Vietnam's rate of malnutrition reduces annually

Fri, 03/01/2002 - 15:40

Noi, Mar. 1 (VNA) -- Viet Nam's rate of malnourished children saw strong reduction, chalking 31.9 percent last year with most of them being classified at level 1.

Viet Nam's malnutrition rate annually went down by 1.2 percent in the 1980-2001 period, especially by 2.16 percent every year from 1995 to now.

Gia Lai meets with relatives of illegal migrants

Fri, 03/01/2002 - 15:36

Gia Lai, Mar. 1 (VNA) -- The Fatherland Front in central highlands Gia Lai province on Friday met with nearly 500 relatives of ethnic people who were deceived by malefactors into illegally crossing the border to Cambodia.

VN and China agreed to take bilateral ties to a new height

Fri, 03/01/2002 - 15:34

Ha Noi, Mar. 1 (VNA) -- A communique on a three-day official visit to Viet Nam from Feb. 27 to Mar. 1 by Party General Secretary and President Jiang Zemin of China reflects both countries' resolve to take bilateral ties to a new height of development.

The communique, released in Ha Noi on Mar. 1, says Viet Nam and China agreed to maintain the fine tradition of conducting high-level meetings in diverse forms to discuss their bilateral ties as well as regional and international issues of mutual concern.

Painting of VN children awarded gold medals in ASEAN contest

Wed, 02/27/2002 - 00:02

Ha Noi, Feb. 26 (VNA) -- Four of the five gold medals awarded to Vietnamese children at the 2001 ASEAN Children's Painting Contest in Indonesia were pictures about the country's traditional culture.

FM Spokeswoman on UNHCR's halt to the repatriation

Tue, 02/26/2002 - 09:24

On Feb. 25, 2002, MOFA's Spokeswoman Phan Thuy Thanh answered question from many correspondents: Please provide Viet Nam's reaction to reports that the UNHCR temporarily halted the repatriation of Central Highland ethnic illegal border crossers back to Vietnam.

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FM Spokeswoman on Vietnam-China land border treaty

Mon, 02/25/2002 - 12:18

On Feb.5, 2002, MOFA'S Spokeswoman Phan Thuy Thanh answered question from Vietnam News Agency, asking for Vietnam's reaction to assertions that Vietnam made concessions in negotiating and concluding the land border treaty between Vietnam and China.

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The list of high-profile projets calling for foreign investment

Mon, 02/25/2002 - 11:45

OIL AND GAS

1. New exploration and exploitation

Gulf of Tonskin:- Block 104, 107- Block 110, 113, 114

Statement by the MOFA Spokeswoman on return of ethnic people

Tue, 02/19/2002 - 12:32

Today, 19 February 2002, on the basis of the 21 January 2002 tripartite agreement between Vietnam, Cambodia and the UNHCR, the first group of the ethnic people from the Central Highlands, who illegally crossed the border to Cambodia due to deception by malefactors and hostile forces, has returned to their homes, reuniting with their families.

Vietnam promotes information technology development

Sun, 02/17/2002 - 00:45

Ha Noi, Feb. 15 (VNA) -- Viet Nam's information technology sector plans to earn software and service turnover of USD 229 million and train 50,000 IT experts by 2005. The number of Internet subscribers is expected to increase from 200,000 to 1.2 million in the next four years.

According to the International Data Group (IDG), the country will become a potential market for the world's leading IT corporations by strongly developing IT applications.

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