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The 12th National Assembly wrapped up its fifth session in Hanoi on June 19, with three resolutions on economic targets, education financing and amendments to the Criminal Code. Deputies at the closing ceremony of the fifth session of the 12th National Assembly in Hanoi on June 19 (Photo: QDND) Speaking at the closing meeting, NA [...]
President Nguyen Minh Triet handed certificates to Prize A winners at the National Press Prix held at the Hanoi Opera House on June 21. The “Fight against illegal coal mining in Quang Ninh” by two reporters from the Lao Dong (Labour) newspaper won the A prize for the print media while the top award for [...]
Deputies concerned over land management, environment Minister of Environment and Natural Resources Pham Khoi Nguyen. Deputies raised their concerns over land management and the environment at the National Assembly’s question and answer session on June 12. Regarding a question from NA deputy Le Minh Tien from Quang Tri province on the use of land, Minister [...]
Ministry of Planning and Investment will impose tighter regulation on golf course projects, said Minister Vo Hong Phuc at the National Assembly session on June 12. Ministers of Planning and Investment and natural Resources and Environment were grilled by National Assembly members on Friday over golf courses. For a poor country like our country, is the [...]
U.S. President Barack Obama on Friday announced a 73-million-dollar humanitarian aid “directly to the people in Zimbabwe.” “I have committed 73 million dollars in assistance to Zimbabwe,” Obama told reporters after meeting with Zimbabwean Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai in the White House. U.S. President Barack Obama (R) meets with Zimbabwe’s Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai in [...]
BlackRock, Inc., one of the world’s largest publicly traded investment management firms, has announced it will acquire Barclays Global Investors (BGI) for 13.5 billion U.S. dollars. An employee walks out of Blackrock’s headquarters in midtown Manhattan, New York, the United States, June 12, 2009. BlackRock Inc.said Friday that it will acquire Barclays Global Investors (BGI) [...]
The Hanoi People’s Committee has decided to zone off a six ha site in the My Dinh II and Phap Van-Tu Hiep urban centres to build houses for students as dormitories in the city have become overcrowded. The ministry is working together with other ministries, agencies and the People’s Committees of Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh [...]
Kids at an Internet shop in Dien Ban District, Quang Nam Province. The “information superhighway” is supposed to spread knowledge, but parents in poor rural communities find their children use it more for smut and video games. It’s only 9 a.m., but groups of secondary school students between 12 and 15 years old are already [...]
By 11 am, June 11, Vietnam had detected 23 cases of A/H1N1 flu in HCM City and Hanoi. Meanwhile, five patients have recovered and left hospitals, announced Health Minister Nguyen Quoc Trieu. The first A/H1N1 patient in Hanoi. 22 of the patients are in HCM City and one is in Hanoi. The Health Ministry confirmed [...]
In trying to exploit the domestic market, enterprises have been facing a lot of obstacles: The market is flooded with low-cost imports. Many enterprises have been targeting the domestic market since facing difficulties exporting products with the world’s market narrowed. They believe that the domestic market of 85 million consumers is full of potential. However… [...]