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Current Events
· Party General Secretary Nong Duc Manh held high-level talks with Angolan President Jose Eduardo Dos Santos (All dailies, page 1).
· State President Nguyen Minh Triet received Qatar Prime Minister cum Minister of Foreign Affairs Hamad Bin Jasim Bin Jaber Al-Thani (All dailies, page 1).
· State President Nguyen Minh Triet: To facilitate direct contacts between businesses and localities of Vietnam and Belarus (Nhan dan, page 1).
· Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung received China ’s Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region Party Committee Secretary Guo Shengkun and Singaporean Chief of Defence Force Lt. Gen. Desmond Kuek (Nhan dan, page 1).
· Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung requests urgent measures against acute diarrhoea (Saigon Giai phong, page 1).
Socio-economic affairs
· Vietnam National Oil and Gas Group (PetroVietnam) has produced 5.64 million tonnes of oil in the past three months (Nhan dan, page 1).
· Vietnamese businesses top the world in caring for labourers, according to a survey by Grant Thornton (Saigon Giai phong, page 1).
· ASEAN+3 Finance and Central Bank Deputies’ Meeting: more than 85 billion USD allocated for a fund to prevent possible financial crisis (Saigon Giai phong, page 3).
· US organisations and the Central Children Hospital provide free operation for children with congenital malformation in central Thanh Hoa province (Saigon Giai phong, page 9).
· The Vietnam Food Association on April 3 requested its enterprises members to suspend rice export contracts from now to the end of June (Lao dong, page 1).
· The Ministry of Industry and Trade proposed to re-apply automobile import quotas (Lao dong, page 3).
· Additional 13 businesses have been allowed to export aquatic products to Russian market (Lao dong, page 3).
· Consumer prices: ongoing developments and predictions for the coming months (Thoi bao Tai chinh Viet Nam [Vietnam Financial Times], No. 40, page 3).
· Stock market: share prices keep hitting the ceiling (Thoi bao Tai chinh Viet Nam, No. 40, page 8).
· Vietnam Automobile Industry Corporation (Vinamotor) – a leader in the country’s automobile industry (Thoi bao Tai chinh Viet Nam , No. 40, page 10). Ten years since establishment, Vinamotor has strongly developed and built up the prestigious Transico trademark.
· To be flexible and proactive in management to curb inflation (Thoi bao Tai chinh Viet Nam , No. 40, page 11). Governor of the State Bank of Vietnam Nguyen Van Giau told the press on the sidelines of the 7 th session of the National Assembly Standing Committee.
· To adjust and reduce public expenditure to control inflation (Thoi bao Kinh te Viet Nam [Vietnam Economic Times], No. 81, page 3). Minister of Planning and Investment Vo Hong Phuc told reporters.
· Vietnam-China trade gateway (Thoi bao Kinh te Viet Nam , No. 81, page 4).
· A bevy of both active and negative impacts on Viet Nam’s economy one year after the country joined the World Trade Organisation (Thoi bao Kinh te Viet Nam, No. 81, page 4).
· Two flight attendants were suspended for illegally bringing 300,000 USD in cash into the Republic of Korea (Tuoi tre [Youth], No. 88, page 5).
· Stock market: fighting with rumours (Tuoi tre, No. 88, page 15). Continuous rumours have recently appeared on the stock market, however, relevant authorities have timely responded to prevent possible negative impacts.
International Events
· Democratic People’s Republic of Korea and Republic of Korea exchange threats (Saigon Giai phong, p12)
· US and Czech Republic agree on missile shield (Saigon Giai phong, p12)
· Rice hoarders in the Philippines face life sentence (Saigon Giai phong, p12)
· Differences emerge in NATO Summit (Nhan Dan, p8)
· Oil price surges to near 105 USD a barrel (Nhan Dan, p8)
· China approves bird flu vaccine for humans (Quan doi Nhan Dan, p8)
· Al-Qa'ida deputy al-Zawahiri lashes UN as 'enemy' (Lao Dong, p6)
· Cambodia suspends foreign marriages: Official (Lao Dong, p6)
· Mugabe's party loses majority in parliament (Lao Dong, p6) -- Enditem
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