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Current Events
· Vietnamese leaders, including State President Nguyen Minh Triet and Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung, give reception for and hold talks with Prime Minister of the Czech Republic Mirek Topolanek. Major documents and agreements for economic cooperation were inked ( All dailies, page 1).
· Japan is to make more efforts to deploy major projects in Vietnam , Japanese Ambassador Sakaba Mitsuo told PM Nguyen Tan Dung (Saigon Giai phong and Quan doi Nhan dan, page 1).
· National Assembly Chairman Nguyen Phu Trong and Republic of Korea National Assembly Speaker Lim Chae Jung hold talks in Seoul . Businesses from Vietnam and the RoK signed four deals worth totally more than 1.1 billion USD (All dailies, page 1).
· Cuban Communist Party delegation visits Vietnam (Nhan dan, page 1).
· Vietnam will host Global Women Summit – 2008 (Nhan dan, page 8).
· “ Vietnam supports a comprehensive approach to resolve the Somalia conflict,” said Vietnamese Ambassador to the UN Security Council (Nhan dan, page 8).
· The Baha’i Vietnam Community holds its first congress to mark the Government’s recognition of the religion’s legal status (Nhan dan, page 8).
· China confirms that it will not hold an Olympic torch procession to the Paracels Archipelago (Ha Noi Moi, Nhan dan, and Quan doi Nhan dan, page 8).
· The Finance Minister will answer questions on inflation at the National Assembly Consultative Committee meeting on March 28 (Lao dong, page 1).
· Deputy National Security Advisor Daniel Price of the US : Vietnam is an important factor in ASEAN economy (Saigon Giai phong, page 6; and Quan doi Nhan dan, page 7).
· Dutch Minister of Development Cooperation: the young and dynamic human resources are Vietnam ’s big asset (Nhan dan, page 4).
Socio-economic Affairs
· As much as 3,000 billion VND will be granted in support of education in mountainous areas (Ha Noi Moi, page 1).
· Vietnam bags 11 golds at the sixth Southeast Asia Clubs’ Swimming Championship – 2008 (Saigon Giai phong, page 8).
· Central Highlands Kon Tum provincial authorities grants a licence to Taiwan ’s InnovGreen Kon Tum company to build a tree plantation in the locality to serve the paper industry. The project is worth 67 million USD (Saigon Giai phong, page 2).
· The “2008 Humanitarian Actions” Programme by the US-based Catalyst Foundation raises more than 2.3 billion VND for the poor and disadvantaged children (Saigon Giai phong, page 2).
· Inflation can be contained (Dau tu [Investment], No. 35, page 1). As inflation shows signs of slowing down, the State Bank of Viet Nam would probably loosen monetary policies.
· Ho Chi Minh City welcomes another 1 billion USD project (Dau tu, No. 35, page 1).
· A 3.7 billion USD investment will be poured into a petrochemical complex in Long Son (Dau tu, No. 35, page 1).
· Many contractors are on the verge of bankruptcy (Dau tu, No. 35, page 3). An interview with a representative of the Vietnam Association of Construction Contractors on the on-going construction material price hike and its and impacts.
· A master plan is being mapped out for power plants in the Mekong Delta (Dau tu, No. 35, page 4). The electricity sector takes an extremely important position in the future development strategy designed for the Mekong delta region.
· Coffee prices fluctuate sharply due to many reasons (Dau tu, No. 35, page 12). An interview with Mr Luong Van Tu, President of the Vietnam Coffee-Cocoa Association.
· Viet Nam becomes a destination for investors from the Republic of Korea (Thoi bao Kinh te Viet Nam , No. 70, page 4). The Industrial Bank of Korea inaugurated its Ho Chi Minh City branch.
· Will the race to raise charter capital by many banks make their shareholders happy? (Dien dan Doanh nghiep [Business Forum], No. 24, page 4).
· Convenient stores to rush into Vietnam (Thanh nien [Young people], No. 81, page 6). At least two supermarket chains, 7-Eleven and 108, are taking initial steps to make their presence in Vietnam by late this year or early next year.
· For-export garments on Mayday (Thanh nien, No. 81, page 6). For-export garment makers are in dire need for solutions to overcome current difficulties.
· Equitisation of State-owned enterprises got bogged down due to administrative interventions (Thanh nien, No. 81, page 7). A conference was held in Ha Noi on March 20 to seek ways to remove administrative hindrances to State-owned enterprise equitisation.
International Events
· OECD reduces growth forecasts (Saigon Giai phong, page 8).
· Russia criticizes US over Kosovo military aid (Saigon Giai phong, page 8, Nhan dan, page 8).
· Egypt denies that it supplies electricity to Gaza (Saigon Giai phong, page 8).
· Tension mounts between Russia and the US and the UK after the spy drama (Ha Noi Moi, page 8).
· Japan 's navy chief sacked over accident scandal (Ha Noi Moi, page 8).
· Bin Laden urges Palestine holy war (Ha Noi Moi, page 8).
· Molodova nominates its first woman prime minister (Quan doi Nhan dan, page 8).
· US presidential hopefuls' passport files breached: officials (Quan doi Nhan dan, page 8).
· 7.2-magnitude earthquake strikes China (Lao dong, page 6).
· UN Security Council renews political mission in Afghanistan (Lao dong, page 6).
· Suspected Abu Sayyaf rebel killed in Philippines (Lao dong, page 6).-Enditem
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