM BUSINESS NEWS APRIL 16