Written by Dailynews.vn Saturday, 04 February 2012 20:16
President Truong Tan Sang on Feb. 3 affirmed that the Party and
State will guide the implementation of the Politburo’s Resolution No9 on
promoting the role of entrepreneurs in Vietnam in the period of
industrialisation, modernisation and international integration.
The President made this statement while receiving a delegation from
the Vietnam Young Entrepreneurs Associ...
Written by Dailynews.vn Saturday, 04 February 2012 16:16
Vietnam's trade deficit narrowed in January from December, providing support for a currency that was devalued by about 7 percent a year ago. The shortfall last month was $100 million, compared with a revised deficit of $269 million in December, according to preliminary data released today by the general Statistical Office in Hanoi. An improving trade balance may boost confidence in the nation'...
Written by Dailynews.vn Saturday, 04 February 2012 09:46
The La family living beside the Da river in Quynh Nhai district of
northern mountainous Son La province has caught a strange bird coming
from the nearby rocky mountain.
The bird weighs 7.5kg and has a wing span of 2.8m.
The local inhabitants, even the oldest, said they have never seen such
a bird in the area. Some said that the bird looks like a kind of owl
called To L...
Written by Dailynews.vn Saturday, 04 February 2012 09:46
The National News Bureau of Thailand (NNT) reported that many
countries in the European Union have been satisfied with the Thai
Ministry of Foreign Affairs’ explanations aimed at convincing them to
remove travel advisories against Thailand.
The
NNT quoted Jesda Katavetin, Deputy Director-General of the Information
Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs as saying that a...
Written by Dailynews.vn Friday, 03 February 2012 23:16
The Ministry of Health's Preventive Medicine Department has confirmed the second bird flu fatality of this year.
A
26-year-old woman from the Cuu Long (Mekong) Delta's Soc Trang Province
died on January 28, five days after she was admitted to the hospital
with a high fever and coughing symptoms.
The resident of Thanh
Tri District was first taken to the local hospital on January...
Written by Dailynews.vn Friday, 03 February 2012 23:16
The World Bank (WB) on Feb. 2 approved a 70 million USD credit project to help Vietnam tackle climate change challenges.
The
credit will be channeled from the International Development
Association, a concessional lending resource for low income countries.
The credit has a 25-year maturity with 5-year grace period.
“The objective of this specific operation is to suppo...
Written by Dailynews.vn Friday, 03 February 2012 23:16
L’Oreal Vietnam on Feb. 1 said it will continue to provide scholarships
to female Vietnamese scientists under the UNESCO-L'Oreal
International Fellowships Programme for Young Women in Life Sciences in
2012.
The programme started in Vietnam in
2009. It aims to honour female scientists who made contributions to
scientific development in Vietnam .
Launche...
Written by Dailynews.vn Friday, 03 February 2012 19:16
Around 80,000 tourists in HCM City and neighbouring provinces went abroad through Tan Son Nhat International Airport Minh City to enjoy their lunar New Year holiday, representing a year-on-year increase of 20 percent. According to the municipal Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism, the number of people traveled by road to Cambodia via the Moc Bai border gate in the southern province of Tay ...
Written by Dailynews.vn Friday, 03 February 2012 19:16
Vietnam Ministry of Labour, Invalid and Social Affairs plans to increase the average income of the poor households by 1.6 times in 2012 compared with the year earlier. The increase for poor households in remote and disadvantaged areas alone will be 2.5 times. In the programme, the ratio of the poor households in the country is expected to decrease average 2 percent a year, particularly 4 percent...
Written by Dailynews.vn Friday, 03 February 2012 19:16
Prime minister Nguyen Tan Dung has signed a decision to ratify an import/export strategy for the period 2011-20 with an orientation towards 2030. Under the strategy specified in Decision 2471/QD-TTg, the country's total exports by 2020 are expected to increase by three times against an export value of $71 billion in 2010, ensuring balanced trade. The prime minister has also instructed local in...
Written by Dailynews.vn Friday, 03 February 2012 19:16
The Minutes of Meeting of the fifth Vietnam-UK Joint Economic and Trade Committee (JETCO 5) were signed in Hanoi on February 1. At JETCO 5, the two sides discussed measures to lift bilateral trade ties in line with the Strategic Partnership Agreement which was signed in 2010. They stressed that JETCO is an important mechanism for intensifying bilateral economic and trade ties. The two sides ...
Written by Dailynews.vn Friday, 03 February 2012 19:16
Inflation in Vietnam could cool down this year, yet by a lower rate than expected, while GDP growth may also lag behind target, foresees a recent report by Ernst & Young. In its report, Ernst & Young said Vietnam would not be likely to achieve the GDP growth target of 6 - 6.5 percent in 2012, given the low figure of 5.89 percent recorded last year. The report concerns the economic outlook of t...
Written by Dailynews.vn Friday, 03 February 2012 19:16
General Statistical Office (GSO) has recently reported that Vietnam's FDI (foreign direct investment) attraction in January 2012 reached $37.3 million, or 2.5 percent from the same period last year.
Of which, pledged capital of 25 newly-licensed projects reached $29.5 million, or 33.8 percent in volume and 2.4 percent in value from the same period last year and the raised FDI capital of five exis...
Written by Dailynews.vn Friday, 03 February 2012 19:16
Vietnam's index of industrial production (IIP) for January slipped an estimated 2.4 percent from the same month last year, slowing from an increase of 7.5 percent last month, the government said on Thursday. In June 2011, the GSO started using the IIP in place of a previous industrial output index that used 1994 prices as a base. It gave no value for industrial output.
VIETNAM'S...
Written by Dailynews.vn Friday, 03 February 2012 12:46
The 11th National Horticultural Congress of Thailand is taking place
in Chiang Mai with an aim of implementing academic research for the
benefit of farmers and the economy.
The conference on Feb. 1-3 is
aimed to publicicze related findings by researchers, academics and
students and to provide a stage for the participants to exchange their
opinions in order to develop the countr...
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