Wholly foreign invested project on farm and aquatic

Tue, 03/20/2001 - 20:28



Ha Noi, March 20 (VNA) -- The Planning and Investment Ministry has licensed a wholly Netherlands-invested project on buying farm produce and foodstuff.

The USD 120-million project, the biggest involving in agriculture so far, has a legal capital of USD 36 million and will be operational for 50 years.

Vietnam's investment environment is more open

Tue, 03/20/2001 - 20:26




Ha Noi, Mar. 20 (VNA) -- Viet Nam's Planning and Investment Minister Tran Xuan Gia has again called for greater efforts to realize Viet Nam's foreign investment policy which is regarded as more open than other countries'.

The Minister says: "Most foreign investors have shared the view that Viet Nam's foreign investment policy is fairly open to investors but what is more important is how to carry out the policy."

Vietnam strives for a better care and protect of people's health

Tue, 03/20/2001 - 20:23




Ha Noi, Mar 20 (VNA) -- Viet Nam has adopted a strategy to better care for and protect the people's health as part of its efforts to increase an average life expectancy from the present 66 to 71 by the year 2010.

The strategy is included in a decision signed by Prime Minister Phan Van Khai on Mar. 19. It is intended to provide all people with primary healthcare services as well as access to high-quality medical services.

Vietnam is one

Mon, 03/19/2001 - 20:59


Editorial by Khoi Nguyen, Nhan Dan Newspaper, March 5,2001

East Asian Studies Group to be set up

Mon, 03/19/2001 - 20:54




Ha Noi, March 18 (VNA) -- ASEAN countries, China, Japan and the Republic of Korea (RoK) have agreed to set up a joint East Asian Studies Group (EASG).

The agreement, made in furtherance of a decision of the Summit between ASEAN and China, Japan and the RoK held in Singapore in November last year, was reached at a Senior Official Meeting of 13 countries (SOM/ASEAN+3) in Ho Chi Minh City on March 17.

FAO funds aquaculture project for flood-hit provinces

Mon, 03/19/2001 - 20:52




Ha Noi, March 19 (VNA) -- A USD 402,789 project on aquaculture funded by the Food and Agriculture Organisation, FAO, is to be deployed in the Mekong Delta later this March.

The project is to help 520 poor farmer households in three provinces hit by repeated floods, Can Tho, Dong Thap and An Giang with initial investment, technical training and conselling services.

Vietnamese and foreign singers' performances

Mon, 03/19/2001 - 20:50



Ha Noi, March 19 (VNA) --

* Vietnamese Artists Tour U.S.

Vietnamese pop singers Phuong Thanh, Lam Truong, Thu Phuong and Quang Huy and commediene Hong Van have made a three-week tour of the United States.

The Vietnamese artists gave seven performances in Richmond, Atlanta, Boston, Atlantic Cicy and San Jose.

This, the first U.S. tour by Vietnamese artists, was initiated by overseas Vietnamese business as put of a co-ordinated effort to bring Vietnamese performers to North American audiences.

Crude oil output 16 million tonnes may decline quickly

Mon, 03/19/2001 - 20:47



Ha Noi, Mar. 19 (VNA) -- Experts forecast that Viet Nam's yearly crude output is likely to reach 16 million tonnes between now and 2005, but will decline quickly unless new oil fields are found.

But discoveries of new major oil reserves such as Southern Vietnam's Bach Ho, the White Tiger, field are thought not much likely. Instead, any new reserves are likely to be small.

Village in Central Highlands cures leprosy

Mon, 03/19/2001 - 20:45



Ha Noi, March 19 (VNA) -- Dac Kia - a major treatment centre for leprosy in Viet Nam's Central Highlands - has helped many sufferers from the disease to a new life.

It not only cures its patients but also helps the 111 families in its surrounds undertake economic activities to improve their living conditions.

It was a difficult task because all the villagers were poorly-educated minority people with 124 of 190 disabled.

Care for vulnerable people

Mon, 03/19/2001 - 20:43



Ha Noi, March 19 (VNA) --

* VND 10 Billion to Help the Blind

The Viet Nam Assocation for the Blind plans to provide loans worth VND 10 billion, almost USD 700,000, to its members to start their own businesses.

The money will also help the association publish 1,000 sets of books and six newspapers in Braille and open five rehabilitation classes for another 2,000 blind people.

The association, which has 31,730 members, reports that the rate of poor blind fell by 11.74 percent last year.

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