Brazil, Indonesia to sign strategic partnership

November 18, 2008 in Uncategorized
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Hanoi (VNA) – Brazil and Indonesia are to sign a strategic partnership at the start of a three-day visit by Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono on November 18, according to foreign media reports.The deal, to be inked in Brasilia, will open the way to joint actions in areas such as biogenetics, biofuels, the fight against [...]

Thai and Indonesian exports to Malaysia to be graded

November 18, 2008 in Uncategorized
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Hanoi (VNA) – Malaysia is to grade all import commodities from Thailand and Indonesia, including fruit and vegetables from April 1, Bernama news agency said. The commodities will be examined and graded in accordance with standards set by the Federal Agricultural Marketing Authority (Fama) before they are sold to the public. Fama’s deputy director-general Sahbani [...]

ADB says food aid put to good use in Cambodia

November 18, 2008 in Uncategorized
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Hanoi (VNA) – The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has hailed the implementation of the first phase of its 40 million USD emergency food programme in Cambodia as a success. “This assistance is making a very real difference to the lives of Cambodia’s most vulnerable residents,” ADB’s country director Arjun Goswami was quoted by the Phnom [...]

Foreign employers to stay in Philippines forever

November 18, 2008 in Uncategorized
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Hanoi (VNA) – Foreign businessmen who hire more than 10 Filipino staff will now be allowed to stay in the Philippines indefinitely, according to new agencies. On November 17, Filipino President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo passed Executive Order (EO) 758, which provides mechanisms and legal grounds for the Special Visa on Employment Generation (SVEG). The special visa [...]

ADB, Australia continue helping Laos reduce poverty

November 18, 2008 in Uncategorized
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Vientiane (VNA) – The Asian Development Bank and the Australian government have decided to extend non-refundable aid worth about 17 million USD to help Laos develop its tourist industry and to reduce poverty in the country. An agreement underscoring the aid was signed late last week in Vientiane. Accordingly, the Australian government agreed to inject [...]

ASEAN seeks ways to boost healthcare cooperation

November 18, 2008 in Uncategorized
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Vientiane (VNA) – ASEAN medical practitioners and health experts have gathered in Vientiane, Laos to seek ways to increase cooperation between regional nations in a bid to increase the efficiency of anti-epidemic efforts in the region. At the 13th conference of the association of ASEAN doctors, organised along the theme of “Community Healthcare in ASEAN”, [...]

New hydropower plant set for southern Laos

November 18, 2008 in Uncategorized
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Vientiane (VNA) – A group of foreign companies will proceed with a hydropower plant in the border area between Champassak and Attapeu provinces, after completing a two-year feasibility study, local media reported on November 18.SK Engineering and Construction, Korea Western Power and Ratchaburi Electricity Generation Holding signed an agreement with the Ministry of Planning and [...]

Indonesia sends more troops to Lebanon

November 18, 2008 in Uncategorized
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Jakarta (VNA) – The Indonesian military will send 1,136 soldiers from its headquarters in Cilangkap, Jakarta, to join the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL), according to local media.Indonesian military commander in chief General Djoko Santoso said the United Nations (UN) had entrusted Indonesia to help in the mission.“The UN and Lebanese have appreciated [...]

Delta farmers flood HCM City with rice

November 18, 2008 in Uncategorized
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HCM CITY — Roadside stalls have sprung up around HCM City, selling rice at half the market prices.
They have been put up by farmers from the Cuu Long (Mekong) Delta, who said that because of low prices offered by traders and a large influx of rice from Cambodia, they had to bring their wares to [...]

Highlands counts dollars as sturgeon farming takes off

November 18, 2008 in Uncategorized
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HCM CITY — Sturgeon farming is becoming increasingly popular, since the country has many areas conducive to breeding this high-value fish, according to experts.
Sturgeon is a cold water species that is very popular in Russia and many other parts of the world.
It can easily adapt to waters averaging 18-25 degrees in temperature, but needs clean [...]