Hanoi (VNA)-
Current events:
· Activities marking the 33 rd Liberation Day of Vietnam’s South (April 30) and the 122nd May Day (May 1). (All May 1st dailies).
· Towards a strong working class of Vietnam – an editorial by Nhan Dan on May 1, (page 1).
· 2008 Beijing Olympic Relay seen off (Nhan Dan, May 1, page 1).
Socio-economic Affairs
· Vietnam has plenty of rice to export (Lao dong, p1).
· Vietnam-India trade reaching target 2 years a head of schedule (Lao dong, p6).
· Increased interest rates have not yet helped draw monies (Lao dong, Monetary page).
· Thang Long – Ha Noi craft villages and streets fair (Lao dong, Hanoi page).
· Ho Chi Minh City welcomes 1 million foreign tourists in the first four months of this year (Saigon Giai phong, p1).
· Price of tra catfish in Mekong Delta declines, causing a big loss to farmers (Saigon Giai phong, p1).
· Supporting fishermen to buy and build new ships (Saigon Giai phong, p3).
· Vietnam ’s cultural features in VinPearl Land, central Nha Trang city (Saigon Giai phong, p8).
· 2008 Business Golf Tournament raised more than 100 billion VND for the poor (Saigon Giai phong, p9).
· Almost 30,000 households of ethnic minority groups in Yen Bai province were provided with loans for production development (Nhan Dan, May 1, page 1).
· Taking drastic measures to protect animals and poultry from diseases (Nhan dan, May 1, p8).
· The whole country has 1.23 million tonnes of rice in stock (Saigon Giai phong, May 1, p1).
· Price of exported garment and textile products surges (Saigon Giai phong, May 1, p5).
· Speeding up construction of key infrastructure projects: issuing 10 trillion VND in bonds to mobilise capital for Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon Giai phong, May 1, p5).
· Establishing Southern Phu Yen industrial zone for the oil refining and petrochemistry industry (Saigon Giai phong, May 1, p1).
· The Prime Minister urged the Health Ministry to strictly regulate the purchase of health equipment (Saigon Giai phong, May 1, p7).
· Workers’ interests: a “hot” challenge (Ha Noi Moi, May 1, p8).
· Seafood export up 8.4 percent (Ha Noi Moi, May 1, p1).
· Vietnam will have 30 border economic zones by 2020 (Ha Noi Moi, May 1, p1).
International Affairs
· An organisation of rice exporting countries will be established (Lao dong, p6).
· The US asked to confirm that the People’s Democratic Republic of Korea gave up nuclear weapon (Saigon Giai phong, p8).
· Oil price is forecast to hit 200 USD per barrel (Saigon Giai phong, p6).
· The Speaker of Thai Parliament’s Lower Houses decided to resign (Nhan dan, p8).
· Tense relations between Russia and Georgia (Nhan dan, p8).
· China makes thoughtful preparations for the Beijing Olympics (Nhan dan, p8).
· Developing countries saw economic slowdown (Nhan dan, p8).
· Boosting the relations between the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and the US (Nhan dan, p8).-Enditem
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