Archive for August 15th, 2008
The Health Ministry and the provincial authority of Thua Thien-Hue on August 14 broke ground for the Hue Ophthalmology and Training Centre, a 4 million USD addition to Hue Central Hospital.The centre is expected to significantly upgrade services to patients with severe eye illnesses.Funded by the Bermuda-headquartered NGO Atlantic Philanthropies (AP) and carried out [...]
Innovations in the construction industry were on show at a seminar in the capital on August 13 organised by Kuwait’s Kirby Southeast Asia Co. The seminar aimed to provide Vietnamese consultants, designers and architects with access to cutting edge appliances as well as innovations in the construction and steel sectors, and to find the [...]
The Luxury Travel Company has launched the firsttravel blog in English in Vietnam providing the latest in trends, new, advice and travel stories from across its Asian destinations. Various travel advisors can share with bloggers and internet surfers their local know-how about travelling in the region. “The amazing thing about a blog is instant [...]
The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development has asked the Government to approve a 11.5 trillion VND (718.75 million USD) plan drafted by Ho Chi Minh City to improve drainage and reduce flooding. The city’s low lying areas in the south and districts along the Sai Gon River like 2, 6, 7, 8, 9, [...]
– Northeastern Quang Ninh province on August 15 licenced the International Container Cai Lan Company to invest 120 million USD in building and operating three wharves. The wharves, planned to be completed in 2014 at the latest, will be capable of receiving container ships of up to 40,000 DWT. The International Container Cai Lan [...]
– Bo Y International Border Gate Economic Zone in Central Highlands Kon Tum province has attracted one more investment project namely the system of warehouses and parking-lots. Valued at 70 billion VND, the project, owned by Ho Chi Minh City-based Dong Thien Phu Company, is scheduled to be completed at the end of the [...]
Vietnam Auto Show 2008, the biggest of its kind so far, will be held in Hanoi from August 21-25 with the participation of 12 members of the Vietnam Automobile Manufactures’ Association (VAMA). The show, jointly organised by VAMA and the Asia Trade Fair and Business Promotion Joint Stock Company , is a biennial event [...]
Jakarta (VNA) – Indonesia’s State oil and gas company Pertamina is looking into the possibility of cooperation with PetroVietnam in managing oil and gas blocks in Iraq. This was shared by Pertamina President Ari Soemarno following a meeting between Energy and Mineral Resources Minister Purnomo Yusgiantoro and PetroVietnam General Director Tran Ngoc Canh in Jakarta [...]
– The real estate market attracted 21.4 billion USD of foreign direct investment (FDI) in the first seven months of the year, representing 48 percent of the total newly-registered capital, according to the Ministry of Planning and Investment (MPI). The market accounted for 35 percent in 2007 and about 22 percent in previous years, [...]
– A project on developing local managers’ capacity in service of the poor in the central province of Ninh Thuan, has been making progress.The project disbursed 938 million VND, including 783 million VND contributed by the Oxfam UK, in more than one year of implementation.The project, which started in July 2007 and is scheduled [...]