Meeting with Highlanders allegedly killed with poison

Mon, 12/02/2002 - 17:01

Dac Lac, Dec. 2 (VNA) -- "I'm so angry with reports that I was killed some days ago," said Y Het Nie Kdam, one of the three ethnic minority highlanders, who were allegedly killed with poison injected by the local security force.

Y Het Nie Kdam, 42, a resident of Buon Sech, Dlie Yang commune, Ea H'leo district of Central Highlands Dac Lac province, was together with Y Suon M'lo and Y Ual Ayun reported dead in custody by the US- based Montagnard Foundation on Nov. 13.

Central Highlanders assisted in buying houses

Mon, 12/02/2002 - 16:56

Ha Noi, Dec. 2 (VNA) -- On-spot ethnic minority families and families covered by the State's preferential policy in Lam Dong, Dac Lac, Gia Lai and Kon Tum provinces of the Central Highlands will be helped to buy houses in the form of deferred payment in kind.

Viet Nam calls for concerted efforts to reduce poverty

Wed, 11/27/2002 - 14:50

New York. Nov. 27 (VNA) -- Ambassador Nguyen Thanh Chau, Viet Nam's permanent representative to the United Nations, called on governments and the international community to join efforts in fighting poverty for social development of all societies, particularly in the developing countries.

Prime Minister recognizes the need to streamline administration

Wed, 11/27/2002 - 14:48


Ha Noi, Nov 27 (VNA) -- Prime Minister Phan Van Khai has prescribed a combination of clearly defined accountability for cabinet members, and authority for them to discharge their functions, as a panacea for restoring order to the administrative apparatus.

He was speaking at the National Assembly on Wednesday morning where he pointed out that while there had been enough talk about bringing discipline to State administration, action on the ground was lacking.

Agricultural Restructuring in Vietnam- Some Principal Indicators

Fri, 11/22/2002 - 09:38



1. Uneven restructuring of lines and occupations

Ho Chi Minh Trail to become tourism destination

Mon, 11/18/2002 - 17:32

Ha Noi, Nov. 17 (VNA) -- Central Quang Tri province has allocated 53.13 billion VND (3.5 million USD) on a project to restore the Ho Chi Minh Trail for tourism, said Nguyen Thi Mai, Director of the provincial Trade-Tourism Service.

Landmine-clearance project in Quang Tri launches website

Mon, 11/18/2002 - 17:28

Quang Tri, Nov. 18 (VNA) -- Information on latest landmine-clearance operations in war-torn central Quang Tri province is available at newly-launched webside of http://www.vietnam-landmines.org.

The information, in English and Vietnamese languages, also covers charity activities on alleviating the plight of war victims in the province.

Committee of religious reform of Cao Dai executive council meets

Mon, 11/18/2002 - 17:26

Ben Tre, Nov. 18 (VNA) -- The Committee of Religious Reform of Cao Dai Executive Council met at the Ben Tre church in Mekong delta Ben Tre province on Nov. 17-18 with the participation of nearly 900 delegates nationwide.

The purpose of the meeting was to review the Committee's operation in the first term (1997-2002) and decide on a working plan for the Committee and elect a new Standing Board of the Cao Dai Executive Council for the second term (2002-07).

Foreign reports on film actor Don Duong refuted

Mon, 11/18/2002 - 17:24


Ha Noi, Nov. 18 (VNA) -- A senior government official has refuted as groundless western media reports saying that film actor Don Duong, who appeared in "We were soldiers" and "Green Dragon" Hollywood movies, was arrested, prosecuted or restricted from travelling.

"In fact, Don Duong has always been a free citizen to date," affirmed Nguyen Phuc Thanh, director of the Cinema Department of the Ministry of Culture and Information.

Overview of Viet Nam's Cooperative Economy

Fri, 11/15/2002 - 08:54


Cooperative economy is getting increasingly asserted with its indispensable role in Vietnam's socialist-oriented multi-sectoral economy. The 5th Party CC Plenum has set the goal to bring the collective economy, cooperative Economy included, out of its present feeble position within 10 coming years so as to conform to the process of national industrialization and modernization.
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