Vietnam PM Hold Online Dialogue With People on Various Issues

Tue, 01/23/2007 - 11:25

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung is scheduled to hold an on-line dialogue with the public through the websites of the government and the Communist Party of Vietnam as well as the electronic newspaper VietnamNet on 9 February. PM.jpg

Vietnam, Japan "Successfully" Concluded Bilateral Economic Partnership Talks

Tue, 01/23/2007 - 11:18

The first session of the talks on Vietnam-Japan bilateral economic partnership agreement (EPA) wrapped up in Tokyo, Japan, on 18 January after three-day sitting.

Vietnamese chief negotiator Deputy Foreign Minister Phan The Rue told a Vietnamese News Agency correspondent that the session was a success as both sides achieved their objectives.

Rue said that the two sides understood each other's proposals and agreed on an approach to the agreement, especially negotiation principles which will be the basis for the second session, scheduled to take place in Hanoi on 26 March.

VIETNAM - US HUMANITARIAN COOPERATION ON WAR LEGACIES

Thu, 01/18/2007 - 12:12

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VIETNAM - U.S. JOINT STATEMENT

Hanoi - November 2006

Vietnam PM to have an audience with Pope Benedict XVI

Thu, 01/18/2007 - 10:22

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung will pay a visit to the Republic of Italy on 25th January 2007At the invitation of Italian Prime Minister Romano Prodi. This visit is aimed at strengthening the friendly and 03_Linh_muc.jpgcooperative relationship between Vietnam and the Republic of Italy, especially in economic, trade and investment areas.

New Import Tariff Regime Kicks in with WTO Membership

Thu, 01/18/2007 - 10:14

Vietnam‘s customs department has instructed its offices around the country to adopt preferential import tariffs dictated by WTO rules as of January 11 when the country became a WTO member.
The average tax will be gradually lowered on all items to 13.4 percent in 5-7 years.

It will begin this year with cuts on a third of the total 10,600 tariff lines, mainly those with tariffs rates of more than 30 percent now.

Vietnam's Economic Performance - Round-up

Wed, 01/17/2007 - 11:16

GDP Growth:
GDP growth is estimated to reach 8.2 %, exceeding the initial target of 8 % and higher than the average growth rate of 7.5 – 8 % set for the 2006 - 2010 period. Economic structure saw an increase in the proportion of industry, construction and services, and a reduction in the proportion of agro-forestry and fisheries.

Vietnam - US Full Normalization and Vietnam's Entry Into WTO Marked

Fri, 01/12/2007 - 17:41

DS_Blumenauer_Simon_Web_Resized.jpgA senior diplomat expressed his belief that investment and trade volume between Viet Nam and the U.S. as well as official contacts between the two countries' administrative and legislative agencies would further increase in the future.

HAPPY NEW YEAR 2007

Mon, 01/01/2007 - 13:11

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A smile that's called Vietnam

Photo: VNN

US Group Gets Nod for $1.2 bln Resort in Vietnam Island

Fri, 12/29/2006 - 10:32

The US-based Rockingham Corporation has reached agreement in principle with Vietnam’s southern Kien Giang province to lease land for a US$1.2 billion tourism complex on Phu Quoc Island.
The province has agreed to make available 923 ha on the island but further details of the agreement are awaited. It will allot the land by next year.phuquoc.bmp

Keen Interest from the US Parlays into Big Investment Dollars

Fri, 12/29/2006 - 10:08

US investment inflows in Vietnam reportedly reached US$4.4 billion to date, fuelled by a series of recent large-scale projects on the books, according to statistics from the ministry of planning and investment.

Foreign direct investment projects to November from the US are reportedly worth $2 billion, ministry statistics said.

The balance was sourced from the US firms based in Hong Kong and Singapore.

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