Archive for November 6th, 2008

Lai Chau (VNA)- The northern border provinces of Lai Chau and Dien Bien held a joint conference on November 6 to review their border marker planting work along a 311 km-long section of the border with China . The event was attended by representatives from the Vietnamese Foreign Ministry, Lai Chau and Dien Bien provinces, [...]

Hanoi (VNA) – Financial ministers and officials of the Asian Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum are getting together at a two-day meeting in Trujillo, Peru to discuss the current global financial crisis and economic opportunities for countries in the region.The 15th APEC Financial Ministerial Meeting, which opened on November 5, has touched on the global [...]

Phnom Penh (VNA) – The Cambodian government has said the country’s economic growth for 2009 would slow to 6.5 percent after years of double-digit expansion.The global economic crisis has hit exports and investment, already lowering growth over the first nine months of this year to an average of 7 percent, and the downwards trend will [...]

Kuala Lumpur (VNA) – Malaysian government has announced a 7 billion ringgit (about 2 billion USD) stimulus package to reinforce the economy, maintain the country’s economic growth and minimise impacts from the global economic crisis.The money saved from the fuel subsidy will be channeled to enable more people to own houses, Deputy Prime Minister Najib [...]

Jakarta (VNA) – The Indonesian military (TNI) and the national police would intensify security efforts due to reports on murder threats on President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, Vice President Jusuf Kalla, the attorney general and other state officials, according to Antara news agency.“We will prepare the best security efforts possible starting from planning to implementation,” the [...]

Bangkok (VNA) – Thailand’s Prime Minister Somchai Wongsawat insisted on November 5 that Thailand is ready to host the Association of Southeast Asian Nations summit in December, the Thai news agency (TNA) reported.The summit will be held in the northern province of Chiang Mai instead of Bangkok as originally planned, the prime minister said, adding [...]

Vientiane (VNA) – Senior officials from six Greater Mekong Sub-region countries are meeting in Vientiane , Laos from November 5-6 to review their joint efforts in the fight against human trafficking in the region.The 6 th Senior Official Meeting (SOM 6) on Human Trafficking drew participation of 30 government officials of Cambodia, China, Laos, Myanmar, [...]

Phnom Penh (VNA) – The Cambodian government has submitted its budget draft of around 1.9 billion USD for 2009, with 500 million USD going to the military, to the National Assembly ( NA) for approval, local media reported on November 6.The budget is a big rise from the 1.25 billion USD in 2008, with a [...]

Kuala Lumpur (VNA) – People from ASEAN countries can now travel to any country in the region for one month without visas, except for Myanmar , said Malaysia ’s Immigration Director-General Mahmood Adam on November 5. The announcement came following a meeting of ASEAN immigration and consular officials held in Kuala Lumpur on November 4.“Previously, [...]

Hanoi (VNA) – Transport ministers from the 10-member ASEAN meet in Manila , the Philippines , on November 7 for transport cooperation initiatives which are aimed at broadening the bloc’s internal economic integration and linkages with the global economy.Addressing the 14th ASEAN Transport Ministers Meeting (ATM), Philippine Secretary of Transportation and Communications Leandro R. Mendoza [...]