• WB plans $1.3-1.5 billion loan to Vietnam

    27/05/2009 05:00

    The World Bank (WB) in Vietnam intends to submit a loan for approval worth US$1.3-1.5 billion to the country in late June for the fiscal year 2009, a WB official said. The WB’s newly-appointed Country Director in Vietnam, Victoria Kwakwa, announced the...

  • Vietnamese PM starts visit to RoK

    Vietnamese PM starts visit to RoK

    27/05/2009 05:00

    PM Nguyen Tan Dung left Hanoi this morning for an official visit to the Republic of Korea, where he will participate in the ASEAN-RoK Summit. He was accompanied by his wife and numerous officials and businessmen. Jeju Island hosts the Summit to mark the 20...

  • Efforts needed to reverse economic slowdown

    Efforts needed to reverse economic slowdown

    26/05/2009 05:00

    The government should keep the budget deficit at less than 7 percent and pay more attention to vocational training and job generation for people in rural areas, said National Assembly deputies. Deputies made proposals while discussing the government’s...

  • FMM9 approves major initiatives

    FMM9 approves major initiatives

    26/05/2009 05:00

    Foreign Ministers from 45 Asia and Europe Meeting (ASEM) member countries endorsed a number of initiatives in Hanoi on May 26 to promote closer cooperation between the two continents. VietNamNet Bridge - Foreign Ministers from 45 Asia and Europe Meeting...

  • More effort needed for economic recovery: Asia, EU ministers

    More effort needed for economic recovery: Asia, EU ministers

    26/05/2009 05:00

    Vietnamese Deputy Prime Minister Pham Gia Khiem speaks during the closing session of the 9th Asia-Europe Foreign Ministers’ meeting in Hanoi More effort is needed to help the global economy recover from its worst crisis...

  • Legislators want government stimulus package to benefit farmers

    26/05/2009 05:00

    Deputies called on the government on Tuesday to offer farmers easier access to its economic stimulus package at the ongoing session of the National Assembly (NA), Vietnam’s legislature. Procedures for obtaining bank loans should be simplified for...

  • FM spokesman condemns US concerns over religious freedoms

    FM spokesman condemns US concerns over religious freedoms

    26/05/2009 05:00

    Vietnam has criticized the External Relations Committee of the US House of Representatives for voting to put the country back on the list of Countries of Particular Concern (CPC) because of religious matters....

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