Child rights take root in VN



Viet Nam News - July 9, 2003

HA NOI — A child urges her father to let her go to school. She then says she would be able to if he would stop drinking alcohol.

While such outspoken behaviour from children is traditionally considered rude in Viet Nam’s Confucian-influenced society, it is becoming more common as child rights groups continue to spring up around the country.

Caltex grants 155 million VND to Viet Nam Wushu Federation


(06/25/2003 -- 18:19GMT+7)

Ha Noi, June 25 (VNA) - The Viet Nam branch of the US lubricant company Caltex has granted 155 million VND (10,300 USD) to the Viet Nam Wushu Federation (VWF).

The sum brings Caltex Viet Nam's donation to the VWF in six consecutive years to 1 billion VND.

The donation reflects the company's pledge to support the development of Viet Nam's wushu in particular and its sports in general, said Le Van Khai, General Director of Caltex Viet Nam.

BTA: more opportunity than challenge



The US market now offers more opportunities than challenges to Viet Nam’s exporters, an assessment of the Bilateral Trade Agreement has found. But the assessment, published on Monday, says limited production capacity is the major hindrance to any growth of Viet Nam’s exports to the US.

And Le Dang Doanh, a senior advisor to the Planning and Investment Minister Vo Hong Phuc, cautions that the dent to the confidence of Vietnamese exporters caused by the accusations of catfish dumping into the US market tempers the optimism of the report.

VN rejects US catfish decision



HA NOI — The Vietnamese authorities and catfish industry on Wednesday denounced the US Department of Commerce’s final verdict that Vietnamese producers and exporters have dumped fillets in the US.

Deputy Trade Minister Luong Van Tu stated that the DoC’s Tuesday decision was unfair at a time when the US-Viet Nam Bilateral Trade Agreement (BTA) has only lasted for one year.

"The decision clearly went against the trade liberalising spirit set out by the BTA," Tu said.

Spokesperson says U.S. catfish decision is unfair


(06/19/2003 -- 21:57GMT+7)

Ha Noi, June 19 (VNA) - The U.S. Department of Commerce's final verdict that imposes anti-dumping tariffs at high rate on "tra" and "basa" catfish imported from Viet Nam is unfair and far from objective, said Foreign Ministry's spokeswoman Phan Thuy Thanh.

Association rejects DOC's determination on Viet Nam's catfish

(06/18/2003 -- 22:34GMT+7)

Ha Noi, June 18 (VNA) - The Viet Nam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers (VASEP) has discontented with the U.S. Department of Commerce (DOC)'s final determination on the anti-dumping rate levied on Viet Nam's frozen "tra" and "basa" fillets.

Party leader receives US Ambassador


(06/17/2003 -- 21:24GMT+7)

Ha Noi, June 17 (VNA) - General Secretary Nong Duc Manh of the Communist Party of Viet Nam Central Committee (CPVCC) on Tuesday afternoon received US Ambassador Raymond Burghardt, who paid him a courtesy visit at the CPVCC headquarters in Ha Noi.

Napalm, UXO continue to take toll

Wednesday, June 11, 2003

QUANG TRI — Nearly three decades after the end of the American War, bombs, mines and other stray ordnance still injure more than 2,000 people a year in Viet Nam, especially in former DMZ Quang Tri Province, one of the country’s worst-affected areas.

Nguyen Than Son, a 30-year-old resident of Hai Lang District in Quang Tri Province was a victim of unexploded ordnance (UXO). Last year, a bomb exploded when he was cutting wires for scrap, killing him and seriously injuring his 27-year-old wife and two-year-old daughter.

U.S., Vietnamese doctors to care for blast victims


(06/06/2003 -- 21:08GMT+7)

Ha Noi, June 6 (VNA) - A group of 16 US Navy physicians and corpsman will come to Viet Nam for the first time to join Vietnamese colleagues provide surgery and medical care to patients suffering from trauma and blast injuries caused by landmine and unexploded ordinance, the U.S embassy said.

The U.S physicians from the US Naval Hospital in Okinawa and Tripler Army Medical Center in Hawaii will be in Viet Nam from June 10-30 to perform three-four major operations a day at the Hospital 103 and the National Burns Center.

US students’ visit promotes mutual understanding

Radio Voice of Vietnam, June 1, 2003

A group of lecturers and students from Wheeling Jesuit University and some high schools in the American States of West Virginia and North Carolina are currently on a visit to Vietnam. The visit aims to broaden their knowledge of Vietnam’s history, land, people and the renewal process.

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