• Lawmakers lambast new dam plan as unsafe

    Lawmakers lambast new dam plan as unsafe

    14/11/2009 05:00

    A section of the Da River on which construction of the Lai Chau Hydropower Plant is planned. Plans to build a new hydropower plant in the northern province of Lai Chau contain serious safety flaws and the project could...

  • French, Vietnamese businesses sign deals worth $9.5bn

    French, Vietnamese businesses sign deals worth $9.5bn

    14/11/2009 05:00

    Eighteen investment and cooperative agreements, worth US$9.5 billion, were signed by Vietnamese and French businesses at the Vietnamese-French business leaders’ forum in Hanoi November 13. HCM City Party leader Le Thanh Hai talks with visiting French PM...

  • French PM donates €100,000 for disaster relief work

    14/11/2009 05:00

    Visiting French Prime Minister Francois Fillon has donated 100,000 euro (US$149,200) to the central province of Thua Thien – Hue city to aid its recovery from recent storms and floods. In a meeting with the provincial People’s Committee Chairman...

  • Vietnam, Finland foster bilateral ties

    Vietnam, Finland foster bilateral ties

    13/11/2009 05:00

    Finnish Prime Minister Matti Vanhanen will pay an official visit to Vietnam on November 15-17 at the invitation of PM Nguyen Tan Dung. Finland has funded many safe water supply projects in Vietnam Located in North Europe and with a population of 5.3...

  • House mulls national projects, with focus on safety

    House mulls national projects, with focus on safety

    13/11/2009 05:00

    Discussing two proposed national key projects November 13, many National Assembly (NA) deputies voiced their concerns about safety for the projects. Deputy Nguyen Dang Vang speaks at the NA session in Hanoi on November 14, which discussed key national projects...

  • Nuclear power economically unsound, assembly warns

    13/11/2009 05:00

    Vietnam should scale back its nuclear program, National Assembly representatives argued Friday, cautioning that massive spending on the country’s first nuclear power project would burden the economy. In a report released last week, the government said...

  • Vietnam, France strengthen economic, education, defense ties

    Vietnam, France strengthen economic, education, defense ties

    12/11/2009 05:00

    The development of nuclear power for peaceful purposes, defense cooperation and building Vietnam’s biggest science and technology university were prominent among 13 agreements signed by Vietnam and France Thursday....

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