UPCoM is to receive six new share listings of Tia Sang
Batery Co, Dong Bac Food Co, Thong Nhat Match Co, Ha Bac Hung Phat
Chemicals Co and Viet Tri Paper Co at the end of this year.
The 21st APEC Ministerial Meeting ended
in Singapore on Nov. 12 after issuing a joint statement that called for
the building of a Free Trade Area of the Asia-Pacific (FTAAP).
A Vietnamese delegation led by State
President Nguyen Minh Triet has actively participated in all activities
of the 17 th APEC Economic Leaders’ Meeting (AELM), contributing to the
success of the meeting.
Deputy Prime Minister and
Foreign Minister Pham Gia Khiem stated this while granting an interview
to Vietnamese reporters in Singapore on November 15.
Vietnamese State President Nguyen Minh
Triet joined leaders and representatives of the 21 APEC economies at
the first retreat session of the 17th APEC Economic Leaders' Meeting
(AELM) held in Singapore on Nov. 14.
All resources appropriations must be
accompanied by reasonable justifications and the United Nations must be
in a position to proceed from existing resources, a Vietnamese
representative to the UN has said.
Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung and his
Singaporean counterpart Lee Hsien Loong agreed that the two countries
need to work out specific measures to develop bilateral ties in a more
stable and sustainable manner in future.
EVN Finance Co and Standard Chartered Bank Vietnam signed a
memorandum of understanding to boost cooperation in such areas as money
markets, foreign exchange, structured products and derivatives, cash
management and training.
Universities and colleges from 26 US
states will participate in several educational exhibitions which will
be held in Hanoi, Da Nang and Ho Chi Minh City in September and
October.
The average gross salary increased
16.47 percent during the period from April 2008 to March 2009,
according to the latest announcement from the Navigos Group, the
leading recruitment solutions provider in Vietnam.
This is one of the final results of the Vietnam Salary Survey 2009 which was released on September 23 in Ho Chi Minh city.
Deputy Prime Minister Pham Gia Khiem
has approved Vietnam’s participation in the second phase of the
Regional Policy and Advisory Technical Assistance (R-PATA) project on
infectious disease control in the Greater Mekong Sub- region.
Vietnam and the US have reached
consensus on directions to address the consequences of Agent
Orange/dioxin in the Southeast Asian country, including the
establishment of a health task force.
Although joint efforts between the
Vietnamese and US governments have been fruitful, recovery of the
environment and improvement of the health of AO victims still remains
limited.
The Sacombank Securities Company (SBS) has officially announced
that it will now operate as an investment bank, becoming the first
securities company in Vietnam to operate in this way.
Vietnam acknowledges the joint efforts of the Government of Iraq, the
Development Fund for Iraq (DFI) and the International Advisory and
Monitoring Board (IAMB) in implementing relevant Security Council
Resolutions.
State President Nguyen Minh Triet confirmed that Vietnam
resolutely opposes protectionism as it prevents economies from
developing strongly and in a free manner.