RoK suspends visa for foreign workers

January 5, 2009 in Uncategorized

Seoul (VNA) – The Repbulic of Korea (RoK) government has announced that it will stop issuing E-9 work visas until next year as the number of foreign workers coming to the country on the visa hit the annual quota of 72,000 for the March 2008 – February 2009. According to the Korea Times, a new [...]

Cambodian PM to visit Middle East

January 5, 2009 in Uncategorized

Hanoi (VNA) – Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen will start his first visit to the Middle East region soon, Xinhua news agency reported. The PM will visit Qatar, Kuwait and other countries in Middle East after January 10 in order to strengthen Cambodia’s ties with them, Xinhua quoted Cambodian Information Minister and government spokesman Khieu [...]

Acid rain levels on the rise, but by how much?

January 5, 2009 in Uncategorized

Hanoi (VNA) – An estimated 30 percent of the rain that falls on Vietnam is thought to be contaminated with acid. In parts of northern Vietnam , the figure is as high as 50 percent. But a lack of money has limited research into how much acid rain falls or the damage it does, says [...]

Top ten information and communication events of 2008

January 5, 2009 in Uncategorized

Hanoi (VNA) – The successful launch of Vietnam ’s first satellite, the VINASAT-1, tops the annual list of prominent information and communication events for 2008, that was made public on Dec. 30. VINASAT-1 was launched into orbit at 5:17 a.m of April 19 ( Vietnam time) Kourou, French Guyana. Together with more than 200,000 km [...]

Partner sought for first oil refinery

January 5, 2009 in Uncategorized

Hanoi (VNA) – The Vietnam National Oil and Gas Group (PetroVietnam) planned to sell a 49 percent stake of Dung Quat Oil Refinery, its chairman Dinh La Thang said on Jan. 2. The refinery, Vietnam ’s first, is scheduled to begin working on Feb. 25. “PetroVietnam would appraise the refinery’s value and negotiate with foreign [...]

Farmers take on Health Ministry

January 5, 2009 in Uncategorized

HCM CITY — Eighty farmers in the northern province of Vinh Phuc have asked the Ministry of Health to compensate them for the damage caused to their businesses by a false announcement about their milk products.
The farmers, many of whom had borrowed money from banks to buy equipment to store or collect milk, said they [...]

Small listed firms must switch to Ha Noi

January 5, 2009 in Uncategorized

HA NOI — Companies with registered capital of less than VND80 billion (US$4.8 million) that are presently listed on the HCM City Stock Exchange are required to move their listing to the Ha Noi Securities Trading Centre as of January 1.
Under Decree 14/2007/ND-CP, all companies on the HCM City exchange must have capital of at [...]