Vietnam welcomes China's entry into WTO

Fri, 09/21/2001 - 00:15



On Sept. 20, 2001, FM Spokeswoman Phan Thuy Thanh answered quesstion regarding China's entry into the World Trade Organization (WTO). Ms. Thanh said that Viet Nam welcomes China's WTO admission, considering it to be an important event for China and the global economy.

China is a major economy in the region as well as the world, so its admission to the WTO will bring about new opportunities and challenges for Viet Nam.

Fisheries sector calls for more investment over next 4 years

Wed, 09/19/2001 - 20:08


Ha Noi, Sept. 19 (VNA) -- The fisheries sector has called for an investment of VND 23 trillion (USD 1.46 billion) for the 2001-2005 period so as to catch 2.4 million tonnes of fish and earn USD 3 billion from exports by 2005.

Fisheries Minister Ta Quang Ngoc told members of the International Economic and Cultural Exchange Club on Sept. 18 that the funding is expected to come largely from the State budget.

Vietnam Airlines &Thai Airway agreement on Da Nang-BKK route

Wed, 09/19/2001 - 19:58


Ha Noi, Sept. 19 (VNA) -- Vietnam Airlines and Thai Airway International signed in Ha Noi today, Sept. 19, a code-sharing agreement on Da Nang-Bangkok route.

The 50-50 partnership agreement will come into effect as of Oct. 28, 2001. Under code-sharing and block seat principle, Vietnam Airlines will sell tickets under its own name and Thai Airway Int'l will provide services on Da Nang-Bangkok route and vice versa.

Textile industry records 25% growth rate

Sat, 09/15/2001 - 19:40

Ha Noi, Sept. 14 (VNA)-- The garment and textiles industry has registered an annual growth rate of between 20 and 25 percent in recent years, and provided almost 1.6 workers with jobs, not accouning for those in the cotton growing and sericulture areas.

Knitwear exports alone earn around USD 25 million every year, reports the Viet Nam Corporation of Textiles and Garments.

The success has largely resulted from the industry's intensive investment in technological upgrades and expansion of raw material areas such as cotton.

Vietnam ratifies UN protocols on the rights of the child

Tue, 09/11/2001 - 19:03


Ha Noi, Sept.11 (VNA) -- Viet Nam has ratified two optional protocols to the Convention on the Rights of the Child, which were passed by the United Nations General Assembly on May 16, 2001.

These are optional protocols on the sale of children, child prostitution, child pornography, and the involvement of children in armed conflicts.

Gen. Secretary Nong Duc Manh highlights national unity

Sun, 09/09/2001 - 23:43


Ha Noi, Sept. 8 (VNA) -- Party General Secretary Nong Duc Manh said that the Communist Party of Viet Nam has always considered the task of building national unity between all 54 ethnic groups in Viet Nam a crucial part of the Party's revolutionary cause.

Mr. Manh also lauded the great contributions made by all ethnic groups to Viet Nam's revolutionary cause as well as the services rendered by those who have worked to help ethnic minority groupings over the past decades.

Improve healthcare system in mountainous areas

Thu, 09/06/2001 - 00:34


Ha Noi, Sept. 4 (VNA) -- The healthcare sector has worked out a plan to improve the healthcare system in nothern mountainous and central highlands provinces and make medical services accessible to all local people.

To this end, the training of highly qualified medical workers for these areas is an important measure.

Though the northern mountainous and central highland provinces, home to more than 50 minority groups, have seen considerable socio-economic progess, its healthcare service is still poor.

Gov't plans to attract USD 12 billion foreign investment

Thu, 09/06/2001 - 00:32

Ha Noi, Sept. 4 (VNA) -- The Government has unveiled its ambitious plan to solicit USD 12 billion in foreign investment between now and 2005, considering this part of its effort to bolster the national economic development in the years to come.

In a recent regulation coded 09/NQ-CP, the Government said: "Foreign investment must be promoted to attract USD 12 billion of registered capital, with USD 11 billion to be disbursed, in the 2001-2005 period."

Hanoi plans to develop IT center

Thu, 09/06/2001 - 00:30


Ha Noi, Sept. 4 (VNA) -- Ha Noi plans to spend VND 400 billion (USD 26.6 million) on developing information technology, making this a key industry in the first decade of the new century.

The city's first step is to built an IT service centre and put it into use by the end of this year. The next step aims to build an IT development centre and the Nam Thang Long IT industrial zone in 2002.

MOET Minister on fundamental & comprehensive change in education

Thu, 09/06/2001 - 00:26



Ha Noi, Sept. 5 (VNA) -- One of the major tasks of the education and training sector in the 2001-02 academic year and beyond is to comprehensively improve education and training quality, said Minister of Education and Training Nguyen Minh Hien.

Hien was speaking in an interview with the national daily Nhan Dan (People) on the occasion of the start of the 2001-02 school year (Sept. 5).

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