Current Events
· Vietnam supports full deployment of UN Mission in Sad and the Central African Republic (Nhan dan, page 8).
· Enhancing the Vietnam-Cuba friendship (Nhan dan, page 8).
· Vietnam and Cuba boost archives cooperation (Nhan dan, page 8).
· WTO and WEF praised economic achievements of Vietnam (Nhan dan, page 8).
· A delegation from the Vietnamese National Assembly makes a working visit to Poland (Nhan dan, page 8).
· Vietnam presented rice seeds to Cambodia (Quan doi Nhan dan, page 8).
· Vietnam signs framework credit deals with two Israeli banks (Quan doi Nhan dan, page 8).
· The government allocates 120 billion VND in emergency to combat “blue ear” disease (Lao dong, page 1).
Socio-economic Affairs
· Comprehensive and timely measures are needed to keep the Ho Chi Minh City ’s real estate under control (Nhan dan, page 1).
· Additional 10 hydroelectric plants will be built in the Central and Central Highlands regions (Nhan dan, page 1).
· Examining the health insurance bill (Nhan dan and Quan doi Nhan dan, page 1). Voluntary health insurance fee of poor households stands at 130,000 VND per month per head.
· Vietnam to host ASEM forum on energy (Lao dong, page 7).
· Vietnam holds an important position within the Francophone bloc (Lao dong, page 7).
· Vietnam boasts the first European standardized exhaust fumes quarantine station (Lao dong, page 7).
· Prioritising investment capital to the upgrade of downgraded district-level hospitals in remote areas (Nhan dan, page 1).
· FDI businesses will pay union fee, which is estimated to be equal to 1 percent of workers’ salary fund (Lao dong, page 1).
· Vietnam ’s exports just increase in volume after one year of WTO accession (Lao dong, page 1).
· Kumho Company of the Republic of Korea donated 100 houses to Vietnamese disadvantaged people (Lao dong, page 6).
· Gold market bustles again (Saigon Giai phong, page 1).
· 2008 Export Promotion Forum: working out a strategy to prevent “Achille” heel (Saigon Giai phong, page 1).
· Oil and Gas Law: it is essential to establish a mechanism to ensure crude oil supply in services of production (Ha Noi Moi, page 1).
· Coping with severe shortage of electricity during the summer: saving is considered national policy (Ha Noi Moi and Lao dong, page 1).
· Vietnam boasts the first exhaust fumes quarantine station that meets European standards (Lao dong, page 7).
· To bolster the stock market by rescheduling Initial Public Offering (IPO): an inappropriate measure (Thuong Mai [Trade], No. 15, p3). The equitisation of state-owned enterprises (SOEs) has over the past 15 years always fallen short of yearly targets. Recently, when the stock market faced continuous drops, many experts suggested IPO rescheduling to reduce the supply of commodities to shore up the market. This means the process of SOE equitisation will be further delayed.
· The exchange rate of the Vietnam dong and the US dollar has become flexible. (Thoi bao Kinh te Viet Nam [Vietnam Economic Times], No. 87, p1).
· Focus is being placed on preventing “blue-ear pig” epidemic (Thoi bao Kinh te Viet Nam [Vietnam Economic Times], page 87, p 3). An interview with Bui Quang Anh, Director of the Veterinary Department of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development.
· Development of organic fertiliser production sector for a sustainable agricultural growth (Thoi bao Kinh te Viet Nam [Vietnam Economic Times], page 87, p. 5). Over recent years, using organic fertiliser has been indispensable to Vietnamese farmers, having encouraged the establishment of organic fertiliser production units, whose total output reaches several millions of tonnes per year. However, inappropriate attention is being paid to this sector.
· The Mekong Delta: Opportunity for rice paddies (Thoi bao Kinh te Viet Nam [Vietnam Economic Times], page 87, p 5). Rice production meets with good fortune thanks to world price hike. However, prices of oil, petrol, fertiliser and pesticides became high too, forcing the Mekong delta and southern regions to find measures to lower the production costs.
· Optimistic about opportunities for investment in Vietnam (Thanh Nien [Young People], No. 101, p6). The stock market, inflation and foreign investment were the major issues discussed at a seminar which took place in Ho Chi Minh City on April 8-9 regarding investment opportunity in Vietnam .
· It is necessary to build a technical barrier to reduce trade deficit (Thoi bao Tai chinh Viet Nam [Vietnam Financial Times], No. 43, p 4).
· Bank will face difficulties (Thoi bao Tai chinh Viet Nam [Vietnam Financial Times], No. 43, p 9). Financial experts forecast that 2008 will not be an easy year for joint-stock commercial banks, particularly newly-established ones.
International Affairs
· Japan to extend Democratic People’s Republic of Korea sanctions (Lao Dong, p6)
· Republic of Korea 's ruling party GNP wins majority of parliamentary seats (Nhan dan, p8)
· Top Ecuador defence chiefs 'quit' (Saigon Giai phong, p12)
· Pakistan President on six-day China visit (Saigon Giai phong, p12)
· Serbia opposes Kosovo’s approval of constitution (Saigon Giai phong, p12)
· One million Cambodian citizens sign petition against corruption (Saigon Giai phong, p12)
· Indian hospital performs Asia 's first artificial heart transplant (Saigon Giai phong, p12)
· Venezuela ’s biggest steel company to be nationalised (Quan doi Nhan dan, p8)
· Indonesia central bank chief arrested on graft charges (Quan doi Nhan dan, p8)
· OPEC refuses to increase oil output (Quan doi Nhan dan, p8)
· 54 illegal immigrants from Myanmar die in Thailand (Hanoimoi, p8) -Enditem
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