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Current Events
· Vietnam , Cambodia worked to speed up the land demarcation and marker planting (Hanoimoi, p8).
· Permanent member of the Party Central Committee’s Secretariat Truong Tan Sang received former Australian Prime Minister Paul Keating (Saigon Giai phong, p1).
· About Japan ’s prosecution of four PCI officials: Vietnam will cooperate closely with Japan to clear up the case (Hanoimoi, p8).
· Criminal case at 178 Nguyen Luong Bang street , Dong Da district, Hanoi : two people were prosecuted and arrested (Hanoimoi, p1; and Saigon Giai phong, p3).
· September 28, 2008: elect more representatives to the People’s Councils (Hanoimoi, p1).
· Vietnam supports the resolution of international disputes by using peaceful measures (Nhan dan, p8).
· Vietnam selected to host the 30th FIAP Congress (Nhan dan, p8).
· Vietnam listed as one of the “hot spots” of climate change (Nhan dan, p8).
· Libya ’s Revolution Day celebrated (Nhan dan, p8).
· Proposed cooperation in oil and gas between Vietnam , Cuba and Venezuela (Quan doi Nhan dan, p8).
· UK Ambassador to Vietnam Mark Kent: the United Kingdom will become a big investor in Vietnam be the year-end (Quan doi Nhan dan, p7). Prince Andrew will visit Vietnam in September.
Socio-economic Affairs
· Vietnam Red Cross Society: 642 billion VND for humanitarian activities (Hanoimoi, p1).
· Management of property construction and trading: violations must be heavily punished to maintain rules (Hanoimoi, p1).
· An overall planning of the Hoa Lac Hi-tech Park made public (Hanoimoi, p2).
· 11 products saw export turnover exceed 1 billion USD (Nhan dan, p1).
· Foreign Students Office under the Ministry of Education and Training received orders presented by Cambodia and Laos (Nhan dan, p7).
· Four international standard universities will be built (Quan doi Nhan dan, p1).
· Australia opened its first bank branch in Vietnam (Saigon Giai phong, p1).
· First foreign-invested bank to own a 20 percent stake in a Vietnamese bank (Saigon Giai phong, p12).
· VN-Index reduced sharply (Saigon Giai phong, p2).
· Hanoi launched high-grade passenger coaches having stewards (Lao dong, p1).
· Biodiesel: an energy source in the future (Cong Thuong [Industry and Trade], No. 44, p15).
· Vietnam Railway Corporation and the Vietnam-Japan consulting joint venture have signed an investment consultancy contract for the Hanoi- Ho Chi Minh City high-speed railway project (Thoi bao Kinh te Viet Nam [Vietnam Economic Times], No. 207, p1).
· Prices of tra catfish materials in the Mekong Delta increased again (Thoi bao Kinh te Viet Nam , No. 207, p1).
· Businesses provided with loans to import petroleum (Thoi bao Kinh te Viet Nam , No. 207, p2).
· Vietnam ’s tourism develops promisingly (Thoi bao Kinh te Viet Nam , No. 207, p4). An interview with Hubert Klemenz, General Director and Vice President of Movenpick Hotel & Resort Vietnam.
· Tourism sector’s human resources face both shortages and weakness (Thoi bao Kinh te Viet Nam , No. 207, p13). Talking with President of the Vietnam Tourism Association Nguyen Phu Duc.
International Affairs
· Russia warned the West, making the situation at the Black Sea more tense (Hanoimoi, p8).
· Non-nuclear process on the Korea peninsula on the brink again (Hanoimoi, p8).
· Barack Obama officially nominated as a candidate for the US Presidency (Hanoimoi, p8).
· Thailand : Prime Minister Samark pledged to not use forces to disperse strikes (Hanoimoi, p8).
· World crude oil price reached 119 USD per barrel (Nhan dan, p8).
· Fire blazed at a large weapon store in Ukraine (Nhan dan, p8).
· SCO backs Russia ’s peacekeeping role in South Ossetia (Quan doi Nhan dan, p8).
· UN conference on weapon disarmament: there remained differences (Saigon Giai phong, p12).-Enditem
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