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Current Events
· General Secretary Nong Duc Manh begins his visit to Angola (All dailies, page 1).
· Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung welcomes and holds talks with Qatar Prime Minister-cum-Foreign Minister B. Al Thani (All dailies, page 1).
· Vietnam is ready to cooperate with Japan in building nuclear electricity system (Quan doi Nhan dan, page 1). Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung receives JETRO President.
· Vietnam has actively voiced opinions and suggested suitable solutions in its first three months’ acting as a non-permanent member of the United Nations Security Council (Quan doi Nhan dan, page 8).
· Building Vietnam-Cambodia border markers in Central Highlands Gia Lai province (Nhan dan, page 8).
Socio-economic Affairs
· Two more provinces see acute diarrhoea (Nhan dan, page 8).
· Malaysian group, MAH SING, wishes to invest in southern Binh Duong province (Quan doi Nhan dan, page 8).
· ADB recommends Vietnam find new markets for export (Quan doi Nhan dan, page 8).
· The Vietnamese community in Angola is always looking forward the Fatherland (Quan doi Nhan dan, page 7).
· The 2008 international forum on economic transition in Hanoi : It is wasteful as the poor stand outside of the economic growth (Quan doi Nhan dan, page 7).
· 6.6 trillion VND for school construction (Hanoi Moi, page 1).
· A number of banks reduce the ceiling interest rate to 11 percent per annum (Hanoi Moi, page 1).
· Prospect for Asia’s economic growth in 2008: Vietnam will overcome the inflation storm (Hanoi Moi, page 8).
· Vietnam-China forum on economic cooperation between border gates (Hanoi Moi, page 8).
· Localities pledge to stand side-by-side with the government to curb inflation (Saigon Giai Phong, page 1).
· Two Vietnamese women awarded the Global Torch for gender equality (Sai Gon Giai Phong, page 1).
· The acute diarrhoea epidemic may spread to the central and southern regions (Saigon Giai phong, page 1).
· Bird flu discovered from vaccinated poultry (Lao dong, page 3).
· Vietnam should adopt a better point of view on economic growth (Lao dong, page 6). An interview with Prof. Vo Tri Thanh from the Central Institute of Economic Management.
· The American insurer AIA: providing insurance or swindling (Lao dong, page 4).
· Businesses are encouraged to share telecommunication infrastructure (Dau tu, [Investment], No. 40, page 9).
· Nearly 90 percent of registered FDI capital in the first quarter of 2008 poured into property development (Dien dan Doanh nghiep [Business Forum], No. 27, page 5). In the context that Vietnam is suffering high inflation, an FDI volume of 5.4 billion USD registered in the period posed a big question about the country’s FDI attraction and absorption.
· Petroleum business in the market mechanism: The State does not ignore the developments (Cong thuong [Industry and Trade], No. 1, page 15). An interview with Bui Ngoc Bao, General Director of the Vietnam Petroleum Corporation.
· 25 million USD to be spent on transport development in Mekong Delta (Thoi bao Ngan hang [Banking Times], No. 40, page 2).
· Foreign exchange market showed positive changes (Thoi bao Ngan hang, No. 40, page 2). The devaluation of the greenback over the past time caused difficulties to exporters. Therefore, the State Bank of Vietnam convened commercial banks to discuss solutions, helping ease the situation.
· Coal mining industry braces for inflation control (Thoi bao Kinh te Vietnam [Vietnam Economic Times], No. 80, page 6). An interview with Doan Van Kien, Chairman of the Vietnam Coal and Mineral Industries Group.
· Local banks head to foreign market (Thoi bao Kinh te Vietnam , No. 80, page 6). The Vietnam Bank for Investment and Development and the Vietnam Bank for Industry and Commerce are promoting their activities in foreign countries.
· A race to make property investment (Thoi bao Kinh te Vietnam , No. 80, page 12). Experts have warned of the massive investment in the real estate and finance markets by listing and joint-stock companies and State economic groups which will cause implicit danger to the two markets.
International Affairs
· Iraq is in danger of violence outbreak (Nhan dan, page 8).
· Disagreements at NATO summit (Nhan dan, page 8).
· Inflation in ASEAN countries tends to increase (Hanoi Moi, page 8).
· US and the Republic of Korea urged the DPR Korea to declare its nuclear programmes (Hanoi Moi, page 8).
· The Republic of Korea called on the DPR Korea to cease provocative actions (Saigon Giai phong, page 8).-Enditem
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