Archive for August 20th, 2008

HCM City (VNA) – The Bank of Laos will create the most favourable conditions for Sacombank and other Vietnamese commercial banks to expand their operation networks in Laos in the future, said its Deputy Governor Bounsong Sommalavong. Deputy Governor Sommalavong, who is in Vietnam from August 18-22 to explore Vietnam’s banking and securities market activities, [...]

Hanoi (VNA) – The Finance Ministry is working on draft revisions to the law on special consumption tax with the aim of curbing the import of luxury goods. The draft, which will be submitted to the National Assembly for approval in November, will extend the list of 13 luxury items regulated by the present law [...]

Hanoi (VNA) – The Finance Ministry is working on draft revisions to the law on special consumption tax with the aim of curbing the import of luxury goods. The draft, which will be submitted to the National Assembly for approval in November, will extend the list of 13 luxury items regulated by the present law [...]

Thua Thien-Hue (VNA) – The authorities of central Thua Thien-Hue province and Japan’s Shizuoka city have met in Hue city to discuss a plan to open flights connecting the two cities.They hope to conduct the first flight from Hue city’s Phu Bai International Airport to Shizuoka city on the occasion of the inauguration of Shizuoka’s [...]

Hanoi (VNA)- Deputy Head of the Enterprise Renewal Department Nguyen Trong Dung has reiterated the Government’s resolution to boost the equitisation of State-owned enterprises (SoEs) despite slow progress made in the recent past. He said his agency is awaiting the Prime Minister’s approval for its new plan on SoEs equitisation to speed up the tempo [...]

Hanoi (VNA) – A seminar took place in Hanoi on August 20 to provide Vietnam with Japanese experiences in boosting public-private partnership (PPP) in infrastructure development.The event, co-hosted by the Ministry of Planning and Investment and the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), heard various reports on Japan’s experiences in financing PPP projects and applying this [...]

Hanoi (VNA) – PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) has made public its annual report on world investment, saying Vietnam remains attractive for foreign investors. The second PwC Emerging Market 20 Index showed that Vietnam is now ranked 5th most attractive emerging market destination for investments in manufacturing, compared to its number one position in 2007. The change in [...]

– The Ministry of Education and Training has told provinces and cities to use ethnic languages to teach Vietnamese to ethnic children at kindergarten schools or offer a two- to three month Vietnamese training course for ethnic children before they enter the first grade. The move is expected to facilitate ethnic minority children’s learning [...]

– The Ho Chi Minh City People’s Committee has asked government agencies to set a new poverty baseline for the 2009-2015 period.Any city resident earning 12 million VND (750 USD) or less a year and a rural resident earning 10 million VND (625 USD) will be considered poor.Poor households under the former poverty line [...]

Dong Thap (VNA) – A water treatment plant was launched in Sa Dec town, southern Dong Thap province on Aug. 20 to bring clean water and improved sanitation to more than 111,000 people. The plant is part of the Australian-funded Three Towns Water Supply and Sanitation Project in the Mekong Delta provinces of Bac Lieu, [...]