Ho Chi Minh city to build software training center

Thu, 12/14/2000 - 00:45




Dec. 13 (VNA) -- Ho Chi Minh City will build a centre for personnel training in software industry under a just-approved USD 3.5 million project.

Funding will come from India's soft loans worth USD 2.5 million and the remainder will be met by the city.

The project aims to improve knowledge on information technology for students and managers and supply human resources for the software industry in the city and other southern localities.

Construction of the centre will start in the third quarter of 2001.--VNA

US World vision invests in developing poor mountainous areas



Ha Noi, Dec. 13 (VNA) -- The World Vision, a non-governmental organization of the US, has invested more than USD 168,000 since 1999 in a project to develop agro-forestry production, health care and human resources in Quang Hoa mountainous district of Thanh Hoa central province.

Vietnam - US seminar on animal and plant quarantine control




Ha Noi, Dec. 14 (VNA) -- A seminar on animal and plant quarantine control is being held by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) and the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) in Ha Noi on Dec. 13 and 14.

ILO senior officials in Vietnam

Tue, 12/12/2000 - 14:04



Dec. 12 (VNA) -- Senior officials of the International Labour Organization, ILO, and Viet Nam's Labour, War Invalids and Social Affairs Ministry met in Ha Noi today, Dec. 12.

Their purpose was to review a three-year project, funded by ILO and Japan and implemented by the ministry, intended to raise management capacity and upgrade facilities at job promotion centres in Phu Tho, Hai Duong, Nghe An and Dong Nai provinces and Ho Chi Minh City.

The project was started in 1998.

FM Nguyen Dy Nien explores potential with EU countries

Tue, 12/12/2000 - 14:01


Dec. 12 (VNA) -- Foreign Minister Nguyen Dy Nien sought stronger economic ties with several European countries at bilateral meetings in Vientiane, Laos, on Dec. 11 during the ASEAN-EU Ministerial Meeting.

He spoke with delegates from France, Italy, Ireland and Spain about Viet Nam's policy to accelerate economic cooperation with other countries.

Nien emphasized the importance of the economic ties between Viet Nam and European countries to relations between the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, ASEAN, and the European Union, EU.

Hanoi Education delegation attends seminar sponsored by IBM



Dec. 12 (VNA) -- A delegation of the Ha Noi Education Service led by Director Nguyen Kim Hoan attended a global seminar on educational re-creation in New York on Dec. 11 and 12.

The seminar, which was organized the International Business Machines (IBM), a leading computer company in the United States, drew 200 delegates from 21 States of the U.S. and seven other countries.

Vietnam's cyberspace IT Park launched

Tue, 12/12/2000 - 12:11




Ha Noi, Dec. 12 (VNA) -- Viet Nam's first-ever online IT Park was launched Dec. 11 with the aim of creating a forum in cyberspace for Vietnamese to pool ideas on boosting participation in the global information economy.

The park is not designed as an entirely online service, as it offers a combination of real-world services with Internet technology. The USD 4 million park located at www.itpark.com.vn, is split into four major areas: Research and Development; Commerce and Services; Training; and Entertainment.

FM Nguyen Dy Nien attends 13 th ASEAN -EU

Tue, 12/12/2000 - 12:09



Dec. 12 (VNA) -- Vietnamese Foreign Minister Nguyen Dy Nien, who is also President of the ASEAN Standing Committee, is attending the 13th ASEAN-EU Ministerial Meeting which opened in Vientiane, Laos on Dec. 11.

The two-day meeting drew foreign ministers from the 10 members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and ministers of the European Union (EU).

WFP helps Vietnam upgrade 300 km of sea dyke

Sat, 12/09/2000 - 21:58


Ha Noi, Dec. 8 (VNA) -- About 308 km of sea dyke in Hai Phong city and four northern provinces of Quang Ninh, Thai Binh, Nam Dinh and Ninh Binh have been upgraded under a project assisted by the World Food Programme (WFP).

Starting in January 1996, the project has completed between 76-89 percent of the workload, with 75.6 km of embankment being upgraded, 83 sewers built or repaired, 8.8 million cu.m. of earth removed, and 2,223 ha of trees planted, said reports delivered at a conference to review the project held in Ha Noi on Dec. 7.

VietsovPetro to pump 12.6 million tonnes of crude oil

Sat, 12/09/2000 - 21:56




Ha Noi, Dec. 8 (VNA) -- * VietsovPetro to Pump 12.6 Million Tonnes of Crude Oil

The Viet Nam-Russia Petroleum Joint Venture Enterprise (VietsovPetro) is expected to pump 12.6 million tonnes of crude oil and bring ashore 1.6 billion cubic metres of gas this year.

Up to early December, the enterprise tapped 11.575 million tonnes of crude oil and brought ashore over 1.447 billion cu.m. of gas. It pumped an average of 39,000 tonnes of oil and brought ashore 4.5 million cu.m. of gas a day.

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