Tourists visit Da Nang city in 2000

Fri, 01/05/2001 - 17:33



Jan. 5 (VNA) -- The central city of Da Nang welcomed more than 393,700 tourists in 2000, a year-on-year increase of 29 percent.

Of these 185,230 were international tourists, mostly from China, France and the U.S., an 87-percent increase.

Da Nang City Tourism-Service turnover for the year was VND 255.63 billion (USD 18 million), almost 36.5 percent higher than the previous year.

FM on treaties of demarcation of Tokin Gulf and Fishery in TG

Thu, 01/04/2001 - 23:09

ANSWERS BY MOFA'S SPOKESWOMAN PHAN THUY THANH
TO CORRESPONDENTS ON 4 JANUARY, 2001

Radio Voice of Vietnam: Please provide your assessment on the Treaties on the Demarcation of the Tonkin Gulf and Fishery Cooperation in the Tonkin Gulf which were signed in Beijing during State President Tran Duc Luong's official friendship visit to China?

Answer:

Tea production in Vietnam

Thu, 01/04/2001 - 23:08

TEA CORPORATION MAINTAINS HIGH GROWTH RATE


Ha Noi, Jan. 4 (VNA) -- The Viet Nam Tea Corporation maintained a high growth rate in 2000 with a total output of more than 75,000 tonnes of tea, including 26,000 tonnes for export.

The corporation in 2000 obtained an import-export turnover of USD 36 million and a profit increase of 11.3 percent. Tea production joint ventures turned out 6,570 tonnes for export with a profit expectedly reaching more than USD 620,000.

Rubbers exports increase in 2000

Thu, 01/04/2001 - 23:05




Ha Noi, Jan. 3 (VNA) -- Viet Nam exported about 280,000 tonnes of latex worth USD 170 million last year - a rise of almost 16 percent over 1999.

The higher exports signal the industry's emergence from the 1999 crisis in rubber prices. The year 2000 also saw Viet Nam's latex exports to China meet quotas totalling 10,000 tonnes.

5,443 businesses were established in Ho Chi Minh city in 2000

Thu, 01/04/2001 - 23:03



Ha Noi, Jan. 3 (VNA) -- A total of 5,443 businesses with a combined capital of VND 6,500 billion (USD 464 million) were established in Ho Chi Minh City in 2000, the first year after the Enterprise Law took effect.

The figures showed year-on-year increases of 130 percent and 70 percent in the number of businesses and capital, respectively.

Besides, 8,565 other businesses added more than VND 3,000 billion to their investment capital.

83,5 million tonnes of goods through Vietnam's sea ports

Thu, 01/04/2001 - 23:02



Ha Noi, Jan. 3 (VNA) -- Viet Nam's sea ports handled 83.5 million tonnes of goods, including nine million tonnes of goods in transit, in 2000, a 17.2 percent year-on-year increase.

As many as 9.6 million tonnes were transported through Sai Gon port, surpassing the yearly plan by 13.2 percent or making a year-on-year increase of 15.5 percent, a record over the past six years.

UNDP provides aid for Vietnam's tourism development

Wed, 01/03/2001 - 00:51



Ha Noi, Jan. 2 (VNA) -- The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has provided USD 232,000 to help the Viet Nam Tourism Administration (VTA) to revise its master plan for tourism development in Viet Nam to 2010.

A team of national and international experts is working to update the master plan prepared by the VTA in 1995. The experts will develop change indicators for tourist sites in order to assess the impact of tourism on natural and cultural resources of Viet Nam.

Washington State University helps train Vietnamese



Ha Noi, Jan. 1 (VNA) -- Washington State University is working with Ha Noi National Economics University to provide Vietnamese students a two-year course in business management.

The course, which started todoay, Jan. 2, is the first joint training programme between a Viet Nam university and a university from the US.

The cooperation programme for its establishment is newly approved by the Viet Nam Government and is expected to provide an opportunity for Vietnamese students and teachers to learn and exchange views about commerce.

Joint stock bank launches on line home banking service

Wed, 01/03/2001 - 00:48




Ha Noi, Jan. 02 (VNA) -- The joint stock Asia Commercial Bank (ACB) on Jan. 2, launched a new on-line Home Banking Intranet service.

The service allows customers with personal computers to keep abreast of what's going in and out of their accounts while also allowing them to keep up to date with new services introduced by the bank.

Interest rates, ACB fee tables and all the documents and circulars issued by the State Bank of Viet Nam will also be on-line.

NGO Clear Path finances project to neutralize unexploded bombs


* U.S. Organization Finances Central Province's Project to Neutralize Unexploded Bombs

Clear Path International, a non-governmental organization in the U.S., has agreed to finance a project for neutralizing unexploded bombs and ordnance and developing infrastructure on a 51-ha area in Dong Ha commune, central Quang Tri province.

The USD 952,899 project is to be carried out in three years from 2001.--VNA

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