Archive for December 29th, 2008

Beijing (VNA) – Senior officials from China, the Repbulic of Korea (RoK) and Japan on December 25 signed a joint declaration on cultural cooperation during a trilateral ministerial meeting. Chinese Cultural Minister Cai Wu, his RoK counterpart Yu Myung-hwan and Japanese counterpart Aiko Tamotsu participated in the Second Korea-China-Japan Cultural Ministerial Meeting in the DPRK’s [...]

Jakarta (VNA) – The Indonesian Tours and Travel Association (ASITA) has expressed its pessimism that Indonesia’s target of receiving 7 million international arrivals this year would be met, local media reported.By ASITA’s projection, by the end of this year the number of foreign tourists in Indonesia would only reach around 5.5 million or as many [...]

HCM City (VNA) – Special attention will be paid to the inspection of companies’ adherence to environmental protection and socio-economic laws, said the Ho Chi Minh City Inspectorate. The statement was made after the discovery of massive violations of Vietnam ’s Environmental Protection Law by Vedan, a Taiwanese-owned company. The city has since established 63 [...]

Phnom Penh (VNA) – A senior Cambodian legislator has urged Vietnam to increase its flow of investments into agriculture in his country.The Chairman of the Cambodian National Assembly’s Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Commission, Chheang Vun, made the call while meeting with Vietnamese Ambassador to Cambodia Nguyen Chien Thang on Dec. 25.Chheang Vun said Cambodia [...]

Deputy PM Hoang Trung Hai (first left) checks the quality of treated wastewater in the Binh Hung wasterwater treatment plant. — VNS Photo Tien Thanh
HCM CITY — The East-West Highway and Water Environment Project Management Unit officially inaugurated the Binh Hung wastewater treatment plant yesterday in Binh Hung Ward, Binh Chanh District.
The plant, which began [...]

PM Nguyen Tan Dung presents the AFF Suzuki Cup to national team captain Phan Van Tai Em. Viet Nam held Thailand 1-1 yesterday in Ha Noi to win the cup on aggregate points. — VNA/VNS Photo Duc Tam

Fans throng Ha Noi streets last night to celebrate the victory. — VNS Photo Viet Thanh

Undiscovered territory: Vietnamese [...]

HA NOI — The National Assembly Standing Committee said on Saturday that all of the provisions of the new Law on Personal Income Tax would take effect on January 1 as scheduled, despite Government support for delaying new taxes on dividend income and capital gains from securities trading.
In the last working day of the committee’s [...]

A worker monitors operation of the tube vacuum stage at the Orion-Hanel plant. The joint venture, which filed bankruptcy this week, had two factories producing tubes for the production of CRT televisions with 2,500 workers in Ha Noi. — VNA/VNS Photo Ha Thai
HA NOI — Dept ridden TV CRT display (cathode ray tube) producer Orion-Hanel [...]