First batch of Vietnamese fertilizer exported to the US

The HCMC-based fertilizer company Ba La Xanh (Three Green Leaves) has exported the first batch of fertilizer, including 2,170 packets and 26,040 bottles valued at $US 13,000, to the U.S. market.

This is the first time that a Vietnam-produced fertilizer product has been accepted for entrance into the U.S. market.

The Ba La Xanh Company will export four more batches of fertilizer products to America this December, said an unnamed company spokesman.

Foreign airlines spark ticket price war in Vietnam

Thu, 12/02/2004 - 22:41

Foreign airlines in Vietnam have slashed their prices on international routes in an aggressive attempt to boost their share of the country’s aviation market.

Although United Airlines will officially launch its first flight from Ho Chi Minh City to San Francisco via Hong Kong in 10 days, it completed a discount campaign offering promotional fares of $US 720 on the same route two months ago.

SELECTED WORKS OF HỒ XUÂN HƯƠNG READ AT LIBRARY OF CONGRESS

John Balaban, professor of English and poet-in-residence at North Carolina University, will read from “Spring Essence: The Poetry of Hồ Xuân Hương,” at noon on Thursday, Dec. 2, in Room LJ-119 of the Thomas Jefferson Building, 101 Independence Ave. S.E., Washington, D.C. The event, which is sponsored by the Asian Division, the John W. Kluge Center in the Library of Congress and the Library of Congress Asian American Association is free and open to the public. Tickets are not required.

Majority of Americans support Viet Nam's WTO accession

Washington (VNA) - The majority of Americans support Viet Nam's bid to join the World Trade Organisation (WTO). It is a result of the second annual Report Viet Nam Poll, which was conducted with 28,885 likely American voters nationwide in mid-November 2004 by Bradley O'Leary of the Associated Television News and pollster John Zogby of Zogby International.

NA deputies request US congressmen's sympathies

11/23/2004 -- 20:58(GMT+7)

Ha Noi, Nov. 23 (VNA) - Vietnamese National Assembly deputies representing cities and provinces which export large quantities of shrimp have sent a joint letter to US congressmen, calling for sympathy for the difficulties faced by Viet Nam's shrimpers and favourable influence on the Department of Commerce (DOC) during the ongoing shrimp lawsuit.

Int’l donors to discuss Vietnam’s development at WB meeting

Tue, 11/23/2004 - 16:55

Around 50 bilateral and multilateral international donors to Vietnam will meet for two days in Hanoi next month to debate the country’s socioeconomic development, the World Bank (WB) said recently.

The meeting of the WB-chaired Consultative Group (CG) for Vietnam will discuss measures to improve the country’s competitiveness, its socioeconomic situation from 2001 to 2005 and the effectiveness of the official development assistance (ODA) that Vietnam has already received, according to the WB.

Vietnam set to get $2.8 bn in aid next year

Tue, 11/23/2004 - 16:51

International donors are likely to pledge about $2.8 billion in development aid to Vietnam in 2005, similar to this year's amount, the World Bank said on Tuesday, Nov 23.
"There is no reason to expect any drastic decline in aid," director of the World Bank in Vietnam, Klaus Rohland told a news conference ahead of a donor meeting in Hanoi next week.

Last December, international donors, including the Asian Development Bank, Japan and the European Union, agreed to provide nearly $2.84 billion to Vietnam in 2004.

FDI shows positive signs

Tue, 11/23/2004 - 16:26

Sai Gon Times Daily,

By QUOC HUNG - HCMC

Foreign direct investment (FDI) is getting more active in the country, with disbursements in the year to date having risen to a record high since the Asian financial and economic crisis in 1997-98.

Over the past 10 months, foreign-invested enterprises (FIEs) have disbursed US$2.37 billion, up 5.3% year-on-year and equivalent to 85% of the year’s target, says Nguyen Anh Tuan, deputy head of the Foreign Investment Department of the Ministry of Planning and Investment (MPI).

U.S. Congress members request fair decision on shrimp case

Eight U.S. Congress members sent letters to the U.S. Commerce Secretary Nov. 18, urging him to ensure a fair and balanced final decision in the shrimp anti-dumping case against Vietnam and five other countries.

In their letters to Secretary Donald Evans, two U.S. Senators and six Representatives said that Mr. Evans should make sure that the Department of Commerce (DOC) took a fair and balanced approach to the pending final determination of anti-dumping duties on shrimp imports from Vietnam, China, Thailand, India, Ecuador and Brazil.

Most Americans favor compensation for Agent Orange victims

A new U.S. poll of likely American voters found overwhelming support for compensation to U.S. servicemen in the Vietnam War who were affected by the defoliant Agent Orange.
Seventy-nine percent of voters agreed that manufacturers of Agent Orange should compensate servicemen affected by the chemical during the war. Only eleven percent of voters opposed the idea.

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