Children in Bab al-Tabbaneh area of Tripoli city, Liban (Photo: AFP/VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – The United Nations Security Council
(UNSC) discussed the implementation of Resolution
1559 related to the situation in Lebanon at a meeting on May 11.
According to UN Under-Secretary-General Rosemary DiCarlo,
the political situation in Lebanon has not seen positive progress, while the country
has faced extremely difficult economic and unstable social conditions, along
with increased poverty and unemployment. The sovereignty and territory of
Lebanon has continued to be violated.
Addressing the meeting, Deputy Permanent Representative of
Vietnam to the UN
Nguyen Phuong Tra expressed deep concern about the multi-faceted crisis in Lebanon, which seriously affects the living conditions of locals.
German media: plaintiffs and supporters of Tran To Ngaâs lawsuit not deterred 22:05 | 12/05/2021
Many newspapers of German have run stories highlighting the lawsuit lodged by Vietnamese French Tran To Nga against 14 multinational chemical companies that produced the toxic chemicals sprayed by the US army in Vietnam during the war, affirming that the plaintiff and her supporters are not deterred by the ruling of a French court that the case fell outside its jurisdiction.
A story about Tran To Nga s lawsuit in Junge Welt newspaper (Photo: VNA)
Berlin â Many newspapers of German have run stories highlighting the lawsuit lodged by Vietnamese French Tran To Nga against 14 multinational chemical companies that produced the toxic chemicals sprayed by the US army in Vietnam during the war, affirming that the plaintiff and her supporters are not deterred by the ruling of a French court that the case fell outside its jurisdiction.
At the virtual conference on the situation in Iraq and the operation of the UNAMI (Photo: VNA)
New York (VNA) - Vietnam supports a
free and fair election in Iraq,
with the participation of people from all walks of life, including women and
youths, Ambassador Dang Dinh Quy, Permanent Representative of Vietnam to the
United Nations (UN), has affirmed.
Attending a virtual conference of the UN Security Council on the situation in
Iraq and the operation of the UN Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI) on May 11,
Quy said Vietnam backs the Iraqi government’s efforts to prepare for the
upcoming elections, and stands ready to discuss Iraq’s request for the UN
Stern newspaper runs article on
Paris (VNA) – The France-based Bourdon & Associates law
firm affirmed its support for Vietnamese-French Tran To Nga in her lawsuit
against multinational chemical companies after the Crown Court of Evry City
ruled that it did not have jurisdiction to hear her case on May 10.
In their announcement issued right after the Evry court’s ruling, lawyers William
Bourdon, Amélie Lefebvre và Bertrand Repolt, who have supported Nga for more
than 10 years, affirmed that the court was applying an obsolete definition of
the immunity of jurisdiction principle which contradicted modern principles of
international and national law.
A bird s-eye view of Kuala Lumpur July 8, 2020. (Photo: malaymail.com)
Kuala Lumpur (VNA) - Despite the recent re-imposition
of nationwide pandemic containment measures by the federal government, the
central bank of Malaysia (BNM) maintained its growth projection for the local
economy at between 6 percent and 7.5 percent in 2021.
In a briefing published on May 11, the BNM said
Malaysia’s
Gross Domestic Product (
GDP) recorded a smaller contraction at -0.5 percent in
the first quarter of 2021 compared to the -3.4 percent posted in the fourth
quarter of 2020, despite the imposition of the second nationwide movement
control order (MCO).
Also in the first quarter, all economic sectors registered