Written by Dailynews.vn Saturday, 19 May 2012 21:43
The Alstom – Phu My Energy Services Joint Venture will be set up to
operate a gas turbine reconditioning workshop, the first in Vietnam.
An agreement to this effect was signed between Electricity of Vietnam (EVN) and France ’s Alstom in Hanoi on May 18.
Addressing the ceremony, Deputy Prime Minister Hoang Trung Hai said
the establishment of the joint venture was mea...
Written by Dailynews.vn Saturday, 19 May 2012 01:43
Traffic deaths on land, rail and water in the first four months of this
year decreased by 30 percent against the same period last year, the
National Committee for Traffic Safety announced on May 17.
Nearly 3,700 traffic accidents were reported in the period, with more
than 3,100 deaths (or 26 deaths a day) and 2,700 injured.
The number of the accidents was down by more than 90...
Written by Dailynews.vn Saturday, 19 May 2012 01:43
A workshop on Russian-Vietnamese relations took place in Moscow on
May 17 to review the outcomes of bilateral cooperation and discuss ways
of boosting the relationship.
Speaking at the seminar, Sergey
Luzianin, the Acting Director for the Institute of Far East Studies
, stressed the importance of reviewing the status quo and prospects for
Vietnamese-Russian relations in t...
Written by Dailynews.vn Saturday, 19 May 2012 01:43
Twelve teams will take part in the 2012 Hanoi International Judo
Tournament being held from May 19-21, announced the organising board at a
press conference on May 17.
The Vietnamese team
will compete with martial artists from the Republic of Korea , Laos
, Indonesia and France . They will be divided into eight different
weight categories for both men and women. ...
Written by Dailynews.vn Saturday, 19 May 2012 01:43
The central province of Ninh Thuan signed a Memorandum of
Understanding (MoU) on May 17 with a delegation of US investors on
studying investment opportunities in the province.
The MoU was inked after the delegation, including representatives from
Livingston Group LLC, Silverfin Development, H&H company and Link
World Corporation made a fact-finding tour of the prov...
Written by Dailynews.vn Saturday, 19 May 2012 01:43
Vietnam, the world’s largest pepper exporter, is expected to ship
120,000 tonnes worth 800-850 million USD this year, more than a fifth up
in value, according to the Vietnam Pepper Association (VPA).
Though export volumes are likely to remain virtually unchanged, average
global prices of black and white pepper have increased by 30-35 percent
this year to respectively 6,354 and ...
Written by Dailynews.vn Saturday, 19 May 2012 01:43
Vietnam recorded a PC software piracy rate of 81 percent last year, a
reduction of 2 percent for two years in a row, compared to 83 percent in
2010 and 85 percent in 2009.
This was according to
statistics released at a press briefing in Hanoi on May 17 by the
International Business Software Alliance.
The alliance’s
2011 Global Software Piracy study showed the commerc...
Written by Dailynews.vn Saturday, 19 May 2012 01:43
Trades were sluggish during the morning session of May 17 on the HCM
Stock Exchange, and the VN-Index tumbled by 1.63 percent to close at the
end of afternoon trading at 442.58 points.
The value of
trades dropped 11.5 percent from the previous day’s level to 1.15
trillion VND (54.7 million USD), while volume also fell by 10.2 percent
to 77.7 million shares.
The VN30 declin...
Written by Dailynews.vn Saturday, 19 May 2012 01:43
Artist Hoang Dinh Thuan, from the southern province of Binh Duong has
made a thousand lacquered portraits of late President Ho Chi Minh to
show his respect and love for him.
Thuan, 57, has been
working as a painter since 1976 at the traditional trade village of
Tuong Binh Hiep , which is famous for its lacquer paintings, and
that’s when he first started to create imag...
Written by Dailynews.vn Saturday, 19 May 2012 01:43
A delegation of leaders of the Party, State, Government, National
Assembly and Vietnam Fatherland Front on May 18 laid a wreath in tribute
to President Ho Chi Minh at his mausoleum on the occasion of the 122nd
anniversary of his birth.
Prominent at the ceremony
were Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong, State President Truong
Tan Sang, Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung a...
Written by Dailynews.vn Saturday, 19 May 2012 01:43
The Vietnamese Community in Australia is a dynamic establishment and
has many activities recognising the homeland, a senior diplomat has
said.
The statement was made by Deputy Foreign
Minister Nguyen Thanh Son, who is also Head of the State Committee for
Overseas Vietnamese Affairs, after his working visit to Australia
from May 13-18.
During the visit to Aust...
Written by Dailynews.vn Friday, 18 May 2012 05:44
The global healthcare group Sanofi is planning to build its third
pharmaceutical plant in Vietnam, which is the group’s second most
important market in Asia.
The President of Sanofi’s Global Operations, Hanspeter Spek, stated this during his recent visit to Vietnam.
Sanofi’s third plant is likely to be built in Ho Chi Minh City .
Work will begin this year ...
Written by Dailynews.vn Friday, 18 May 2012 05:44
Senior Vietnamese, Lao and Thai officials convened at a meeting in the
central province of Quang Tri on May 17 ahead of the forthcoming Deputy
Foreign Ministerial Conference on East-West Economic Corridor.
Participants discussed issues related to the East-West Economic Corridor, and reached consensus on a joint declaration.
They also talked about issues such as the devel...
Written by Dailynews.vn Friday, 18 May 2012 05:44
Uncle Ho was not only a preeminent politician but also a man of great
virtue, says retired diplomat E. P. Glazunov, who had previously been
stationed in the former Soviet Union’s embassy in Vietnam.
Glazunov reminisced about President Ho Chi Minh when he visited the Ho
Chi Minh Museum during his recent visit to Vietnam.
Minister Counsellor Glazunov, who also acted as a...
Written by Dailynews.vn Friday, 18 May 2012 05:44
Measures to further boost Vietnam’s exports, especially wooden and
aquatic products, to the European market were the main focus of a
seminar that was held in Quy Nhon city, the central city of Binh Dinh,
on May 17.
The event was coorganised by Vietnam
Chamber of Commerce and Industry’s Da Nang Chapter and Binh Dinh
provincial People’s Committee.
At the seminar,
...
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