Archive for November 14th, 2008

Hanoi (VNA) – Another bird-flu outbreak has been confirmed in Thailand ’s northern province of Uthai Thani. Sakchai Sriboonsue, director-general of the Livestock Department, said on November 13 that lab tests confirmed that fowls, which died earlier in the province, had contracted the avian flu virus. On November 9, the department also confirmed an outbreak [...]

Jakarta (VNA) – Ten people have been killed and seven others are still missing feared dead after a landslide triggered by heavy rain crushed parts of two villages in Indonesia on November 13, local media reported. The landslide also destroyed 30 houses in the Cianjur district of West Java, local disaster response official Yadi Supriyadi [...]

Phnom Penh (VNA) – Cambodia will host a meeting of industry and commerce ministers from around 49 of the world’s poorest countries described as the “least developed” from November 19-20 in Siem Reap province.The ministerial meeting is aimed at discussing issues related to international trade and hammering out solutions to common problems faced by the [...]

Jakarta (VNA) – Indonesia will not take loans offered by the International Monetary Fund to deal with the impact of the current global financial crisis, said a senior government finance officer.“We will not use the IMF programme because the problem of overcoming the crisis is not on the balance of payment but on maintaining budget [...]

Kuala Lumpur (VNA) – Malaysia is exploring a framework for trade and investment co-operation with the European Free Trade Area (EFTA), according to the Bernama news agency.The framework will provide an avenue to discuss and undertake programmes aimed at promoting trade, investment and economic cooperation, International Trade and Industry Minister Muhyiddin Yassin, was cited as [...]

Hanoi (VNA) – The European Commission (EC)’s Trade Defence Directorate is set to launch a term-end review of the current anti-dumping duties imposed on leather shoes imported from Vietnam, at the request of European shoe manufacturers. Trade Defence Directorate Director Stefaan Depypere informed a press briefing in Hanoi on Nov. 13 that the aim of [...]

Hanoi (VNA) – Vietnam has an open door to welcome foreign investors and the State and Government will do their utmost to create a favourable environment for investors, President Nguyen Minh Triet said on Nov. 13 during his reception of a delegation from the Asia Business Council (ABC). Speaking with the council’s members, who are [...]