First VN celebrity search firm to spot new faces for movies

Tue, 05/27/2003 - 18:02


Viet Anh, literally translated Vietnamese Image, is helping domestic film producers find young talent for their movies. The firm also specialises in building backdrops and finding sites to shoot on.

Ba Vu runs the company, and has previous experience in the film industry.

"Starting the company was the biggest goal of my life," he says.

Viet Nam supports UN's assistance to Iraq

Tue, 05/27/2003 - 17:57


(05/27/2003 -- 20:53GMT+7)

Ha Noi, May 27 (VNA) - Viet Nam supports the United Nations and the international community's efforts in helping the Iraqi people stabilise and rebuild their country on the basis of respecting their independence, sovereignty, territorial integrity and self-determination.

A spokesperson for the Foreign Ministry, Ms Phan Thuy Thanh, said this in Ha Noi on Tuesday, in response to several correspondents' queries about Viet Nam's reaction to the UN Security Council's lifting sanctions against Iraq.

Remote communes apply IT for development

Tue, 05/27/2003 - 17:50

Nhandan.org.vn, May 27, 2003

Vietnam joins negotiation on WTO accession

Tue, 05/27/2003 - 17:49

Nhandan.org.vn, May 27, 2003

World Trade Organisation (WTO) members havespoken highly of Vietnam's positive changes in building and reforming economic policies at the sixth round of talks on the country's WTO accession.

The negotiation took place in Geneva from May 12-22 with the participation of the United States, the European Union, China, Japan, India, Australia, Switzerland, Malaysia, Canada, the Republic of Korea, New Zealand, Uruguay and others, according to the Ministry of Trade.

Vietnam free of cholera: OIE

Tue, 05/27/2003 - 17:48

Nhandan.org.vn, May 27, 2003

The World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) has recognised that Vietnam is safe from bovine cholera, according to the Veterinary Department.

This was recognised in the Resolution 18 adopted during the 71st annual session of the OIE from May 18-23.

Before 1978, the infectious disease had struck cattle in Vietnam but there has been no more case since that year.

The OIE says that a country is recognised as being free from the disease if no cases are found within 10 years.

Investor confidence healthy despite SARS

Thu, 05/22/2003 - 17:57

By Nguyen Hanh, Vietnam Investment Review, May 19-25, 2003

THE SARS-related slump is only temporary, business leaders say, as investors are showing no intention of abandoning Vietnam for greener pastures.

The World Health Organisation declared Vietnam SARS-free on April 28, but not before the disease killed five medical workers at the Hanoi French Hospital and infected 63 others.

More than 600 people have died from the disease worldwide.

New laws will define power of local councils

Thu, 05/22/2003 - 17:27



HA NOI (May 22, 2003) — Local authorities will be given broader supervisory and decision-making powers if amendments to People’s Council and People’s Committee organisation laws and People’s Council election laws are adopted.

The draft amendments ignited two days of heated debate during last week’s third congress of the National Assembly’s 11th legislature.

Website answers corporate queries

Thu, 05/22/2003 - 17:11

HCM CITY (May 22, 2003) — The municipal government on Tuesday launched a website to help answer questions from businesses and resolve difficulties facing those businesses.

The deputy chairman of the American Chamber of Commerce (Amcham) in HCM City, Sesto E. Vecchi, posted the first question on the website to municipal authorities, marking the launch of the website.

Viet Nam asserts right to sovereignty over islands

Mon, 05/19/2003 - 11:24



HA NOI — Viet Nam has unquestionable sovereignty over the Hoang Sa and Truong Sa archipelagos, said Foreign Ministry spokeswoman, Phan Thuy Thanh.

She was commenting on China’s imposition of a ban on fishing in the East Sea area from June 1 to August 1.

Deputy Primi Minister promises faster reform

Mon, 05/19/2003 - 11:23



HA NOI (May, 19, 2003)— The Government has vowed to speed up economic restructuring following complaints from National Assembly delegates the process remains slow.

Speaking at the third session of the National Assembly’s 11th legislature in Ha Noi last Friday, Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dzung said the Government would make economic management a priority this year.

Despite impressive gains amid the global downturn, many National Assembly delegates expressed dissatisfaction over the slow pace of economic restructuring, especially in agriculture.

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