Hanoi (VNA) -
Current Events
· Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung attended the third Greater Mekong Sub-region Summit (All dailies, page 1).
· Striving to contain inflation, stabilise macro-economic operation and ensure social welfare and sustainable growth (All dailies, page 1). An article by Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung.
· Vietnam signed with China a memorandum of understanding on cross-border transportation (Nhan dan, page 8).
· Vietnam to host the 21 st Asia Trade Promotion Forum (Sunday Nhan dan, page 8).
· Vietnam commits to actively implement the “One-UN” initiative (Sunday Nhan dan, page 8).
· Ninth National Assembly Standing Committee’s seventh meeting proposes the Oil and Gas Law be revised and supplemented entirely (All Sunday dailies, page 1).
Socio-economic affairs
· Research on the production of H5N1 vaccine for human - a time-consuming path is going to an end (Saigon Giai phong, page 1).
· Around 30 young people in central Quang Tri province volunteered to go to Laos to help with medical check-up (Saigon Giai phong, page 1).
· The Mon Sanh sect to hold congress for the 2008-2013 term (Saigon Giai phong, page 1).
· Two new banks licensed (Saigon Giai phong, page 2).
· Vietnam to start construction of first elevated railway route (Saigon Giai phong, page 7)
· All pharmaceutical materials must be tested before putting into production (Saigon Giai phong, page 7).
· The State Bank of Viet Nam : interest rates continue to be stable (Saigon Giai phong, page 3).
· Special treatments for investment projects in the Lao Cai border economic zone (Lao dong, page 3).
· The Prime Minister’s instruction: those businesses that are facing bankruptcy must go bankrupt (Lao dong, page 3).
· Ahead Indochina opened representative office in Hanoi (Lao dong, page 3).
· New York Times published a story about Vietnamese brides in the Republic of Korea (Lao dong, page 6).
· The price of US dollar is stable and likely to go down (Lao dong, page on monetary issues)
· Adjusting orientations and policies relating to economic growth (Quan doi, page 1). Nguyen Dinh Cung, Head of the Central Economic Management Research Institute’s Macro-economic Policy Department, talked with the paper on the issue.
· Remedy to increase exports and reduce imports is needed as soon as possible (Quan doi Nhan dan, page 1).
· Vietnamese rice enjoys favourable conditions in the world market (Ha Noi Moi, page 1).
· Dak Nong province encourages investment into the construction of 64 small-sized hydro-electric power plants (Nhan dan, page 1).
· The 750-MW Ca Mau power plant No. 1 officially operates (Sunday Nhan dan, page 1).
· Cau river environmental protection committee made debut (Sunday Nhan dan, page 1).
· Industrial waste - worries in southern Ba Ria-Vung Tau province (Sunday Nhan dan, page 5).
· Establishing fund to provide loans for students. The government targets to mobilise around 30-35 trillion VND for the fund (Sunday Ha Noi Moi, page 1).
· New direction for economic development of the Van Don Economic Zone (northern Quang Ninh province) is to focus on eco-tourism (Sunday Quan doi Nhan dan, page 1).
· Vietnam and China inaugurated a cable line connecting themselves with other ASEAN member countries (Sunday Quan doi Nhan dan, page 8).
International Events
· Thailand in danger of rice shortage (Saigon Giai phong, page 8). Asia needs a new green revolution.
· US President George Bush heads for Europe (Saigon Giai phong, page 8)
· US presidential elections: Democrats in dilemma (Saigon Giai phong, page 8)
· 35 countries turn off lights for Earth Hour (Saigon Giai phong, page 8)
· Russia to raise plans for a tunnel to link with US (Saigon Giai phong, page 8)
· Hillary Clinton vows no surrender in election race (Lao Dong, page 6)
· US Secretary of State holds talks with Israel (Lao Dong, page 6)
· Democratic People’s Republic of Korea threatens to cut off dialogue with RoK (Lao Dong, page 6)
· Tanzania says 75 feared dead in mine flood (Nhan Dan, page 8)
· Japan completes missile defense system deployment (Nhan Dan, page 8). Enditem
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