ODA to target poverty elimination, agri'l & rural development

Tue, 05/08/2001 - 02:22



Ha Noi, May (VNA) -- Official development assistance, ODA, resources, including non-refundable ODA sources and ODA loans, will be given first to programmes aimed at hunger and poverty elimination as well as agricultural and rural development.

This came from Decree No. 17/2001/ND-CP, signed by Prime Minister Phan Van Khai on May 4, which states regulations on ODA management and use.

Under the decree, the Government will exercise State management over ODA resources.

Ho Chi Minh City proposes amendment to Labour Code

Mon, 05/07/2001 - 00:13



Ha Noi, May 5 (VNA) -- Ho Chi Minh City experts have recommended amendment or supplementation of 78 issues related to the Labour Code and under-law documents in an effort to ensure the signing of labour contracts for 95 percent of the working people and trade union presence in 80 percent of foreign-invested businesses in the next five years.

The city has managed to get labour contracts for 800,000 working people and social insurance for more than 625,000 workers in the past six years of implementing the Labour Code.

Trans-Asia highway to pave the way for prosperity in Southern VN

Tue, 05/01/2001 - 11:32


Ha Noi, May 1 (VNA) -- Vietnamese residents whose homes are located near National Highway 1A in Ho Chi Minh City or Highway 22A in Tay Ninh province are looking forward to seeing the completion of the Trans-Asia highway which links HCM City with Phnom Penh.

The highway, part of a subregional co-operation programme initiated by the Asian Development Bank (ADB), will boost trade between Cambodia and Viet Nam and thereby benefit residents who live along these highways.

Export value in first 4 months

Wed, 04/25/2001 - 17:15


Ha Noi, April 25 (VNA) -- Viet Nam registered an export value of USD 1.31 billion in April, bringing total export earnings in the first four months of this year to more than USD 4.88 billion or a 17.7 percent year-on-year increase, according to the General Statistics Office, GSO.

The country shipped more than 1.13 million tonnes of rice abroad in the January-April period, up 55.4 percent, year-on-year.

Exhibition of peaceful applications of atomic energy

Wed, 04/25/2001 - 17:04



Ha Noi, April 25 (VNA) -- An exhibition on peaceful applications of atomic energy was opened today, April 25, in Ha Noi by the Viet Nam Atomic Energy Institute under the Ministry of Science, Technology and Environment and the Japan Atomic Industry Forum.

During the five-day exhibition, workshops and talks will be held between experts in atomic energy, policy planners and the public on applications of atomic energy techniques in the national economy, radiation technology and atomic safety and power.

FAO's emergency assistance to aquaculture in Mecong Delta

Tue, 04/24/2001 - 10:08



Ha Noi, April 23 (VNA) -- The United Nations' Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has granted USD 413,000 as emergency aid to help poor and vulnerable fish farmers in the flood affected provinces of the Mekong delta.

Beneficiaries are Can Tho (USD 66,000), Dong Thap (USD 123,000) and An Giang (USD 224,000).

Documents to the aid were signed in Ha Noi on April 23 by Deputy Minister of Fisheries Nguyen Viet Thang and FAO representative in Viet Nam Ms Fernanda Guerrieri.

Atomic energy exhibition to open in Hanoi

Sat, 04/21/2001 - 18:23




Nhan Dan Newspaper April 21 - The Vietnam Atomic Energy Institute and the National Centre for Material Information, Science and Technology are to jointly hold an exhibition on applying atomic energy for the purpose of peace in Hanoi from April 25-29.

This will be the first time Vietnamese visitors are able to learn about detailed technology models.

Vietnam to promote e-commerce

Sat, 04/21/2001 - 18:21



Commerce One and Vietnam Post and Telecommunications Corporation are discussing a business deal to open up Vietnam's e-commerce market, the Commerce One Vietnam sales manager said on April 18 in Hanoi during an introduction of the 'Scalability Roadshow Asia 2001' programme.

The programme is organised by Microsoft, Intel, Unisys and other IT companies.

Vietnam IT Forum to be hosted in Silicon Valley

Sat, 04/21/2001 - 18:20



Vietnam IT Forum 2001 will be held on May 17 this year at Stanford University, Silicon Valley in the US. The forum will showcase Vietnam's potential for IT development and Vietnam-US co-operation in the industry.

The forum, co-hosted by Connect Vietnam Network, Stanford University and Sun Microsystems, will showcase Vietnam as an emerging market for IT and present an overview of its IT industry and the potential in many areas including software development, outsourcing, telecommunications, foreign direct investment and financing.

Socio-economic achievements in 10 years &strategy for 2001-2010

Fri, 04/20/2001 - 01:07



Ha Noi, April 19 (VNA) -- A press conference on the socio-economic achievements in the past 10 years of national renovation and the socio-economic development strategy for 2001-2010 was held at the press centre of the Ninth National Party Congress in Ha Noi on April 19.

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