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Current events
· National Assembly Chairman Nguyen Phu Trong received and held talks with R epublic of Korea National Assembly Speaker Lim Chae-jung (All dailies, page 1).
· The 138th birthday of Vladimir I. Lenin celebrated (All dailies, page 1).
· Strengthening and developing Vietnam-Laos relations (Nhan dan, page 1).
· Vietnamese travellers are amongst those that are granted multi-visas by the Republic of Korea (Quan doi Nhan dan, page 8).
Socio-economic Affairs
· Car import tariffs increased by 13 percent (Nhan dan, page 1).
· Dealing with challenges regarding forest management (Nhan dan, page 8).
· Thirteen fishermen rescued during this year’s first storm (Nhan dan, page 8).
· Blue ear epidemic in pigs spread to northern provinces (Nhan dan, page 8).
· Oil price exceeded 117 USD a barrel (Nhan dan, page 8).
· The Can Tho oil refinery project (Quan doi Nhan dan, page 4).
· Lions Clubs Thailand granted 30,000 USD to support the poor in Vietnam (Quan doi Nhan dan, page 8).
· Vietnam-Laos energy cooperation programme deployed: creating a premise for the connecting of grids amongst ASEAN member countries (Ha Noi Moi, page 4).
· Vietnam ’s first private airlines VietJetAir will conduct commercial flights later this year (Ha Noi Moi, page 7).
· Hanoians “eat and sleep” with ...gold (Tien phong [Vanguard], No. 112, page 1). Constant decrease of the stock market, standstill of property fever, slippage of the US dollar, price hikes of oil and gold are reasons for investors to leave securities and real estate to “surf” with gold.
· Registration for university entrance exams: IT loses value in the eye of students (Tien phong, No. 112, page 1). The fact is reflected by the decreased number of students who applied to take entrance exams for IT major at universities.
· Halting three groups of public investment projects (Dau tu [Investment], No. 48, page 3). Finance Minister Vu Van Ninh said the government is determined to reduce public investments to curb inflation.
· More than 14,000 billion VND for National Highway 1A (Dau tu, No. 48, page 4). Sustainability and large amount of investment are the top issues of concern. Talks with Ngo Quang Dao, Vice Director of the Road Department.
· Massive import of cars: to meet demands or avoid higher tariffs (Dau tu, No. 48, page 11).
· Ready to cope with difficulties (Thoi bao Kinh te Viet Nam [Vietnam Economic Times, No. 96, page 14). 2008 will witness the lift of final barrier of compulsory insurance for foreign insurers operating in Vietnam, opening up opportunities for them to increase market shares. Liberty Insurance Company General Director Thomas O’Dore said foreign firms will create new air in Vietnam ’s insurance market.
· Central seaports: impetus for development of economic zones (Cong Thuong [Industry and Trade], No. 7, page 7).
· Hue Festival 2008 with the theme “Cultural heritage with integration and development” scheduled to take place from June 2-11 will be “new, attractive and impressive,” affirmed Ngo Hoa, Deputy Chairman of the provincial Thua Thien-Hue People’s Committee and head of the organising board (Cong Thuong, No. 7, page 17).
· Gold trading floor: a new playground for investors (Thoi bao Ngan hang [Banking Review], No. 48, page 6). A gold trading floor has made debut with the participation of five leading banks and 11 gold companies.
· Real estate market: “freezing” is temporary (Thoi bao Tai chinh Viet Nam [Vietnam Financial Times], No. 47, page 15). Property managers and traders said that the real estate market will be busy again due to the strong urbanisation and the move of labourers from rural areas to cities and from small cities to larger ones.
International Affairs
· Japan , the Republic of Korea agreed to boost bilateral relations (Nhan dan and Quan doi Nhan dan, page 8).
· UN Secretary General: food price hikes threaten global economic growth and security (Nhan dan, page 8).
· Primary elections for the US President candidate of the Democratic Party: insiders’ fierce duel is beneficial to outsiders (Quan doi Nhan dan, page 8).
· Security in Iraq : a tunnel without lights (Ha Noi Moi, page 8).
· Russia rejected information about the shooting down a drone of Georgia (Ha Noi Moi, page 8).
· Nepali King said no to the exile news (Lao dong, page 7).
· IMF pessimistic about Europe ’s economy (Saigon Giai phong, page 8).
· Decisive race stage between Hillary and Obama (Saigon Giai phong, page 8).
· US Secretary of State called on Arab nations to cooperate closely with Iraq (Saigon Giai phong, page 8).
· Leftist candidate elected as President of Paraguay (Saigon Giai phong, page 8).-Enditem
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