Automobile and Petroleum Exhibition AUTOPETRO

Wed, 04/03/2002 - 11:26

Automobile and Petroleum Exhibition and Conference (AUTOPETRO) is an outstanding event in Vietnam.

With the supports of six Ministries, relevant organizations and participations of well-known companies and thousand products on display, Autopetro is not only a forecaster of trend but also reflect the fact of the industries of Automobile and Petroleum.

Resolution for Highland migrants in humanitarian basis

Sun, 03/31/2002 - 22:07

Ha Noi, March 31 (VNA) -- Problems related to Central Highlands ethnic minority people now living temporarily in camps in Cambodia should be settled immediately on the humanitarian basis, not be politicized to harm Viet Nam and Cambodia's security, has said a Spokeswoman of the Foreign Ministry of Viet Nam.

The following is statement from Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Phan Thuy Thanh on March, 31, 2002:

Resolution for Highland migrants in humanitarian basis

Sun, 03/31/2002 - 22:06

Ha Noi, March 31 (VNA) -- Problems related to Central Highlands ethnic minority people now living temporarily in camps in Cambodia should be settled immediately on the humanitarian basis, not be politicized to harm Viet Nam and Cambodia's security, has said a Spokeswoman of the Foreign Ministry of Viet Nam.

The following is statement from Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Phan Thuy Thanh on March, 31, 2002:

Announcement on electronics, IT competition in Vietnam

Fri, 03/29/2002 - 17:37

Vietnam Electronic Industries Association-VEIA releases this announcement on the content of Electronic, IT, Telecommunication product competition.

1. Objective:

The competition is designed to stimulate enterprises, organizations and individuals to research, create and produce more Vietnam trade mark Electronics, IT and Telecommunication products with high quality and great competition capacity in domestic and world markets.

2. Organizer: Vietnam Electronic Industries Association-VEIA

Province Gia Lai improves living standard of Central Highlanders

Fri, 03/29/2002 - 09:36



Ha Noi, Mar. 29 (VNA) -- Viet Nam's hunger eradication and poverty reduction programme has been implemented in all communes and wards of the Central Highlands Gia Lai province, said Ha Son Nhin, Deputy Chairman of Gia Lai's People's Committee during an interview with the newspaper Quan Doi Nhan Dan.

Nhin said that although programme had helped to decrease Gia Lai province's poor household rate from 35 percent in 1995 to 22.4 percent in 2001, work still needed to be done on narrowing the gap between the province's wealthy and poor areas.

MOFA Spokeswoman: Vietnam has honored Tripartie argreement

Mon, 03/25/2002 - 09:08

The conclusion of the Tripartite Agreement signed on 21 January 2002 on repatriation of ethnic minority people in the Central Highlands who have illegally crossed the border into Cambodia is the result of efforts by Viet Nam, Cambodia and UNHCR. Viet Nam has honored, and will commit itself to, this Agreement, according to which returnees will be repatriated in safety and respect for human dignity. Viet Nam has never returned and will never repatriate people against their own will.

No antibiotics in Vietnam's shrimps: FM Spokeswoman

Fri, 03/22/2002 - 10:09

Spokeswoman for Vietnam's Foreign Ministry Phan Thuy Thanh, on March 21 affirmed that Vietnamese shrimp exports contain no antibiotics.

"Experts have informed us that there is no nitrofuran substance in Vietnamese shrimp exports to the EU," she said.

Deputy PM stresses role of rural industrialisation

Sun, 03/17/2002 - 22:43

Permanent Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has stressed the prime importance of agricultural and rural industrialisation and modernisation in the national development.


Mr Dung, also a Politburo member of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee, said on March 19 that "To promote the national combined strength to fulfill the agricultural and rural industrialisation and modernisation targets is of prime importance in the cause for national industrialisation and modernisation."

PM Khai highlights progress of socio-economic development

Sun, 03/17/2002 - 22:38

"We must increase the quality of socio-economic development, further combine economic growth with cultural development and firmly maintain national security and defence," said Prime Minister Phan Van Khai.

Mr Khai made this comments while presenting a government work report the 1997-2002 tenure at the opening of the current National Assembly session in Hanoi on March 15.

Vietnam wants UNHCR to continue repatriation of illegal migrants

Thu, 03/14/2002 - 10:10

Ha Noi, March 13 (VNA) -- A Foreign Ministry spokeswoman today called on the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) to fulfil the tripartite agreement which it signed with Viet Nam and Cambodia dealing with the repatriation of illegal Vietnamese migrants now in camps in Cambodia.

The spokeswoman, Phan Thuy Thanh, made the statement in reply to foreign reporters' questions on the results of a meeting for that purpose held by Viet Nam, Cambodia and the UNHCR in Ho Chi Minh City on March 12, which she described as frank and constructive.

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