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Current events
· Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung: continue with uniform measures to keep inflation within one-digital rate until the end of 2009 (All dailies, p1).
· Meeting with overseas youth and students from European countries (Nhan dan, p8).
· Voice of Russia : Moscow needs Vietnamese experts (Quan doi Nhan dan, p7, Saigon Giai phong, p8).
· Vietnam’s high-ranking military delegation visits Myanmar (Quan doi Nhan dan, p1).
Socio-Economic Affairs
· 5 billion USD invested in building a steel complex in Ha Tinh (Nhan dan, Saigon Giai phong, Hanoi moi, p1).
· Reducing tax of some items to 2 percent ( Hanoi moi, p2).
· World gold price drops, while domestic gold price goes up ( Hanoi moi, p2).
· Nguyen Kim plaza is among top 500 retailers in the Asia-Pacific region ( Hanoi moi, p4).
· MobiFone will sell 15 percent of its stake to the public (Lao dong, p3).
· Broadband Internet for all schools (Tien phong [Vanguard], No. 226, p10): All schools nationwide, including kindergartens and vocational training centres, will access the broadband Internet services.
· Emission from automobiles and motorcycles is a leading reason to cause urban air pollution (Tien phong, No. 226, p10).
· Another Hong Kong ’s project in Hai Phong port city (Dau tu [Investment], No. 97, p2).
· FDI attraction: outstanding trends forecast (Dau tu, No. 97, p4). Investment from multinational companies sharply increases.
· “Thermometre” for real estates market to come into being (Dau tu, No. 97, p4).
· High-tech adventure fund to be established (Dau tu, No. 97, p4).
· Credit Suisse is chosen as a consultant for MobiFone equitisation (Dien dan Doanh nghiep Vietnam [Vietnam Business Forum], No. 65, p1).
· More FDI into reality industry: worry (Dien dan Doanh nghiep, No. 65, p3). Experts warned against risk in the field.
· Worry about rice and paddy (Dien dan Doanh nghiep, No. 65, p1). The Northern Food Corporation committed to buy 200,000 tonnes of rice at the price of 5,000 VND per kilo. The Government asked the banking sector to arrange large amount of VND to solve the farmers’ bumper harvests.
· Mechanism for economic groups: Finding suitable models in the integration time (Thoi bao Kinh te Vietnam [Vietnam Economic times], No. 194, p1).
· 33.2 million USD health cooperation project (Thoi bao Kinh te Vietnam , No. 194, p1): The Health Ministry and the World Health Organisation organised a conference to launch a health cooperation project in Hanoi on August 12.
· Massive reduction of interest rates for deposit (Thoi bao Kinh te, No. 194, p1): 18 banks nationwide had by August 12 announced to reduce deposit interest rates in both Vietnamese dong and US dollar.
· Outbound investment needs encouragement (Thoi bao Kinh te Vietnam , No. 194, p5).
· Wooden furniture enters Japanese market (Thoi bao Kinh te Vietnam , No. 194, p6): Vietnam’s furniture exports to Japan has increased.
· Argentina : a potential partner (Thoi bao Kinh te Vietnam , No. 194, p6).
· Dust is a hot issue in urban areas (Tuoi tre, No. 220, p6): Almost areas in cities are polluted by dust, particularly at traffic congestion and construction sites.
· Warm welcome given to MICE tourists (Tuoi tre, No. 220, p14).
International Affairs
· DPRK and Japan agreed to reinvestigate the case of Japanese citizens’ abduction (Nhan dan, p8).
· Talks on power sharing in Zimbabwe have not reached agreement (Nhan dan, p8).
· Russia and Georgia accepted peace plan for South Ossetia (Nhan dan, Saigon Giai phong, Hanoi moi, p8).
· Taliban declared war against the Pakistani government (Saigon Giai phong, 8).
· Korean peninsular: RoK President hoped for China’s positive role ( Hanoi moi, p8).
· Bomb explosion in Lebanon claimed 18 lives ( Hanoi moi, p8).
· Thailand will ask to extradite former Thai prime minister Thaksin (Quan doi Nhan dan, p7).
· China: food official committed suicide because of corruption probe (Quan doi Nhan dan, p8).
. Victory of democracy and progress in Bolivia (Nhan dan, p4).-Enditem
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