The PetroVietnam Construction Joint Stock Corporation (PVC) is planning
to build a 528-m tower, the second tallest building in Asia after the
Buri Dubai Tower in the United Arab Emirates (UAE).
Around 2,300 rural labourers have been sent to work abroad after over
one year of implementing the Prime Minister’s decision on boosting
labour exports in poor districts, according to the Overseas Labour
Management Department (OLMD).
A Vietnamese delegation led by Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign
Minister Pham Gia Khiem participated in the second official ASEAN-Gulf
Cooperation Council (GCC) Foreign Ministers’ Meeting in Singapore from
May 31 to June 1.
The Doosan Heavy Industries Vietnam
Company on Nov. 13 shipped its first batch of desalination equipment
worth 40 million USD to the United Arab Emirates (UAE).
Malaysia's total trade with the
six-nation Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) was valued at 8.37 billion
Malaysian Ringgits (2.3 billion USD) during January-April this year,
down 26.5 percent as compared with the same period in 2008, said
Bernama news agency.
Japan's Nippon Foundation has pledged
2.5 million USD to the Aids to Navigation Fund for this year to which
will enhance the safety and security of navigation, and the protection
of the marine environment in the busy Malacca and Singapore straits.
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