Vaccine and biological products company inaugurated

Mon, 12/18/2000 - 18:08





Ha Noi, Dec. 18 (VNA) -- Vaccines and Biological Products Company No 1 was inaugurated in Ha Noi on Dec. 18.

The company, with capital of VND 16 billion, USD 1.1
million, will make vaccines against encephalitis, hepatitis B, cholera and rabies. Its office has been built on the premises of the Central Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology.

The company will make two million doses of encephalitis and hepatitis B vaccines and more than one million doses of cholera vaccine in its first year.

1,4 million jobs to be generated in 2001

Mon, 12/18/2000 - 18:02




Ha Noi, Dec. 18 (VNA) -- About 1.4 million jobs are expected to be created in 2001, says the Ministry of Labour, War Invalids and Social Affairs (MoLISA).

It says the National Fund for Job Creation alone will help about 350,000 people find jobs and send 40,000-45,000 guest workers and experts abroad.

Construction of the Tien Son Industrial Zone

Mon, 12/18/2000 - 17:57




Ha Noi, Dec. 17 (VNA) -- Work on the construction of the Tien Son Industrial Zone in northern Bac Ninh province started today, Dec. 17.

Infrastructure construction of the 134 hectare project will cost VND 267.5 billion (about USD 18.6 million). The zone will have 4 areas specializing in producing traditional handicrafts, textile and garment; electronics assessories; construction material; and processed farm produce.

Denmark grants US 3.5 million to support farmers

Mon, 12/18/2000 - 17:41





Ha Noi, Dec. 17 (VNA) -- Denmark will provide a grant of USD 3.5 million to establish a fund to guarantee farmers' loans.

A framework agreement to this effect was signed in Ha Noi on Dec. 15 between the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development and the Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development of Viet Nam and the Danish International Development Agency (DANIDA).

Vietnam exports USD 200 million worth of tea in 2000

Mon, 12/18/2000 - 17:37




Ha Noi, Dec. 17 (VNA) -- Tea exports will earn Viet Nam an estimated USD 200 million this year.

The tea is sold in 30 countries - between 40 and 50 percent of it to the Middle East.

But markets have also been found in Japan, Hong Kong, Belgium and the United States.

As a result, between 1989-98 tea exports were 186,000 tonnes, including a record of 33,500 tonnes worth more than USD 50 million in 1998.

Pharmaceutical sector in Vietnam

Sat, 12/16/2000 - 05:30



Ha Noi, Dec. 15 (VNA) -- The domestic pharmaceutical turnover is likely to reach VND 2,100 billion (USD 170 million) this year, a year-on-year increase of 15 percent, and per-capita medical investment is up by four percent to USD 5.2 a year.

The figures were announced by Vi Ninh, Head of the Viet Nam Pharmaceutical Management Bureau, at a press briefing in Ha Noi on Dec. 14.

The industry has managed to record an export turnover of USD 11 million, Ninh said.

Donors indicates US 2,4 billion for Vietnam

Sat, 12/16/2000 - 05:21



Ha Noi, Dec. 15 (VNA) -- Donor countries and international organizations have indicated about USD 2.4 billion for Viet Nam's poverty reduction and development agenda.
The figure was included in a paper issued at the closing session of the Consultative Group Meeting for Viet Nam in Ha Noi on Dec. 15.

Contracts on Nam Con Son oil field exploitation signed

Sat, 12/16/2000 - 05:19




Ha Noi, Dec. 15 (VNA) -- Contracts for the Nam Con Son Gas Project were signed by the Viet Nam Oil and Gas Corporation (PetroVietnam) and its foreign partners, BP, Statoil of the UK and ONGC of India, in Ha Noi Dec. 15.

These included a business cooperation contract between PetroVietnam and BP Pipeline Viet Nam B.V, Statoil AS to build and put into operation a pipeline in Nam Con Son and a contract for selling gas exploited at Lot 06.1 of the Nam Con Son basin between PetroVietnam and the Lot 06.1 product-sharing contractors (PSC).

Consultative group meeting for Vietnam opens in Ha Noi

Thu, 12/14/2000 - 00:57




Ha Noi, Dec. 14 (VNA) -- The Consultative Group (CG) for Viet Nam opened its meeting in Ha Noi this morning, Dec. 14.

Participants at the two-day meeting include Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dzung, and representatives of the World Bank (WB), 41 bilateral and multilateral donor organizations and nations, and many observers.

Vietnam's economy makes positive changes in 2000

Thu, 12/14/2000 - 00:54




Ha Noi, Dec. 14 (VNA) -- Positive changes in the Vietnamese economy have been exemplified in the reversal of the downward economic trend. The GDP growth rate in 2000 is expected to reach 6.7 percent as compared to 4.8 percent in 1999.

Minister of Planning and Investment Tran Xuan Gia discussed the Vietnamese economy at the private sector forum held in Ha Noi on December 13.

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