Hanoi (VNA) -
Current events
· The third session of the 12 th National Assembly opens today (Dailies, p1).
· The Prime Minister approves Hanoi construction plan to 2020 and through 2050 (Quan doi Nhan dan, p1). By 2020, Hanoi will be 13 times larger than it is now.
· Vietnam demands Taiwan to cancel its plan to inspect the Truong Sa archipelago (Dailies, p 8). The Vietnamese Foreign Ministry’s spokesman replied the press on the Taiwanese military head’s plan to visit the Ba Binh island in Truong Sa archipelago on May 7.
· Congratulations to the Vietnam Buddhist Sangha on Buddha’s birthday (Saigon Giai phong, p1).
Socio-economic Affairs
· Hong Kong businesses want to invest in garment industry (Saigon Giai phong, p1).
· Fires in the Tram Chim National Park in Mekong Delta Dong Thap province did not affect red-headed cranes (Saigon Giai phong, p1).
· Stock prices went down, transactions dropped (Saigon Giai phong, p2)
· An additional 53,000 people got jobs in the first four months (Quan doi Nhan dan, p1).
· Financial sector implements the Government’s solutions on curbing inflation by drastically cutting all improper spending (Quan doi Nhan dan, p1).
· Mercury News of the US : Vietnam is an attractive destination for investment (Quan doi Nhan dan, p7).
· Pacific airlines postpones the launch of Ho Chi Minh City-Da Lat and Ho Chi Minh City-Buon Ma Thuot routes (Nhan dan, p7).
· To ensure food security in the country: rice is not exported illegally (Lao dong, p1).
· Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade Nguyen Cam Tu: Vietnam is a responsible country to the world community (Lao dong, p3). He said so while talking about whether Vietnam joins the Organisation of Rice Export Countries (OREC) or not.
· EPC project for the Ca Mau nitrogenous fertiliser plant signed (Lao dong, p7).
· 45 sports delegations to take part in AI Games III in Vietnam ( Hanoi , p1).
· Prof. Dr. Dang Hung Vo: markers need to be planted to protect farming land (Hanoi, p 3).
· More than 10 trillion VND are proposed for the fight against flooding in Ho Chi Minh City in 50 years (Hanoi Moi, p4).
· Standard Chartered bank buys more stake of the A Chau Joint Stock Bank (Hanoi Moi, p7).
· The UN organises a course to fight money laundering in Mekong Delta Tien Giang province (Quan doi Nhan dan, p8).
· FIFA erases an embargo against former U23 Vietnam national team members ( Hanoi , p8).
· Food security must be ensured (Thoi bao Kinh te Vietnam cuoi tuan [Vietnam Economic Time Weekly], p1). Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Diep Kinh Tan said Vietnam should take the initiative in balancing food supply. President of the Vietnam Biology Association Prof. Dr. Nguyen Lan Dung: revolution should be made in both the way of thinking and actions. Prof. Dr. Vo Tong Xuan: the work that needs to be done immediately in the Mekong delta.
· Universities mushrooming (Thoi bao Kinh te Vietnam , No. 108, p9). An additional 69 universities and 28 colleges were established in Vietnam in the 2005-2007 period. Though the trend is inevitable, educators are worried about the quality, particularly infrastructural facilities and personnel, of those universities.
· “Farmers are at a big disadvantage compared with civil servants and businesspeople” (Dai Doan Ket [Great Unity], No. 76, p1). President of the Vietnam Farmers’ Association Nguyen Quoc Cuong made such a comment at the beginning of his talk with the paper.
· OTC securities at the time of price drop (Dau tu [Investment], No. 54, p1). Around 40 kinds of OTC securities, most of which belong to “big” businesses, will be registered for transaction. It is just a few compared with the number of currently operating businesses.
· Rice price is getting stable (Dau tu, No. 54, p2).
· Investors nurture hope (Dau tu, No. 54, p6). Changes on the international financial markets give hopes to Vietnamese securities investors.
· Rice export must always go hand in hand with food security in the country (Cong thuong [Industry and Trade], No. 10-11, p1). Those who are found to speculate and rig the market will be punished. Rice supply is still abundant.
International Affairs
· UNESCAP meets to assess socio-economic development in the region (Nhan dan, p8).
· Fighting poverty and financial crisis in Asia : 13 Asian countries will jointly establish an 80 billion USD fund (Nhan dan and Quan doi Nhan dan, p8).
· Belarus busts a US spy network (Quan doi Nhan dan, p8).
· Russian President calls for closer cooperation between Russian authority agencies ( Hanoi , p8).
· “A trip welcoming Spring” to Japan by Chinese Premier Hu Jintao: two countries are getting closer (Hanoi Moi, p8).
· Is it time to establish a State of Palestine? (Saigon Giai phong, p12).
· Malaysia bans the cross-border transportation of rice (Saigon Giai phong, p8).
· US urges nuclear negotiation with DPRK (Saigon Giai phong, p8).
· Cyclone ravages Myanmar , taking the lives of close to 4,000 people (Dailies, p8).-Enditem
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