Despite worries over the CPI and the global economic
crisis, it is believed that Vietnam will reach its target of reducing
the poverty rate to 10-11 percent by 2010.
Representatives from the Ministry of Labour, War Invalids and Social
Affairs (MOLISA) and UNDP revealed this at a meeting to release a
mid-term review of the National Targeted Programme for Poverty
Reduction between 2006 and 2010 on Oct. 2.
The embassies of Germany and the US in
Hanoi on Oct. 2 announced that their Governments will provide emergency
aid to help victims of typhoon Ketsana in Vietnam .
Several international organisations and
foreign countries have voiced support for people in the localities that
were hardest hit by typhoon Ketsana, said the Vietnam Red Cross (VRC)
on October 1.
The US Government has announced a 1.69
million USD environmental remediation project to support Vietnam in
addressing Agent Orange/dioxin contamination at the Da Nang Airport.
The European Commission has announced
the granting of seven aid packages worth a total of 1.6 million EUR to
Vietnamese business associations and universities that have put forth
proposals to improve their capacity on trade policy in order to
integrate in the World Trade Organisation (WTO).
Australian Navy warship HMAS DARWIN
will pay a diplomatic visit to Vietnam to strengthen the goodwill and
relations between the two countries, according to the Australian
Embassy in Hanoi.
Vietnam welcomes and supports the
efforts made at various levels by the Quartet, the League of Arab
States, regional countries and the international community at large to
help the parties resume peaceful negotiations in the Middle East, said
a diplomat.
Infrastructure developer Cavico
Corporation has become the first Vietnamese enterprise to list on the
US stock exchange following Nasdaq’s approval on Sept. 18.
Vietnam has been identified as one of
the key markets for global investors, ranking number one on the top 10
emerging markets beyond the BRIC group (Brazil, Russia, India and
China) for investors over the next five years.
This is one of the findings in the “Survive and Prosper: emerging
markets in the global recession” report which was newly-published by
the UK Trade & Investment (UKTI) publication.
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) on September 15 approved a
500 million USD loan to Vietnam in support of its efforts to bolster
domestic economy and ensure social stability.
General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Nong Duc
Manh’s visit to New Zealand later this week is very significant, said
New Zealand 's Prime Minister John Key in a press release on Sept. 7.
On the eve of the coming official visit to Australia by General
Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) Nong Duc Manh,
Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has affirmed that Vietnam is a
highly valued partner for Australia in Asia-Pacific region.
A seminar on supplying the press with information on climate change, co-organised by the United Nations (UN) and the Vietnamese Institute of Meteorology and Hydrology, was held in Hanoi on June 3.
Hoan Kiem Lake , an important symbol of Hanoi , might be restored for the first time using a low-impact environmental German technology pending approval from the municipal People’s Committee.
The Republic of Korea (RoK) unification
minister, Hyun In-taek, has said his country wants to develop a new
relationship of co-prosperity with the Democratic People's Republic of
Korea (DPRK).
