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Current Events
· Provinces and cities celebrated the Hung Kings’ death anniversary (All dailies, page 1). National Assembly Chairman Nguyen Phu Trong burnt incenses in commemoration of Hung Kings.
· Vietnam backs efforts to find out comprehensive, long-term solutions to the situation in Abkhazia , Georgia (Nhan dan, page 8).
· European friends called for support for Vietnamese Agent Orange victims (Quan doi Nhan dan, page 8).
· Government is to submit two resolutions to the National Assembly (Lao dong and Saigon Giai phong, page 1). The Prime Minister entrusted the Minister of Home Affairs, in conjunction with the Ministry of Construction and relevant agencies, to prepare presentations and a draft resolution on the merger of some localities with Hanoi and another on a pilot plan permitting foreigners to buy and own houses for certain periods in Vietnam .
· National Assembly Standing Committee to convene from April 17-25: the Minister of Transport will be questioned (Saigon Giai phong, page 1).
· Party General Secretary Nong Duc Manh received a high-level delegation from the French Communist Party (All Tuesday dailies, page 1).
· A delegation of outstanding overseas Vietnamese attended the Hung Kings’ death anniversary (Tuesday Nhan dan, page 1).
· Remains of US missing-in-action soldiers in Vietnam repatriated (Tuesday Quan doi Nhan dan, page 8).
Socio-economic Affairs
· Electricity brought to 1,000 villages and hamlets in the Central Highlands (Nhan dan, page 1).
· Vietnam has welcomed around 1.3 million foreign visitors since the beginning of this year, a year-on-year increase of 15.7 percent (Nhan dan, page 1).
· Middle East , a suitable region for Vietnamese guest workers (Nhan dan, page 4).
· Ho Chi Minh City : foreign investment increased sharply after WTO accession (Ha Noi Moi, page 1).
· Applying the geographic information system (GIS) technology to manage world cultural heritage sites (Quan doi Nhan dan, page 5). A map of Vietnam ’s cultural heritage sites will be worked out.
· Hanoi : the number of severe acute diarrhea patients reduced (Lao dong, page 1).
· It is hard for the OTC market to thaw (Lao dong, the Money and Investment page).
· Import tariffs on used cars increased (Lao dong, the Money and Investment page).
· Coming to Vung Tau to enjoy “street music” (Saigon Giai phong, page 12).
· Solar-powered battery production: launching a new industry (Saigon Giai phong, page 1).
· Hoi An: many individuals presented valuable cultural-historical objects (Saigon Giai phong, page 12).
· Hue Festival 2008 promoted on trains (Saigon Giai phong, page 12).
· U Minh Ha forest on danger of fires (Saigon Giai phong, page 11).
· Central Quang Binh province discovered artifacts dating back to the Hoa Binh Culture in caves (Saigon Giai phong, page 3).
· Thai Nguyen: a bronze drum dating back to the Dong Son Culture more than 2,000 years ago unearthed (Saigon Giai phong, page 3).
· Ford and Toyota pour an additional 60 million USD into Vietnam ’s automobile industry (Saigon Giai phong, page 4).
· Pacific Airlines trademark no longer exists (Tuesday Nhan dan, page 7). Vietnam ’s second largest carrier Pacific Airlines and Australia ’s Qantas Jetstar Group held a press briefing in Ho Chi Minh City on April 14 to announce the establishment of Jetstar Pacific Airlines under the trade name of Jetstar.
· Hung Kings death anniversary festival: where culture of the ancestral land converges with that of the whole country (Tuesday Quan doi Nhan dan, page 3).
International Affairs
· Republic of Korea President visits the US and Japan (Nhan dan and Ha Noi Moi, page 8).
· President V. Putin agreed to hold the Presidency of the Russia United Party (Ha Noi Moi, page 8).
· US increased emergency food relief aid. (Nhan dan, page 8). The US Government decided to dole out 200 million USD worth of food to help countries cope with rice shortages and growing prices.
· Food prices forecasted to keep increasing until 2015 (Lao dong, page 6).
· World oil price hit a new record (Ha Noi Moi, page 8).
· The Russia United Party places importance on the role of President Vladimir Putin (Tuesday Nhan dan, page 8).
· Chinese public opinion applauded the high-level meeting across the strait of Taiwan (Tuesday Nhan dan, page 8).
· Nepal Communist Party-M leads elections (Tuesday Nhan dan, page 8).
· World Bank urged emergency actions to curb escalating food prices (All Tuesday dailies, page 8).
· High-level meeting between Palestine and Israel (All Tuesday dailies, page 8).
· US and Iran secretly discussed the nuclear issue (All Tuesday dailies, page 8).
· Japan and ASEAN completed the signing of FTA (Tuesday Ha Noi Moi, page 8).
· Political changes in Malaysia (Tuesday Ha Noi Moi, page 8).-Enditem
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