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Current Events
· The TV live charity programme “One heart, one world”: more than 11.7 billion VND raised to support disabled people and orphans (Nhan dan, page 1 and Quan doi Nhan dan, page 8).
· The Government asked for no interruption of any flights and strictly handling the Vietnam Air Petrol Company (Quan doi Nhan dan and Ha Noi Moi, page 1).
· The 2008 Hung King Temple Festival opens (Saigon Giai phong, page 10.
· Deputy Prime Minister Hoang Trung Hai: required heads of power projects with slow progress to make account of their responsibilities (Lao dong, page 1).
· Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung: mobilising all efforts to curb severe acute diarrhea (Sunday Nhan dan, page 1). Localities actively take measures to prevent and control the epidemic.
· Khmer ethnic people celebrate the traditional Chol Chnam Thmay New Year Festival (Sunday Nhan dan, page 8).
Socio-economic Affairs
· Preparations for operating and exploiting the VINASAT-1 (Nhan dan, page 2).
· Building vocational schools for the disabled (Nhan dan, page 7).
· Special projects will enjoy 50 percent exemption of land fee (Quan doi Nhan dan, page 1).
· Reducing rice export volume in 2008 for food security (Quan doi Nhan dan, page 1).
· Vietnam ’s Networked Readiness Index (NRI) jumped by 10 steps (Quan doi Nhan dan, page 8).
· Vietnam ’s two leading economic hubs still record high growth (Ha Noi Moi, page 1).
· Two nuclear hydroelectric power plants will be built (Ha Noi Moi, page 1).
· 60 trillion VND will be allocated to build seaports (Ha Noi Moi, page 1).
· Draft revision of the Criminal Law: reducing punishment frames for several kinds of crimes (Ha Noi Moi, page 3).
· Additional 13 businesses get license to export seafood to Russia (Ha Noi Moi, page 7).
· Thousands of children at the age of between 11-14 will get vaccine injection (Ha Noi Moi, page 7).
· Small- and medium-sized electric generators market becomes “hot” again (Lao dong, page 3).
· 2008: around 15,000 Vietnamese guest workers will work in the Republic of Korea (Lao dong, page 4).
· The retail sector after one year of WTO accession: shortage of breath in face of the big market (Saigon Giai phong, page 1).
· Price of tra catfish fries increase again (Saigon Giai phong, page 1).
· FPT signs software export contracts worth nearly 6 million USD (Saigon Giai phong, page 2).
· Month of Action for Food Hygiene Quality and Safety was launched (Sunday Nhan dan, page 1).
· The State Bank of Vietnam issued a policy to restrict foreign currency loan (Sunday Nhan dan, page 1).
· Mobilising forces to meet electricity demands during the dry season (Sunday Nhan dan, page 1).
· Loan interest rate starts declining (Sunday Nhan dan, page 8).
· Workers who had been supposed to be affected by radioactive at the Dung Quat Oil Refinery have returned to work (Sunday Nhan Dan, page 8 and Sai Gon Sunday, page 7). The information about radio-active affection at the Dung Quat Oil Refinery proved to be false.
· Support for the development in the Mekong Delta: new effects have been created (Sunday Quan doi Nhan dan, page 4).
· First quarter of 2008: banks gained big profits (Sunday Ha Noi Moi, page 1).
· Who control the operations of gold transaction floors (Sunday Ha Noi Moi, page 1).
· Stock market is melting down with investors’ robust activities (Sunday Ha Noi Moi, page 1).
International Affairs
· White House Race: H. Clinton and B. Obama looking forward to the primaries in Pennsylvania (Nhan Dan, page 8) .
· Chinese Party General Secretary Hu Jintao called for promoted cooperation between mainland China and Taiwan (Nhan Dan and Ha Noi Moi, page 8) .
· OPEC slashed oil output (Nhan Dan and Ha Noi Moi, page 8) .
· Australia’s first female General Governor (Quan Doi Nhan Dan, page 8) .
· Malaysian Prime Minister to resign (Lao dong, page 60.
· Italy’s general elections begin (Saigon Giai phong, page 8).
· The 9 th Congress of the United Russia Party: Heightening the role of President Vladimir Putin (Saigon Giai phong, page 8).
· More than 1,700 delegates attend the annual Boao Forum (Sunday Nhan Dan, page 8).
· About the nuclear issue on the Korean peninsular (Sunday Nhan Dan, page 8).
· Violence in Iraq and Gaza Strip (Sunday Nhan Dan, page 8) .
· G-24 called for support from developing countries in face of the global financial crisis (Sunday Nhan Dan, page 8) .
· G-7 determined to push the world financial crisis back (Quan Doi Nhan Dan, page 8) .
· New developments of the Korean nuclear issue: the DPRK refused to make public all nuclear establishments (Quan Doi Nhan Dan, page 8) .
· Troop withdrawal from Iraq: a big concern of the USA (Sunday Ha Noi Moi, page 8).- Enditem
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