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Current Events
· Belorussian President Aleksander Lukashenko wrapped up Vietnam visit (Nhan dan, page 1).
· Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung asked Ho Chi Minh City to remove obstacles to continue being the country’s economic locomotive. The statement was made why the government leader was chairing a working session with the city’s leaders (Nhan dan and Quan doi Nhan dan, page 1).
· Nearly 4,000 participants will attend the fifth United Nations Day of Vesak in Vietnam (Nhan dan, page 8).
· Vietnam has a firm foundation and great potential for a sustainable economic development (Nhan dan, page 8).
· A delegation of the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth delegation visited China (Nhan dan, page 8).
· 33 rd anniversary of Truong Sa archipelago liberation day marked (Quan doi Nhan dan, page 1).
· Vietnam increased its position and prestige after three months’ membership of the United Nations Security Council (Quan doi Nhan dan, page 8).
· Vietnam will chair the UNSC in July (Saigon Giai phong, page 12).
· Deputy Prime Minister-cum-Foreign Minister Pham Gia Khiem affirmed Vietnam ’s plan on of sea-based economic development and environmental protection in order to achieve a sustainable sea-based economy. He made the affirmation at the fourth global conference on oceans, coasts and islands in Hanoi (Hanoi Moi, page 8).
Socio-economic Affairs
· The Asian Olympic Committee helps Vietnam to prepare for the third Indoor Games (Nhan dan, page 7).
· Former French and Vietnamese football stars met in a friendly match (Nhan dan, page 7).
· The only flying hospital in the world, set up by the US-based NGO Orbis International, offers eye operations free of charge for 70 patients in Ho Chi Minh City (Nhan dan, page 7).
· Vinacafe Bien Hoa sets a Guinness record for the largest coffee cup (Nhan dan, page 7).
· Encouraging involvement of the private sector in environmental protection and fresh water supply (Nhan dan, page 1).
· Massive shares were sold, pleasing buyers (Quan doi Nhan dan, page 1).
· Vietnam considered French investors’ first choice (Saigon Giai phong, page 2).
· Vietnam will organise the world’s largest lesson (Lao dong, page 1).
· Vietnam and Belarus signed contracts worth 161 million USD (Lao dong, page 1).
· Interest rates war heats up (Lao dong, Monetary page).
· Bulgaria opens market for Vietnamese guest workers (Lao dong, page 2).
· Vietnam reported no human-to-human H5N1 case (Saigon Giai phong, page 1).
· Building Vietnam ’s largest thermopower centre with capacity of 4,400MW (Saigon Giai phong, page 1).
· Vietnam ’s information technology posted an annual growth rate of 11 percent (Saigon Giai phong, page 2).
· Acute diarrhoea may spread in rural areas (Saigon Giai phong, page 11).
· Airport terminals need 221 trillion VND (Lao dong, page 3).
· Auto import tax will increase (Lao dong, page 3).
· Tam Dao bear rescue centre put into operation (Saigon Giai phong, page 12).
· A photo book on 54 ethnic groups in Vietnam was published (Hanoi Moi, page 5).
· Will a “flexible” one nationality principle be applied? (Hanoi Moi, page 3).
· World’s largest photo book “Vietnamese Women” was made public (Saigon Giai phong, page 12).
· The Asian Olympic Committee helps Vietnam to prepare for the third Indoor Games (Nhan dan, page 7).
· French businesses to enter Vietnam (Thanh nien [Young People], No. 99, page 6). According to Jacques Rostaing, President of the French Foreign Trade Council, there are few French businesses in Vietnam at the moment, but more will come over in the near future, as the Southeast Asian country is offering many investment opportunities.
· Bond market will develop strongly (Thanh nien, No. 99, page 7), said Dominic Scriven, Director of the Dragon Capital Investment Fund at a workshop on Vietnam’s capital market in Ho Chi Minh City.
· Difficulties in capital construction investment lead to worries of how to increase capital disbursement in order to improve the State infrastructure (Thoi bao Kinh te Vietnam [Vietnam Economic Times], No. 85, page 5).
· Farmers in the Central Highlands race for coffee planting (Thoi bao Kinh te Vietnam , No. 85, page 16). Coffee price increases sharply, hitting a record of 42,000 VND/kg in 2008, inducing farmers in the region to expand coffee plantation areas, despite warnings from the local authorities.
· 15,000 guest workers will be sent to the Republic of Korea (Tien phong [Vanguard], No. 99, page 1).
· Minister of Planning and Investment suggested collaboration in supervising public investment (Thoi bao tai chinh Vietnam [Vietnam Financial Times], No. 42, page 3).
International Events
· US, Democratic People’s Republic of Korea hold new nuke talks (Nhan Dan, page 8)
· Security boosted amid violent protests over prices in Haiti (Nhan Dan, page 8)
· IMF to sell gold reserves to plug budget deficit (Nhan Dan, page 8)
· East Timor president considers quitting (Saigon Giai phong, page 12)
· Latin American economy show encouraging sign, number of poor people decreases (Saigon Giai phong, page 12)
· Radioactive substance stolen in Japan (Lao Dong, page 6)
· The Washington Post takes six Pulitzer Prizes (Lao Dong, page 6)
· Coup officers sentenced in Philippines (Lao Dong, page 6)
· Egyptians vote in local elections (Lao Dong, page 6)
· NGOs are helping terrorists: Russian FSB Chief (Quan doi Nhan dan, page 8)
· China vows to keep torch on track (Quan doi Nhan dan, page 8) - Enditem
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