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Outstanding Vietnamese businesses honoured

Two hundred outstanding businesses received the Sao Vang Dat Viet (Vietnam Gold Star) Award at a ceremony held in Ho Chi Minh City on September 2.
Two hundred outstanding businesses received the Sao Vang Dat Viet(Vietnam Gold Star) Award at a ceremony held in Ho Chi Minh City onSeptember 2.

Deputy Prime Minister Truong Vinh Trongcongratulated the awarded businesses, acknowledging and honouring theircontributions to the country’s development.

He said he believedthat Vietnamese entrepreneurs would further develop, making morecontributions to the country and honouring Vietnam’s reputation inthe world.

Vietnam is facing both opportunities andchallenges in the context of integration and economic development, hesaid, urging the business circle to be active and creative and unitetogether.

On behalf of the government, Deputy PM Trongcommended the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union and the Vietnam YouthFederation, for their creative activities and organisation of the awardceremony annually

Since the annual event began in 2003, as many as 1,327 Vietnamese businesses have been honoured.

The 200 businesses selected this year all had stable growth rates.Their combined turnover exceeded 475 trillion VND. They collectivelycontributed nearly 44 trillion VND to the State budget, earned after-taxprofits of more than 48 trillion VND and created over 390,000 new jobs.

Top ten 2010 Vietnam Gold Star Awards go to FPT TelecomJoint Stock Company, Truong Hai Auto Corporation, HANAKA Group, TienPhong Plastic Joint Stock Company, PetroVietnam Construction Joint StockCorporation, Thai Nguyen Steel Joint Stock Company, Vietnam GarmentsJoint Stock Company, Trung Nguyen Coffee Group, Vietinbank and VietnamRubber Industry Group./.
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