The Republic of Korea ’s resumption of recruiting foreign guest
workers under the Employment Permit System (EPS) Programme on Sept. 1,
after a three-month halt due to the global economic recession, has
created better conditions for Vietnam ’s labour exports.
People injured in traffic accidents
will no longer have hospital fees paid for by medical insurance, unless
they have the proper paperwork to prove they did not violate traffic
regulations.
A range of celebrations were held in
France and the United Kingdom to celebrate the 64th anniversary of
Vietnam ’s National Day and the August Revolution.
A total of 133 Odon Vallet
scholarships, each worth 6 million VND, were handed over to outstanding
students and young researchers of universities and institutes in Hanoi
and northern provinces.
The World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) will organise an annual forum on preserving the Mekong River Delta’s natural resources as part of efforts to ensure sustainable development.
Entrepreneurs and enterprise are a vanguard force in the
national renewal and the international integration process, bringing
the country to the same level as others in the world, said Permanent
Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Sinh Hung.
The US Department of Commerce (DOC) has
cleared four Vietnamese seafood companies of charges of dumping frozen
tra pangasius fillets on the US market between August 1, 2007 and July
31, 2008.
Domestic economists have urged tighter
monitoring of rice export price to help farmers and exporters avoid
damages in the face of strong fluctuations in world rice price.
The Vietnamese community abroad has
marked the August Revolution and National Day on September 2 with
celebrations and charitable activities all over southeast Asia.
Granma newspaper, official organ of the
Communist Party of Cuba, affirmed that Vietnam has succeeded in dealing
with the impacts of the world economic crisis.
The European Commission’s Charge
D’Affaires in Vietnam Willy Vandenberge, on Aug.31 announced that 49
Vietnamese graduates have received Erasmus Mundus scholarships for the
2009-2010 academic year.
The Vietnam - Hungary Friendship
Association Central Committee held a meeting in Hanoi on August 29 to
celebrate the National Day of Hungary (August 20) and the National Day
of Vietnam (Sept. 2).
The Hanoi People’s Committee has
carried out field research for the erection of statues of late
president Ho Chi Minh and Ton Duc Thang in Thong Nhat Park.
