human rights dissidents he'll also be remembered for a major expansion of the power of the ministry of public security in the police in the larger vietnam political system he quite clearly has made the ministry of public security now one of the preeminent organs of power in that country and it continues to affect the lives of daily vietnamese and not of her the positive way i mean terms of rights violations he was that he was the leader of the band so with his posturing now do you think vietnam was stale not cool so would it take a different path well it really depends on who is going to replace in and whether the ministry of public security will be able to maintain its leading role in the politburo. that is an excellent question we don't know so much is happening behind closed doors and in hanoi i mean to be honest we don't even really know what caused him to pass what was the cause of his death so you know we're going to be reading the tea leaves over the next days and weeks to try to figure out more is it not the case that the vice president steps in into this role and that's picking interesting is

posting on social media he'll also be remembered for a major expansion of the power of the ministry of public security and the police in the larger vietnam political system he quite clearly has made the ministry of public security now one of the preeminent organs of power in that country and it continues to affect the lives of daily via the maze and not of her positive way i mean in terms of our rights violations he was he was the leader of the band abroad one try to stick to vietnam's policy of non-alignment whereby the nation doesn't rely too heavily on any one superpower and exploits rivalries to its own gain he quoted various international leaders from poland to iran and was the last head of state to see cuba's fidel castro before his death but vietnam's maritime disputes with china in the south china sea and its long term concerns over its northern neighbors territorial ambition has seen its edge a little closer to the united states one sign billions of dollars worth of deals with the u.s. president donald trump and pursued a trade pact after the u.s. pulled out of the transpacific partnership on

posting on social media he'll also be remembered for a major expansion of the power of the ministry of public security and the police in the larger vietnam political system he quite clearly has made the ministry of public security now one of the preeminent organs of power in that country and it continues to affect the lives of daily via the maze and not of her positive way i mean in terms of our rights violations he was he was the leader of the band abroad one try to stick to vietnam's policy of non-alignment whereby the nation doesn't rely too heavily on any one superpower and exploits rivalries to its own gain he quoted various international leaders from poland to iran and was the last head of state to see cuba's fidel castro before his death but vietnam's maritime disputes with china in the south china sea and its long term concerns over its northern neighbors territorial ambition has seen its edge a little closer to the united states one sign billions of dollars worth of deals with the us president donald trump and pursued a trade pact after the us pulled out of the transpacific partnership once e

victim of a rare virus you rose to the top of vietnamese politics through a career in the ministry of public security he appeared to bring that background to the presidency as you have a saw a crackdown on dissent this is quite understandable because not only was he in that position. of public security but he had grown up in this. he also supported closer ties with the united states to u.s. presidents during his brief tenure moving closer to washington was perhaps a deliberate move in response to vietnam's tension with china over territorial disputes in the south china sea the. means that vietnam now has its first female head of state with vice-president duncan nocturne moving up to be acting president the national assembly is due to begin its next session on the twenty second of october and that's when a new president may be elected. the late president kwan's last journey was in a long motorcade out of hanoi and to the south he was born and raised in a small rural community in indian province which is also his final resting place wayne hay al jazeera hanoi. argentina has received the biggest loan pa

this is the ministry of public security. >> reporter: to find out exactly what the government is doinge arranged an interview with a senior director at the drug control office. >> given the fact that in the u.s. the demand for fentanyl is skyrocketing, do you think that it's even possible that china can stop the exportation of fentanyl to the united states? >> translator: i want to make it clear that it's impossible for fentanyl that's produced legally in china to be exported to the u.s. so it must be done by criminals using underground processing plants and the internet. >> we got online and bought fentanyl very easily. and there was one woman we spoke to named lucy, who said she could send to us in the united states. is there any way to stop that from happening? >> translator: i agree that cybercrime is a challenge to every nation. if there are banned substances that violate the law, we'll conduct criminal investigations. >> reporter: but as for the friendly lucy, despite the government promises of a crackdown, she says her company has no plans to stop selling illegal fentanyl to the

the ceremonial head of the communist country in 2016 following his stint as head of the ministry of public securityia, a passenger ferry has capsized on lake victoria. the death toll of 44 is expected to rise today. 37 people were rescued yesterday afternoon. authorities were unable to put a figure on how may people were on board. often carry hundreds of people. global news, 24 hours a day on air and @tictoc on twitter powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. you can find more stories on the bloomberg at top . a risk on day across asia. we are on track for a second weekly gain. back to that gains in asia. have a look at china. possibly some more speculation. the csi 300 up by 2.3%. japan closing higher by 0.8%. you have seen the topics have its best weekly gain in two years. broad-based buying across the region, a fourth session of gains for the msci asia-pacific index. let's look at the market teams that have been focusing investors attention today. kongave seen the hong dollars bike to its highest level since september 2003. this is on speculation we coul

