VN-China fishing accord in Bac Bo Gulf

Sat, 03/17/2001 - 00:05



Ha Noi, Mar. 16 (VNA) -- The signing of the Bac Bo (Tonkin) Gulf fishing cooperation agreement between Viet Nam and China last December has opened the way for comprehensive cooperation between the two countries.

* Overlapping Fishing Areas

Machine made in Vietnam export to US, Japan and France

Sat, 03/17/2001 - 00:03



Ha Noi, March 16 (VNA) -- Mechanical Engineering Company A74, a subsidiary of the Industrial Machinery and Equipment Corporation, has won contracts worth USD 1 million to export its products to the U.S., Japan and France.

The company will export mechanical tools to the U.S., forklift trucks to Japan and sewing machines to France.
The contract with the U.S. is of 10 years. It provides for an import tax rate of 34 percent against 5 percent levied on machines of the same kind made by other countries.--VNA

Irrigation projects to boost development in Kon Tum

Thu, 03/15/2001 - 21:56



Ha Noi, March 15 (VNA) -- Irrigation has really become a key factor in socio-economic development in Kon Tum central highland province since the province was liberated on March 17, 1975.

The province has increased its irrigation projects from only two before liberation to 45 at present. As a result, almost 4,000 ha of winter-spring rice and 11,410 ha of autumn rice crops and dozens of thousands of hectares of industrial crops are irrigated.

List of projects needing foreign direct investment

Thu, 03/15/2001 - 21:53





Ha Noi, March 15 (VNA) -- A list of 104 projects needing foreign direct investment was announced by the Planning and Investment Ministry at a seminar in Singapore today, March 15.

The seminar entitled "Towards Success" was co-organized by the Vietnamese and Singaporean Governments.

FAO Helps Southern Farmers Revive Aquaculture

Thu, 03/15/2001 - 21:52



VNA March 15- The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation, FAO, is working with authorities in three southern provinces in carrying out a USD 513,000 programme to help revive aquaculture in the region badly affected by last year's floods.

Beneficiaries of the FAO-funded programme are farmers in An Giang, Dong Thap and Can Tho who have started of preparing ponds and restoring other facilities to raise fresh-water fish and shrimp.

Vietnam will create a more atractive for foreign investors

Thu, 03/15/2001 - 21:49



Ha Noi, March 15 (VNA) -- Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has affirmed the Vietnamese government would try to remove all difficulties and obstacles to make Viet Nam a more attractive and successful place for foreign investors.

Expanded immunization programme in 2001

Thu, 03/15/2001 - 03:22



Ha Noi, March 15 -- The State will spend VND 70 billion, about USD 4.8 million, on the national expanded immunization programme this year, ensuring vaccines for all localities and medical centres.

A meeting to launch this year's National Expanded Immunization Programme, NEIP, was held at the Nha Trang Pasteur Institute in central coastal Khanh Hoa province on March 13 and 14.

FAO grants 400,000$ to flood-hit provinces

Wed, 03/14/2001 - 01:38



Ha Noi, March 14 (VNA) -- The World Food Organisation (FAO) has granted USD 402,784 to Mekong delta Can Tho, Dong Thap and An Giang provinces to develop aquaculture.

The project which will start later this month will benefit farmer households hard hit by floods last year.

PM Directive on Year of Social Volunteers for vulnerable children

Wed, 03/14/2001 - 01:36



Ha Noi, Mar. 13 (VNA) -- The Prime Minister has issued a directive to facilitate the implementation of "The year of social volunteers for children living in special difficulities" (2001-2002).

Eleventh Plenum to focus on personnel issues

Wed, 03/14/2001 - 01:30



Ha Noi, Mar. 13 (VNA) -- Party General Secretary Le Kha Phieu called for the "most prominent Party cadres, endowned with both virtue and talent" to be chosen and introduced to the ninth Party Congress for election to the new Central Committee.

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