Almost 30 businesses from Vietnam
attended Intrade Malaysia 2009 in Kuala Lumpur, which wrapped up on
Nov.12, to seek more contracts from its top ten importer.
Three flight attendants of Vietnam
Airlines were stopped by customs officers at the Incheon airport,
Seoul, on Nov. 12 after 20 taels of precious metal thought to be gold
were
found in their carry-on luggage.
A 79 percent increase in the index of
the Ho Chi Minh Stock Exchange since the beginning of the year has made
Vietnam’s stock market one of the bourses posting the highest growth in
the world in 2009.
VNA and its
Republic of Korean counterpart, Yonhap, have signed a five-point MoU,
focusing on exclusive rights and conditions for a joint TV broadcasting
project next year.
Irish IT companies are seeking
partnerships with domestic businesses in telecommunications
applications and financial services software and are willing to share
their experiences in setting up and managing IT companies, according to
the commercial counselor of the Embassy of Ireland in Vietnam , Michael
Garvey.
Vietnam is always a reliable partner and an active member in promoting
cooperation between Mekong River countries and Japan as well as ties between
ASEAN and Japan, Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has said.
The Global Peace Index has ranked
Vietnam among the most peaceful countries in the world, and honoured
the country at the 2009 Global Symposium of Peaceful Nations held in
Washington from November 1-3.
Although storm Mirinae abated late in day on Nov. 2, heavy rains
continued falling, causing raging floods in the central province of Phu
Yen, claiming at least 19 lives and injuring 16 others.
The Vietnamese community abroad
continue to take actions in support for the victims of typhoon Ketsana,
which swept through central and Central Highlands regions in late
September.
Representatives of 30 companies from
Vietnam’s southern province of Binh Duong and the state of New South
Wales, Australia, met in Sydney on Nov. 3 to seek partners and explore
each other’s markets.
Violence against a Vietnamese student
named Ho Phuong by the police in San Jose city was an unacceptable act,
said Le Quoc Hung, Vietnamese General Consul in California.
Deputy Foreign Minister Shuji Kira has
emphasised it’s the best time now for Japan-Vietnam relations while
granting the Vietnam News Agency (VNA) an interview on October 21.
A visit by a delegation from the
Russian news agency ITAR-TASS is expected to help consolidate and
strengthen the traditional friendship between Vietnam and Russia in
general and between the Vietnam News Agency (VNA) and ITAR-TASS in
particular
The Ministry of Industry and Trade
(MIT) has once again raised its voice to protest the European Union
(EU)’s anti-dumping taxes on shoe imports from Vietnam.
XIII National Congress of Communist Party of Vietnam
