The 16 th ASEAN Summit has shown the
determination to boost activities on the important transitional time of
2010, contributing to creating a new impulse for stronger ASEAN, affirmed Deputy PM Pham Gia Khiem.
On the occasion of the up-coming 16th ASEAN Summit in Hanoi, Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Gia Khiem granted the Vietnam News Agency an interview about the summit’s agenda and significance as well as Vietnam’s suggestions for the event.
Twenty-one Vietnamese logistics
officials on March 23 completed a Master of Arts (MA) course in
Logistics and Transport jointly conducted by the Belgian Liege
University and Da Nang University.
The Deputy Minister of Defence, Senior Lieutenant General Nguyen Khac Nghien,
met visiting Major General Richard Rhys Jones, New Zealand ’s Chief of the Army
in Hanoi on March 3.
The southern economic hub of HCM City this year aims to attract 8.4 billion USD
in foreign direct investment, according to the city's Department of Planning and
Investment.
A five-star hotel complex worth 70
million USD will be built in Laos’ capital city of Vientiane,
significantly contributing to the fine diplomatic ties between Vietnam
and Laos.
Egyptian Minister of Investment Mahmoud
Moheildin is expected to arrive in Hanoi on January 23 to start his
four-day visit trip to promote investment opportunities in Egypt as
well as enhance business cooperation between the two countries.
Domestic businesses should work
together closer to protect brand names and prestige of Vietnamese
aquatic products on both local and word markets, said Vice State
President Nguyen Thi Doan.
National Assembly Chairman Nguyen Phu
Trong was elected as Head of the National Steering Board of the ASEAN
Inter-Parliamentary Assembly (AIPA)-31, which made its debut in Hanoi
on January 4.
The Quang Ninh Port Ltd. Co. welcomed
the New Year with its first shipments of 30,000 tonnes of ore and
20,000 tonnes of chip at the Cai Lan port in the northern coastal
province of Quang Ninh on Jan. 1.
The VN-Index forged ahead on Christmas Eve, picking up a significant
8.38 points to close at 479.13 points on a sudden increase thanks to
the large blue-chip buy orders from foreign investors to become the
highest increase in the last two weeks.
The National Fund for Vietnamese Children on Dec. 23 received a donation worth
28,500 USD from Singapore ’s Thakral Group which is made to help disadvantaged
children in the country.
Transport ministers from the
Asia-Pacific region have agreed to work on a treaty to promote the
development of dry ports – inland transport and logistics hubs – to
spur intraregional trade and growth.
State President Nguyen Minh Triet and
the ranking delegation of Vietnam on Dec. 16 left Barcelona city of
Spain for Slovakia for a state visit from Dec. 17-18.
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