he was sworn in in 2016 following his time at the ministry of public security. -- haveadian talks hasother deadline. robert lighthizer and the canadian foreign minister met again yesterday in washington. no agreement was reached although friedland insisted that the two countries remain in a state of continuous negotiations. global news 24 hours a day on air and on tictoc on twitter powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in over 120 countries. this is bloomberg. anna: thank you, very much. juliette saly joining us with an update. on wall streeton yesterday with the s&p 500 and the dow jones industrial average both hitting record highs. our next guest says emerging-market assets are likely to remain vulnerable. bonzon.us now is yves great to have you with us. mark,ke yesterday to famous for his views on emerging markets. you are less keen on e.m. right now? yves: indeed. primary driver is in washington. -- ourst there's ours investors are seeing a new paradigm with things much more focused on u.s. fundamentals in a less cooperative mode with other central banks. they will pr

victim of a rare virus you rose to the top of vietnamese politics through a career in the ministry of public security he appeared to bring that background to the presidency as you have a saw a crackdown on dissent this is quite understandable because not only was he in that position the minister of public security but he had grown up in this. he also supported closer ties with the united states posting to u.s. presidents during his brief tenure moving closer to washington was perhaps a deliberate move in response to vietnam's tension with china over territorial disputes in the south china sea the death of quiet means that vietnam now has its first female head of state with vice-president duncan knocked in moving up to be acting president the national assembly is due to begin its next session on the twenty second of october and that's when a new president may be elected. the late president kwan's last journey was in a long motorcade out of hanoi and to the south he was born and raised in a small rural community in in bin province which is also his final resting place wayne hay al jazeera hanoi. a u.n.

victim of a rare virus you rose to the top of vietnamese politics through a career in the ministry of public security he appeared to bring that background to the presidency as you have a saw a crackdown on dissent this is quite understandable because not only was he in that position. of public security but he had grown up in this. he also supported closer ties with the united states to u.s. presidents during his brief tenure moving closer to washington was perhaps a deliberate move in response to vietnam's tension with china over territorial disputes in the south china sea the. means that vietnam now has its first female head of state with vice-president dunky nocturne moving up to be acting president the national assembly is due to begin its next session on the twenty second of october and that's when a new president may be elected. the late president kwan's last journey was in a long motorcade out of hanoi and to the south he was born and raised in a small rural community in indian province which is also his final resting place wayne hay al jazeera hanoi. google is celebrating its twentieth anniver

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largely ceremonial head of the largely communist country following his stint as the head of the ministry public securitybal news, 24 hours a day, on air and at tictoc on twitter, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. i'm taylor riggs. this is bloomberg. francine: thank you so much. policymakers and business leaders are gathering here for the cyprus investment forum. five years after the island nation came close to financial collapse, it is trying to rebuild its status as an investment nation. issues surrounding nonperforming loan exposure are still impacting the island's banks. thank you so much for sticking around. what was the rationale behind the merge? industry, big is beautiful. ryth all of the regulato , there is aowadays minimum to the cost that banks have to -- the acquisition of the second-largest bank effectively safeguards the bank, makes it bigger. therefore, able to support its customer base and generate -- francine: one with a merger be completed? >> it has been completed on the third of september. integrationin the phase to make sure customer get a

ministries police forces and city administrations of many countries depend on one corporation. and proprietary software you don't know. isn't that such a security risk when you have a black box operating the public eye to microsoft dependency puts governments under cyber threat not only. does it. have to stick these funds to conditionality meaning that we have to require we have to demand that these countries which are financed must carry out those reforms legal economy be political democracy. which you know all kind of those reasons why people have been leaving from those countries so right now the way things are looking is that europe is divided into help so that there's a bloc hungary italy austria where then he's actually working on this thing called the movement which is a curious skeptic alliance and trying to hoping to have an impact in the elections what hungary supports such a project. well you know since there are european people and european citizens to vote on the e.u. elections i think we should leave it to the europeans number one number two we are part of the biggest european party family european peoples party and we are the strongest and the most successful party of the european

of such contracts however the ministry has blackened all the essential parts like prices conditions and security requirements the reason given trade secrets as claimed by microsoft in other words the corporation can decide what the public may learn about its dealings with taxpayers' money. with the framework contracts governments all state institutions from local authority to parliament to obtain software directly from microsoft resellers this is legally questionable because this type of treaty overrides european law. accordingly public authorities are prohibited from buying products and services exceeding the value of one hundred thirty five thousand euros from just one supplier there has to be a public invitation to tender the german government's head of i t p t but appears to have no problems with this how does he justifies circumventing public procurement. of mission and done on them but. this is all as if i don't want to fit in for. him. and hide under them his dollars least of the stock in the idea. he's in some nice. dodge nothing to. source and fuck you fuck. you know it's expose them and often it is just and that's as good as you did on this photo missed in hundreds on fatigue and. microsoft good sense and mic