NY Times: Viet Nam is now tourists's safe heaven

Mon, 01/06/2003 - 17:32

Washington, Jan. 6 (VNA) -- The New York Times on its article published on Jan. 5 emphasised that Viet Nam, which is a poor but orderly country, is becoming a safe haven for tourists.

"Viet Nam is now relying on its relative stability to draw security-conscious foreign tourists," after the fear of the Sept. 11 attacks in the U.S., and the Oct. 12 bombing blast in the Bali resort island in Indonesia, the paper said.

Some statistics on economy in 2002 and projection for 2003

Fri, 01/03/2003 - 11:49

(Source: The Investment Review, December 30, 2002)

GDP growth
2002: 7% (projected 7%-7,3%)
2003: 7%-7,5% year-on-year

Industry growth
2002: 14,5% (projected 14%)
2003: 14%-14,5%

Agriculture-Forestry-Fishery growth
2002: 5,4% (projected 4,2%)
2003: 5%

Services growth
2002: 7% (as projected )
2003: 7%-7,2%

Exports growth
2002: 10% (đạt KH)
2003: 7,5%-8%

Total state budget revenue
2002: 6,5% higher than projected figure
2003: VND 123,700 billion

State President Tran Duc Luong visits Central Highlands province

Fri, 01/03/2003 - 11:01

Ha Noi, Jan. 1 (VNA) -- State President Tran Duc Luong made a three-day visit, ending on Tuesday, to the Central Highlands province of Dac Lac to bring in the new year.

While meeting with provincial leaders, President Luong praised the province's achievements last year and urged them to work harder to make Dac Lac province prosperous economically and strong politically.

State President Tran Duc Luong stresses sustainable growth

Fri, 01/03/2003 - 10:58


Ha Noi, Jan. 2 (VNA)-- President Tran Duc Luong has called for concerted efforts to tap all possible resources for sustainable socio-economic development in a recent interview with the press.

Nearly 7,700 enterprises set up in HCM City

Fri, 01/03/2003 - 10:33

Ho Chi Minh City, Jan. 3 (VNA) -- An additional 7,694 enterprises were established in Ho Chi Minh City in 2002 with a combined registered capital of 12,599 billion VND (839.9 million USD).

The figures showed year-on-year increases of 15 percent in the number of enterprises and 28 percent in capital.

Religions operating normally amidst the nation

Fri, 01/03/2003 - 10:29

Ha Noi, Jan. 2 (VNA) -- Religions in Viet Nam operate normally amid the nation for construction, affirmed many priests attending the freshly-opened congress of Vietnamese Catholics.

The Party and State always respect the people's freedom of belief, priests affirmed. "Viet Nam has many religions, all have been operating well," Priest Nguyen Tan Khoa, acting Chairman of the Viet Nam Committee for Catholic Solidarity said.

Foreign-invested projects generate some half a million jobs

Fri, 12/27/2002 - 17:12

FOREIGN-INVESTED PROJECTS GENERATE SOME HALF A MILLION JOBS


Ha Noi, Dec. 25 (VNA) -- So far this year, the economic sector with foreign investment has employed 472,400 workhands, more than three-fourths of them work for wholly foreign-invested enterprises.

Deputy Prime Minister on Viet Nam - Russia cooperation

Fri, 12/27/2002 - 17:11


Ha Noi, Dec. 26 (VNA) -- Russia expressed keen interest in taking part in the building of the freshly-approved Son La hydro-electric power plant at the Viet Nam-Russia metting and the intention was welcomed, Deputy Prime Minister Vu Khoan said.

More than 4,000 foreign phisicians learn acupuncture in Viet Nam

Fri, 12/27/2002 - 12:00

Ha Noi, Dec. 27 (VNA) -- More than 4,000 foreign physicians attended courses at the Viet Nam Acupuncture Institute (VAI) in the 1997-2002 period.

The foreign students mainly came from Indonesia, Mexico, France, the U.S. and Italy.

In 2002, the VAI collaborated with Mexico's Zacateca University to organise the first Master course on acupuncture for 30 acupuncturists in Mexico.

That was announced at the sixth congress of the Viet Nam National Association of Acupuncture (VNAA) on Dec. 26.

Viet Nam exports USD 16.5 billion of goods this year

Fri, 12/27/2002 - 11:46


Ha Noi, Dec. 27 (VNA) -- This year, Viet Nam has obtained an export value of 16.5 billion USD, a year-on-year increase of nearly 10 percent.
Ho Chi Minh City contributed 8.4 billion USD to the figure.

Twelve of the country's 15 main export products earned more export revenues than last year, including handicraft and fine art articles, coal, cashew nuts, and rubber. Three biggest foreign currency earners are crude oil with more than 3.2 billion USD, garments with 2.7 billion USD and aquatic products with more than 2 billion USD.

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