Archive for November 11th, 2008

Havana (VNA) – Cuba and Russia boosted their economic and commercial relations with the signing of nine new bilateral governmental and entrepreneurial accords last week.The agreements were signed by Russia Deputy Prime Minister Igor Sechin and the Cuban Council of Ministers’ Vice President Ricardo Cabrisas Ruiz during Sechin’s visit to the Caribbean nation.According to the [...]

Beijing (VNA) – China will spend 1 trillion yuan (roughly 146.5 billion USD) over the next three years to rebuild infrastructure in area ravaged by the May 12 earthquake, according to the China Post newspaper. Citing a report by the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC), the newspaper said the funds would have the goal [...]

Phnom Penh (VNA) – Cambodia and Thailand have made a “big step” by agreeing to an agenda for defusing tensions related to territorial claims over Preah Vihear temple, Cambodia’s lead negotiator said on November 10. Officials started their three-day negotiations on November 10 in the Cambodian tourist hub of Siem Reap, hoping to hammer out [...]

Hanoi (VNA) – Two Thai protesters were injured after a small bomb went off on November 11 at the site of a months-long anti-government rally. The explosion took place near the stage inside the grounds of the prime minister’s offices, where supporters of the People’s Alliance for Democracy (PAD) have been camped out since August, [...]

Jakarta (VNA) – Indonesia’s recently-launched tsunami early warning system (InaTEWS) would signal warnings five minutes after a tsunami-potential earthquake occurs, Indonesia’s Meteorology and Geophysics Agency (BMG) said.“Through intensive development within a short period we were able to produce a system that can detect tsunami in just five minutes after a quake,” BMG chairman Sri Wowo [...]

Hanoi (VNA) – Malaysia’s Scomi Engineering Bhd and its Indian partner, Larsen and Toubro Ltd have won a 1.85 billion ringgit (over 518 million USD) contract to build a monorail system in the Mumbai Metropolitan Region, India. Scomi Engineering, which is part of the oil services group Scomi Group Bhd, estimates that its share of [...]

QUANG NGAI — The Quang Ngai provincial People’s Committee deputy chairman, Truong Ngoc Nhi, is trying to save the price of cassava for farmers unable to sell their crop to the fire-damaged Tinh Phong Cassava Processing Factory.
The official has asked the management board of the damaged factory to store the cassava until processing can resume.
If [...]

HA NOI — The State Capital Investment Corporation (SCIC) says it is seeking approval from the Government for it to invest in power projects.
SCIC is proposing to work closely with Electricity of Viet Nam (EVN) to invest in additional electricity supplies deemed vital to the country’s economic development. Co-operation between the sovereign wealth fund and [...]

HA NOI — Hamanakodenso Co Ltd, a subsidiary of Japanese Denso Corporation, established a new company last month to produce auto parts in Hung Yen Province.
The new company, Hamaden Viet Nam Co Ltd (HDVN), is scheduled to begin operations in June 2010 with 1.3 billion yen (approximately US$12.6 million) in capital.
The company will initially invest [...]

Farmers harvest sugarcane in Ben Tre Province. Sugar output from the 2008-2009 crop is expected to be 1.28 million tonnes, enough to meet domestic demands for next year. — VNA/VNS Photo Hoang Hai
HCM CITY — Sugar output from the 2008-2009 sugarcane crop is expected to be 1.28 million tonnes, enough to meet domestic demand for [...]