American Public Positively View Human Rights Progress in Vietnam


Los Angeles, CA (PRWEB) January 6, 2004 -- A new poll conducted by Zogby International for The O’Leary Report and The John Tower Center at Southern Methodist University of 1,200 Americans with a margin of error of + 2.9% found that the American public favorably views Vietnam’s efforts on human rights by a margin of 40% to 32%.

Vietnamese Trade official concerns over shrimp case

Vietnam Economic Times, Friday, January 02, 2004 22:40:12


Vietnamese Trade official concerns over US shrimp producers' anti-dumping complaints

The Trade Ministry is deeply regretted and concerned over the anti-dumping complaints filed by US shrimp producers against six countries, the trade protection action runs contrary to the trade liberalisation policy of the US, said Deputy Trade Minister Tran Duc Minh.

IBM eyes Viet Nam's small and medium enterprises


(01/02/2004 -- 17:10GMT+7)

HCM City, Jan. 2 (VNA) - IBM Vietnam Co. will focus its business interests on Viet Nam's small and medium enterprises (SMEs) by providing them with cheap software solutions in the years ahead.

"SMEs account for nearly 90 percent of the total number of companies in Viet Nam, therefore targeting these customers will be a new focus for IBM," said Rahman AB Mizan, Country General Director of IBM Vietnam Co.

US-Viet Nam trade may hit $6b in 2003



HCM CITY — Bilateral trade between Viet Nam and the US this year is expected to reach up to US$6 billion, including $4.5 billion from Vietnamese exports to the US, a US Customs report stated.

By the end of October, the two countries had recorded $5.1 billion in trade, more than double the value for the same period last year. Of that figure, exports to the US comprised $3.9 billion and imports from the US accounted for $1.2 billion.

Victims of shrimp case are again Vietnam's poor farmers

On December 31, 2003, in response to questions from Bloomberg News, Washington Post and News House correspondents asking for comments on dumping petitions filed by the Southern Shrimp Alliance, the spokesman of the Embassy of Vietnam in the United States said:

American attitudes about VN are changing for the better: Vu Khoan



After visiting the United States from December 2-12, Deputy Prime Minister Vu Khoan spoke with several domestic newspapers about the positive developments in Viet Nam’s relationship with the US.

Tuoi Tre (Youth) newspaper: During your tour of the United States, you met with many high-ranking US officials. Have Viet Nam and the US developed a framework for bilateral relations?

US report contains biased judgment on religion in Vietnam



A US State Department report on international religious freedom contains biased judgments on the religious situation in Vietnam, said a spokesman for the Foreign Ministry.

The spokesman, Le Dung, on Friday answered an AFP correspondent's question on Vietnam's re-action to the US Department of State's 2003 report on international religious freedom which includes judgments on Vietnam's religious situation.

Deputy PM stresses long-term framework for VN-US relationship


(12/12/2003 -- 18:29GMT+7)

Washington, Dec. 12 (VNA) - Viet Nam and the United States were unanimous in the need to build a long-term relationship as the basis for developing normal relations between the two nations, said Deputy Prime Minister Vu Khoan

Khoan granted an interview to a Washington-based Vietnam News Agency correspondent during his visit to the US from Dec. 3-12. Following is the full text of the interview:

Q: What would you say was the aim of the visit and its results?

Many Vietnamese seafood exporters qualified for US market


(12/11/2003 -- 17:52GMT+7)

Ha Noi, Dec. 11 (VNA) - Most of Viet Nam's aquatic product exporters have registered their products with the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA), according to the Viet Nam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers (VASEP).

Vietnam Airlines to launch non-stop air link with US in 2005


(12/10/2003 -- 17:33GMT+7)

Ha Noi, Dec. 10 (VNA) - Vietnamese Airlines will open its first non-stop air link with the United States, offering at least seven flights a week, by late 2005, an airline official said on Tuesday.

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