Archive for September, 2008
Dak Lak (VNA) – Dak Lak posted a record export turnover of 613 million USD during the first nine months of this year, lifting the province to the number one spot in terms of export value in Central Highlands region. Dak Lak has urged provincial businesses to ensure their presence in traditional outlets and seek [...]
Hanoi (VNA) – Vietnam continues to place rice at the top of its future plantation development strategy as it looks to reap an annual output of around 40 million tonnes of paddy rice by 2020.According to the strategy, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) will focus on using new high-yield rice strains at [...]
– Hanoi has received more than 960,000 foreign visitors from 160 countries and territories so far this year, according to the Hanoi Cultural, Sport and Tourism Department. This figure is expected to increase to 1.5 million by the end of this year. China is topping the list of Hanoi ’s tourist markets, with visitors [...]
Hanoi (VNA) – Vietnamese banks will not be affected by the financial crisis currently engulfing the US , the Governor of the State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) Nguyen Van Giau said on September 30.The governor told a press briefing held by the Government Office that the SBV has closely monitored the operations of commercial banks [...]
Lao Cai (VNA) – A 27.68-million Euro project was launched on Sept. 29 to develop infrastructure and ecotourism in the northern mountainous province of Lao Cai.The French Development Agency (AFD) contributed 22.8 million Euro to the project, including a loan of 22 million Euro and a grant of 800,000 Euro, while the rest has been [...]
Japanese Ambassador Mitsuo Sakaba on September 30 signed a contract of non-refundable aid to build a junior high school in Thai Thuy district, northern Thai Binh province during his visit to the locality. The new school, estimated to cost 80,000 USD, will include a 2-storey building with 10 rooms, on a total area of 600 [...]
The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) and the Vietnam Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development’s Plant Protection Department (PPD) are working together to provide knowledge on phytosanity for 25 trainees from Cambodia.This course is part of the JICA Third Country Training Programme on Phytosanitary signed by JICA and PPD in December 2007 with Cambodia, [...]
Hanoi (VNA) – The National University of Economics (NUE) held a workshop on Vietnam ’s human resources and economic growth in provinces and cities in Hanoi on Sept. 30. The workshop aimed to define education needs for each province and region for the target of higher economic growth. Reports delivered at the workshop indicated that [...]
Tien Giang (VNA) – The People’s Court of southern Tien Giang province on Sept. 30 sentenced Quach Kim Hoa of Chinese nationality to death for “circulating counterfeit money”. According to the court, Hoa plotted with Mai Van Truc and 35 others to bring counterfeit notes totalling 4.7 billion VND from China into Vietnam for circulation.The [...]
Hanoi (VNA) – A cabinet meeting was wrapped up on September 30 with a report showing that Vietnam ’s GDP has continued to grow despite the global economic crisis while the consumer price index hit a 17- month low in September. The two-day regular meeting, chaired by Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung, heard Minister of [...]