US Treasury released a
report on the macro-economic and
foreign exchange policies of major trading
partners of the US, with Vietnam and Switzerland listed as currency
manipulators for the first time.
The US Treasury made the determination based on
three criteria: a bilateral trade surplus with the US of at least 20 billion
USD; a material current account surplus equivalent to at least 2 percent of
GDP; and persistent and one-sided intervention in the forex market as seen
through net purchases of foreign currency conducted in at least six out of 12
months, with such net purchases totalling at least 2 percent of GDP over a
Cover of the book (Source: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – The The Gioi (World) Publishing House and the
Vietnam-France Friendship Association held an event on December 17 to introduce
the
book titled “La Campagne Ho Chi Minh au cœur de Paris (The Ho Chi
Minh Campaign in the Heart of Paris).
The book features memoirs of Vo Van Sung (1928-2018), a
former Vietnamese ambassador in France, and images of Paris during Vietnam’s
struggle for the reunification of the country in 1975. It was translated by
Nguyen Dac Nhu Mai, an overseas Vietnamese in France and an historian.
Its content is based on the original text of the memoir by