There were a total of 254 listed
companies on the Hanoi Stock Exchange (HNX) in 2009, up 55 percent from
the previous year and worth a combined 40 trillion VND (2.2 billion
USD), a year-on-year increase of 85 percent.
The central province of Thua Thien-Hue
has discovered three historic documents affirming Vietnam ’s
sovereignty over Hoang Sa (Paracel) archipelago, deputy Chairman of the
provincial People’s Committee Ngo Hoa said on Jan. 4.
Falling in love with Hoi An in the
central province of Quang Nam is to fall in love with its wonderful
alleyways, which for locals are the soul of their home town.
The Quang Ngai General Museum has collected more than 100 artefacts
relating to a naval fleet of the Hoang Sa (Paracel)
and Truong Sa (Spratly) archipelagoes.
A National Assembly delegation led by NA Chairman Nguyen Phu Trong is paying a
two-day visit to the northern mountainous province of Bac Kan to explore
socio-economic situations of the region.
A delegation from the Cambodian province of Kratie on Dec. 28 held talks with
leaders of the People’s Council of Binh Phuoc Province highlighting developments
and cooperation in the region.
Vietnam and Cambodia signed investment
agreements and contracts worth 6 billion USD at a conference held in Ho
Chi Minh City on Dec. 26 to promote Vietnamese investment in Cambodia.
Vietnam and Iran signed agreements to
mutually invest in fisheries and general trade at the sixth meeting of
the Joint Commission on Economic and Commercial Cooperation.
Developed countries should pioneer the
way in reducing greenhouse emissions by making strong commitments and
setting high goals, Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung said on Nov. 2.
Binh Phuoc province of Vietnam ,
Champassak province of Laos and Caroche province of Cambodia will be
added to the development triangle area in the future.
Vietnam wants Kuwait to increase its investment in the country with focus on
fields of mutual concern such as the development of technical and social
infrastructural facilities, said National Assembly Chairman Nguyen Phu Trong.
Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung met Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd and
Israeli President Shimon Peres on the sidelines of the UN climate summit in
Copenhagen, Denmark, on Dec. 17.
Vietnam and the US agreed upon a number
of measures to lift bilateral defence cooperation to a new level, said
Minister of Defence General Phung Quang Thanh.
Vietnam and the US discussed ways to
elevate their defence cooperation to a new level during Defence
Minister Phung Quang Thanh’s visit to the US from Dec. 10-15.
Russia’s mass media on December 15 and 16 highlighted the results of a working
visit by a Vietnamese government delegation led by Prime Minister Nguyen Tan
Dung and spoke highly of the increasingly enhanced strategic partnership between
the two countries.
General Secretary of the Communist
Party of Vietnam Nong Duc Manh will pay an official visit to Cambodia
from Dec. 17-19 as guest of King Norodom Sihamoni.
Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung will leave
Russia after a two-day working visit on Dec. 15 for the Danish capital
city of Copenhagen to attend the United Nations high-level debate on
climate change.
