Processing cashew nuts for export. — VNA/VNS Photograph
HÀ NỘI — The Authorities is taking motion to guard the respectable rights and pursuits of Vietnamese cashew exports who might have been scammed out of tens of millions of {dollars} in Italy.
On the ministry’s common press convention held just about on Thursday, Overseas Ministry spokesperson Lê Thị Thu Hằng mentioned most just lately, on March 14, the Prime Minister directed ministries and sectors to urgently coordinate with the Việt Nam Cashew Affiliation (Vinacas) to look at and make clear the explanations of the case to take measures to help companies and folks concerned and guarantee their pursuits.
Instantly after receiving Vinacas’ discover on the suspected rip-off, the Ministry of Overseas Affairs (MoFA) directed the Vietnamese Embassy in Italy to contact the homeowners of the ships transporting the cashew nuts. The embassy additionally despatched officers to the Italian cities of Genova and Napoli to confirm the knowledge.
The embassy despatched a diplomatic observe to the Italian Ministry of Overseas Affairs, Ministry of Financial Improvement, Ministry of Economic system and Finance, police, and different companies, requesting a fast investigation into the case and essential measures taken to guard the respectable rights and pursuits of Vietnamese enterprises.
Based on the spokesperson, the embassy and the Vietnamese Commerce Workplace in Italy have talked to the Vietnamese companies concerned and Vinacas to debate particular options. They advised the exporters contact the worldwide financial court docket and the Việt Nam Worldwide Arbitration Centre to ask for his or her intervention in stopping the supply of products to the suspicious patrons, therefore minimising losses for the Vietnamese companies.
Hằng mentioned, following the path of the Prime Minister, the MoFA will proceed to coordinate with related ministries and branches to make clear the case, actively help home enterprises in fixing it and make sure the most security for transactions between Vietnamese and Italian enterprises within the time to come back.
Vietnamese exporters are liable to dropping a whole lot of tens of millions of {dollars} within the suspected cashew nut rip-off, during which they haven’t acquired any cost as agreed for the cargo of 100 containers of cashew nuts to Italy.
Elementary rights
Hằng additionally affirmed Việt Nam’s constant coverage of defending and selling elementary rights of residents, together with the rights of ladies.
Hằng made the pledge when requested to touch upon the US Division of State’s naming Phạm Thi Đoan Trang as a recipient of the 2022 Worldwide Girls of Braveness Award, on the ministry’s common press convention held just about.
She pressured that Việt Nam’s efforts and achievements in making certain and selling human rights have been acknowledged and recommended by the worldwide group.
“Việt Nam holds that the US Division of State’s presentation of the award to Phạm Thị Đoan Trang, an individual who has violated Vietnamese legislation and has been delivered to trial and is serving her jail sentence, is a subjective act that’s neither applicable for nor conducive to the event of the Việt Nam-US relations,” the spokesperson mentioned. — VNS
