Archive for July 30th, 2008

The Vietnam Fashion Fair for Autumn and Winter (VFF Autumn-Winter 2008) opened in Ho Chi Minh City on July 30 with the participation of almost 100 Vietnamese and foreign businesses. The businesses are displaying their products, including new-fashioned garments, materials of the textile and garment and footwear industries, in 240 pavilions. The fair has [...]

The Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry (VCCI) and the Ocean Group signed an agreement in Hanoi on July 30 to jointly organise this year’s National Week for Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (SMEs).The SME Week, part of a scheme approved by the Prime Minister to develop SMEs from 2006-2010, will take place in Hanoi, [...]

The Vietnam Agent Orange Victims’ Association (VAVA) has raised almost 1 billion VND nationwide in preparation of the Day for Agent Orange/dioxin Victims (August 10). VAVA Deputy General Secretary Tran Xuan Thu on July 29 kicked off a series of celebrations for the event with a visit to victims in northern Ha Tay province, [...]

– Vietnam ’s first private airline – Vietjet Air – said it will postpone its first commercial flight until April 2009 because of high fuel prices.The airline, which received its license in late December 2007, initially planned to operate the first flight from Hanoi to Ho Chi Minh at the end of this year [...]

The Ha Long Shipbuilding Company launched a 53,000-tonne ship in northern Quang Ninh province on July 30.The ship, called AP-DRZIC-HL05, is one of a series of 53,000-tonne ships that the Ha Long Shipbuilding Company has built under a deal it signed with the UK ’s Graig group.Designed by Carl Bro from Denmark , the [...]

– The US Tyco Electronics group will invest 35 million USD in the first phase of its electronic equipment and passive electronic component factory in Que Vo industrial zone, northern Bac Ninh province, in early August. The company was granted an investment license by the local authorities on July 30. The 6.5ha factory will [...]

National Assembly Chairman Nguyen Phu Trong on July 29 presented Vietnam’s Friendship Order to French Senate President Christian Poncelet.President Poncelet received the Vietnamese State’s noble order for his active contributions to building, consolidating and developing the friendship and multi-faceted cooperation between Vietnam and France.Speaking at the award ceremony, NA Chairman Trong said that the [...]

The Central Highlands province of Dak Lak has decided to spend 21.5 billion VND on notebooks and textbooks in support of over 165,000 disadvantaged school pupils on the threshold of the 2008-09 academic year. Beneficiaries, including ethnic minority children, orphans, disabled children and those living in special difficulty-hit communities, will each receive a complete [...]

Deputy Prime Minister Hoang Trung Hai has called for the National Water Resources Council (NWRC) to strengthen the organisation and capacity of water resources management agencies. At a meeting discussing solutions to increase the effective management of water resources in Hanoi on July 29, Deputy PM Hai also asked the Ministry of Natural Resources and [...]

The fourth Congress of World Federation of Physics Competitions (WFPhC) opened in Ha Long city, northeastern Quang Ninh province, on July 30. The congress, jointly held by the Ministry of Education and Training (MoET) and the Quang Ninh provincial People’s Committee, has drawn the participation of 47 delegates, including 27 from other countries and [...]