Archive for August 14th, 2008
The trading bands for transactions of stocks and fund certificates on both Ho Chi Minh City and Hanoi bourses will broaden as of August 18, according to the State Securities Commission (SSC).The band for transactions on the Ho Chi Minh Stock Exchange (HoSE) will increase from +/-3 percent to +/-5 percent while the band [...]
A delegation of Russian experts is on a working visit to Vietnam to study the production conditions and quality control of seafood for export to Russia , according to the Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Processors (VASEP). During the visit, running from August 12-18, the experts from Russia ’s Federal Service for Veterinary [...]
Hanoi (VNA) –The Governor of the State Bank of Vietnam on August 14 approved the Vietnam-Russia Joint Venture Bank’s plan to establish its wholly owned bank in Russia with a charter capital of 8 million USD.The Ministry of Planning and Investment said this is the first Vietnamese-invested project in the banking area abroad.The project will [...]
Deputy Prime Minister Pham Gia Khiem on August 13 gave the green light to the northern province of Thai Nguyen to receive a project worth 983,654 EUR to help local women to develop cooperative economy.The project is funded by the European Commission and CARE Denmark through CARE International in Vietnam. It will be implemented [...]
Hanoi (VNA) – Most migrant labourers from rural areas get jobs in industrial and export processing zones. However, they still experience unfavourable living conditions due to low salaries, according to the General Statistics Office (GSO). More than 70 percent of the estimated 1 million workers in industrial and export processing zones of big cities like [...]
The career website of the Korea Trade-Investment Promotion Agency (KOTRA) in Hanoi has become a bridge linking businesses of the Republic of Korea (RoK) and Vietnamese workers. Launched in early July 2008, the website http://www.workwithkorea.com or http://www.workwithkorea.com.vn have been visited by more than 200 people each day. Almost 50 RoK businesses have posted their [...]
US charitable organization Hope Haven has presented 202 wheelchairs as well as canes and crutches to the disabled in central coastal Phu Yen province. The organization also sent its experts to provide free medical checks-up to the disabled during the fifth donation. Hope Haven has so far donated more than 1,800 wheelchairs to the [...]
A recent survey conducted by the Hanoi Mental Hospital found that mental health problems caused by excessive consumption of alcohol – something relatively rare in Vietnam before the 1990s – have risen markedly in recent years.Symptoms of alcohol – abuse include hallucinations, delusions, trembling, loss of memory and stress.Researchers also said that heavy drinking [...]
Vietnam and University of Montana of the United States signed an agreement on student and lecturer exchanges on August 13.The deal, signed by Vietnamese Ambassador to the US Le Cong Phung and University of Montana President George Dennison, also cover curricular and information sharing.“We are determined to upgrade the educational level of our people,” [...]
Hanoi (VNA) – The Ministry of Education and Training (MoET) is pursuing the target of connecting all schools nationwide, including kindergartens and vocational training establishments, with the Internet by 2009.Together with internet connection, every teacher and student will be provided with a free email address to facilitate management work and communication between the school and [...]