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Current Events
· “There must be a roadmap for the judicial work till the end of 2008,” said State President Nguyen Minh Triet at a meeting of the Steering Committee for Judicial Reform (All dailies, page 1).
· National Assembly Chairman Nguyen Phu Trong attended a ceremony to mark the 10th founding anniversary of Ha Noi’s Cau Giay precinct (All dailies, page 1).
· Government held its August regular meeting. High on the agenda are improving the quality of institution building, executing the cabinet’s new organizational structure, and containing price increase (All dailies, page 1).
· Exposing the reactionaries that instigate complainants to disturb security: Nguyen Khac Toan, a political opportunist (Saigon Giai phong, page 5).
Socio-economic Affairs
· Five-billion USD project kicked off. The first two plants in a series of Taiwanese Foxconn’s projects became operational on Aug. 28 at the Que Vo Industrial Park in northern Bac Ninh province (Nhan dan, page 1).
· Bubbling activities during the Week of East-West Economic Corridor (Nhan dan, page 1).
· Orientations for developing high-grade hotels in Ha Noi (Nhan dan, page 5).
· A Vietnamese ship berthed at a US port for the first time (Nhan dan, page 7).
· Car imports increases sharply but prices remain high (Saigon Giai phong, page 1).
· FAO to provide Viet Nam with technical assistance to control bird flu (Saigon Giai phong, page 7).
· Stocks have regained investors’ confidence. After a long time of adjustment and unpredictable developments, stocks have rapidly regained growth momentum during trading sessions early this week (Saigon Giai phong, page 9).
· Competitions during the WTO period: will medium- and small-enterprises be weak in strength? After eight months of joining the WTO, Vietnamese businesses are entering a period of deep integration into the world. In this competition, many enterprises, chiefly medium- and small- ones, have not yet determined their competitive advantages during the integration process (Saigon Giai phong, page 10).
· As many 1,140 objects in the Cat Tien relic on show (Saigon Giai phong, page 8).
· Striving for the target of 3.6 billion USD in seafood export turnover (Thoi bao Kinh te Viet Nam [Viet Nam Economic Times, No. 206, page 3). An interview with Dr. Nguyen Viet Thang, Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development.
· Increasing the “white gold” sources for the Central Highlands (Thoi bao Kinh te Viet Nam, No. 206, page 5). The Government plans to grow an additional 100,000 ha of rubber trees in the Central Highlands by 2010. However, the project has seen tardy progress since it was approved one year ago. What are the reasons for this delay?
· Pepper: supply fails to meet demand (Thoi bao Kinh te Viet Nam, No. 206, page 5). According to the International Pepper Confederation (IPC) and its member associations, natural disasters, diseases, prices and poor investment have resulted in decreased pepper output worldwide in the 2006-2007, while the demand keeps growing.
· Improving the effectiveness of the banking industry’s operations (Thoi bao Kinh te Viet Nam, No. 206, page 6).
· Viet Nam-Japan two-way trade is forecast to reach 15 billion USD (Thuong mai [Commerce], No. 69, page 4). Viet Nam and Japan are preparing for celebrations of the 35th anniversary of diplomatic ties. To date, Japan has invested 7.8 billion USD in more than 760 projects (ranking third among countries and territories investing in Viet Nam) and seen the highest disbursement rate of 73 percent. Why has Viet Nam yet to become a big trade partner of Japan?
· Consumer goods market: “pricing storm” stopped (Thuong mai, No. 69, page 7).
· Prices of cars will reduce (Thuong mai, No. 69, page 7). According to Deputy Minister of Finance Truong Chi Trung, enterprises pledged to cut selling prices gradually, but the specific time depends on the strategy of each company.
· Viet Nam’s advertising market is taking off (Thuong mai, No. 69, page 11).
International Events
· Taliban agreed to release 19 RoK hostages (All dailies, page 8).
· Global food security in danger of instability (Nhan dan, page 8).
· The second round of talks between the US and the DPRK on normalization of relations and other bilateral issues will take place in Switzerland on Sept. 1-2 (All dailies, page 8).
· Parties concerned proceed with the construction of ASEAN – China railroad (Saigon Giai phong, page 8).
· UN meeting on climate opened in Austria: urgent measures are needed (Saigon Giai phong, page 8).-Enditem
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