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Press Highlights Aug. 11

11/08/2008 -- 9:03 AM

Hanoi (VNA) -
Current Events

· The second meeting of Vietnamese youths and students who are living in European countries opened (Nhan dan, p8).

· A delegation of the Communist Party of Vietnam attended the 9 th congress of the Communist Party of Bangladesh (Nhan dan, p8).

· A high-ranking delegation of the Vietnam People’s Army visits Myanmar and Malaysia (Quan doi Nhan dan, p1).

· Deputy Defence Minister Phan Trung Kien visits Cuba (Quan doi Nhan dan, p1).

· Participants in the investigation to prevent Viet Tan group’s terrorist scheme met (Lao dong, p7).

· Vietnam-India friendship festival (Hanoimoi, p8).

· State President Nguyen Minh Triet met with foreign leaders on the sidelines of Beijing Olympic Games 2008 (Sunday dailies, p1).

· Vietnam worried about the armed conflict in South Ossetia and called on parties concerned to restrain (Sunday dailies, p8).

· Party General Secretary Nong Duc Manh emphasised the balanced relations between industrial and agricultural development in the process of economic restructuring (Sunday dailies, p1).

Socio-economic Affairs

· 1.7 billion VND to support Agent Orange/dioxin victims (Nhan dan, p8; and Saigon Giai phong, p1).

· A national steering committee for the voting of world natural wonders made debut (Saigon Giai phong, p1).

· Building material prices will be announced monthly (Saigon Giai phong, p1).

· Vietnam will have cholera vaccines (Saigon Giai phong, p2).

· Gold prices stand at the lowest level in the past five weeks (Saigon Giai phong, p2).

· Hanoi-Hai Phong expressway project deployed (Nhan dan, p1).

· Inspection of corruption and wastefulness prevention in Ho Chi Minh City (Nhan dan, p1).

· Relief aid and efforts to overcome flood consequences (Nhan dan, p1).

· Management expenses for Hanoi ’s two major projects adjusted (Hanoimoi, p1).

· Second day of the Beijing Olympic Games: Vietnam bagged the first silver medal (Hanoimoi, p1).

· Requirements for foreigners to work as property brokers (Hanoimoi, p4).

· MobiFone selects its equitisation consulting firm (Hanoimoi, p4).

· 6.5 trillion VND for fabric material development (Saigon Giai phong, p1).

· Increasing the inspection and punishment of violators of environmental protection law (Nhan dan, p1).

· Companies selected for the “Business with Integration and Development” Award (Quan doi Nhan dan, p1).

· The 7 th Phu Dong National Sports Games wrapped up (Sunday dailies, p1).

· Practical activities held to support Agent Orange/dioxin victims (Sunday Saigon Giai phong and Sunday Nhan dan, p1).

· Dung Quat oil refinery is going to become operational (Sunday Nhan dan, p2).

· Bank for Investment and Development of Vietnam (BIDV) increased loans to businesses for buying paddy and rice in the Mekong Delta (Sunday Nhan dan, p1).

· Floods left more than 100 dead and missing (Sunday dailies, p1).

· Detoxification of dioxin-infected areas at the Bien Hoa airport: a silent war (Sunday Nhan dan, p1).

· A halt to licensing new commercial joint stock banks (Sunday Saigon Giai phong, p1).

· Finance for the real estate market: medium- and long-term capital sources opened up (Sunday Saigon Giai phong, p2).

International Affairs

· Fight against HIV/AIDS faces various difficulties (Nhan dan, p8).

· Tense fighting in South Ossetia (All dailies, p8).

· Syria is ready to clear up questions of IAEA (Nhan dan, p8).

· Pakistani parliament began legal proceedings against the president (Quan doi Nhan dan, p8).

· Republic of Korea withdrew staff members from the Kumgang mountain resort (Quan doi Nhan dan, p8).

· A series of bomb attacks in China ’s Xinjiang left eight dead and four others injured (Nhan dam, p8).

· Democratic People’s Republic of Korea expelled Republic of Korea citizens from the Kumgang mountain tourist site (Sunday dailies, p8).

· EU tightens sanctions against Iran (Sunday Quan doi Nhan dan, p8).

· Iran seeks ways to “dodge” punishments imposed by the UN Security Council (Sunday Hanoimoi, p8).

· The Pentagon plans to double US troops in Afghanistan (Sunday Hanoimoi, p8).

· Thailand : People Power Party (PPP) agreed to establish a new party (Sunday Saigon Giai phong, p8).-Enditem

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