Cambodia tries to minimise climate change’s affects

December 15, 2008 in Uncategorized
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Phnom Penh (VNA) – The Cambodian government is trying its best to join the international community’s efforts in minimising the global climate change’s affects, a Cambodian government official said. Over the past years, the government has closely cooperated with UN agencies and international organisations in applying the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) in Cambodia, Secretary of [...]

Phong Nha-Ke Bang ecotrail offers many natural wonders

December 15, 2008 in Uncategorized
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Hanoi (VNA) – Nature creates amazing things. Take, for example the spring named “Suoi Nuoc Mooc” in the world heritage site of Phong Nha-Ke Bang, where columns of water rise up wonderfully, seeming to defy gravity before making their way to the nearby Chay River .These days, this long-hidden charm of “Suoi Nuoc Mooc” spring [...]

Ministry sets melamine limits

December 15, 2008 in Uncategorized
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Hanoi (VNA) – The Ministry of Health issued regulations governing the maximum amount of naturally – occurring or cross – contaminated melamine allowed in food on Dec. 12, a week after the World Health Organisation (WHO) set its tolerable daily intake for the chemical. The regulation prohibits adding melamine to food in any form or [...]

Vietnam’s first remote sensing satellite to be orbit by 2012

December 15, 2008 in Uncategorized
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Hanoi (VNA) – Vietnam plans to launch its first remote sensing satellite by 2012, chairman of the national Research Programme on Space Science and Technology Nguyen Khoa Son announced on Dec. 11 at this year’s Asia-Pacific Regional Space Agency Forum (APRSAF-15).“When the VNREDSAT-1 is operational by 2012, Vietnam will be able to take photographs of [...]

Deputy PM hails young entrepreneurs’ contributions

December 15, 2008 in Uncategorized
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– Permanent Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Sinh Hung has hailed young entrepreneurs as the main force in the country’s international economic integration process. At a dialogue with businessmen as part of the Vietnam Young Entrepreneurs’ Organisation (VYEO) congress that opened on Dec. 13, the deputy PM also stressed that the Government would accelerate administrative [...]

Gov’t to assist 500,000 families to build homes

December 15, 2008 in Uncategorized
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Bao Lac District authorities in Cao Bang Province help build homes for poor families. — VNA/VNS Photo Dinh Tran
HCM CITY — Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung last Friday issued a decision to provide housing assistance to about 500,000 poor rural households nationwide.
Three conditions have to be met for households to be eligible to receive the [...]

Shortage of high-quality rice varieties plagues Delta farmers

December 15, 2008 in Uncategorized
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CUU LONG DELTA — Farmers in the Cuu Long (Mekong) Delta are seeking to plant high-quality rice varieties on the Government’s advice but are unable to obtain enough seeds.
The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development warned farmers in the delta, the country’s granary, not to grow low-quality rice after they were stuck with large quantities [...]

Bao Viet Bank debuts during ban on new banks

December 15, 2008 in Uncategorized
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HA NOI — Bao Viet Bank, a subsidiary of the nation’s leading insurer Bao Viet Group, will be launched in early January, becoming Viet Nam’s 39th joint-stock commercial bank.
Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung approved the establishment of Bao Viet Bank in October, nearly two months after the State Bank of Viet Nam had announced it [...]