Hanoi (VNA) -
Current Events
· Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung welcomed the Cambodian Foreign Minister, Lao Deputy Foreign Minister and US Deputy Trade Representative (All dailies, page 1).
· National Assembly Chairman Nguyen Phu Trong received former Australian Prime Minister Paul Keating (All dailies, page 1).
· The 11 th session of the NA Standing Committee debated the draft law on special consumption tax (All dailies, page 1).
· The Vietnam-Lao-Cambodia T-junction point agreement signed (Quan doi Nhan dan, page 1).
Socio-economic affairs
· Disbursed FDI capital reached 8 billion USD (Nhan dan, page 8).
· The Vietnam Red Cross holds donors’ conference (Nhan dan, page 8).
· Who distorted the truth regarding the incident in Thai Ha parish (Ha Noi Moi and Lao dong, page 1; Saigon Giai phong, page 3).
· The Vietnam Post and Telecommunication Corp. (VNPT) and the Hong Kong -Shanghai Banking Corp. (HSBC) strengthen comprehensive cooperation (Nhan dan, page 2).
· Prices of essential goods will be stable in September: the domestic market control team. Petrol consumption will reduce 30 percent against July (Saigon Giai phong, page 1).
· More than 40 overseas Vietnamese are invited to join celebrations of the 63 rd National Day (Saigon Giai phong, page 1).
· Stock prices increase, investors begin to sell out (Saigon Giai phong, page 2).
· Exports of agricultural products are expected to exceed 11 billion USD in the first eight months of the year (Lao dong, page 3).
· Ho Chi Minh City will spend 120 billion VND organising a sales month (Lao Dong, page 3).
· The VN-Index exceeded the 550 point benchmark (Lao dong, Monetary and Investment page).
· RoK businesses want to expand foothold in the Vietnamese market (Quan doi Nhan dan, page 8).
· Vietnam wins International Federation of Photographic Art (FIAP) Cup 2008 (Quan doi Nhan dan, page 8).
· Developing scientific and technological enterprises by 2010: difficult to reach the number of 1,000 (Ha Noi Moi, page 5).
· Centralised management of revenues from equitisation of State-owned enterprises (Thoi bao Tai chinh Viet Nam [Vietnam Financial Times], No. 102, page 3).
· Many entanglements in transferring investors’ accounts to banks (Thoi bao Tai chinh Viet Nam , No. 102, page 10).
· Steel project boom: a risk of oversupply (Thoi bao Tai chinh Viet Nam , No. 102, page 12).
· Business administrators propose measures to cope with inflation (Thoi bao Tai Chinh Viet Nam , No. 102, page 13).
· Holcim Vietnam will invest 656 million USD in clinker production (Thoi bao Kinh te Viet Nam [Vietnam Economic Times], No. 205, page 1).
· Auditing results to be made public. An interview with Deputy Chief Auditor Le Minh Khai (Thoi bao Kinh te Viet Nam , No. 205, page 3).
· Vietnam’s rubber is being sold at high prices (Thoi bao Kinh te Viet Nam , No. 205, page 6). Vietnam’s rubber export turnover is expected to reach 1.7 billion USD in 2008, up 21.6 percent against last year.
· The stock market rises in anticipation of good information (Thoi bao Kinh te Viet Nam , No. 205, Securities page). The stock market witnessed strong increases at both bourses during the week’s first session.
· Vietnam increases machine imports from China (Thoi bao Kinh te Viet Nam , No. 205, Monetary and Goods page).
International Affairs
· Political instability spreads in Thailand (All dailies, page 8).
· Russian President Dmitry Mevedev signed a decree to recognise the independence of South Ossetia and Abkhazia (All dailies, page 8).
· Afghanistan’s President requested a review of the presence of NATO and US troops (Saigon Giai phong, page 8).
· The DPRK accused the US of breaking the “action-to-action” rule (Nhan dan, page 8).
· Crisis in the ruling alliance in Pakistan (All dailies, page 8).
· The seasonal alliance (Quan doi Nhan dan, page 8). A comment on Pakistan ’s situation.-Enditem
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