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.

Deputy Trade Minister speaks on Viet Nam's joining AFTA

Fri, 12/27/2002 - 11:44

Ha Noi, Dec. 27 (VNA)-- Viet Nam will add 760 more items to the list of tariff cut to below 20 percent in 2003 in line with its commitment to the ASEAN Free Trade Area (AFTA), said Deputy Trade Minister Luong Van Tu.

The AFTA treaty signed by 10 members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) fixed the deadline in 2006 for Viet Nam to cut import tariffs on almost all products down to below 5 percent.

Viet Nam's viewpoints on current international issues

Thu, 12/19/2002 - 15:29

Ha Noi, Dec. 19 (VNA) -- "Viet Nam hopes that an enlarged EU will actively contribute to peace, stability and development in Europe and the world," said Viet Nam's Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Phan Thuy Thanh.

Thanh was answering questions on Viet Nam's reaction to the European Union (EU)'s decision at the Copenhagen summit to enlarge the EU by admitting 10 new members during a regular press conference in Ha Noi on Thursday.

Viet Nam's important achievements in foreign policy in 2002

Thu, 12/19/2002 - 15:27

Ha Noi Dec. 19 (VNA) -- Viet Nam continues its foreign policy of independence, sovereignty, diversification and multilateralisation of international ties along the guideline of Viet Nam being a friend and a reliable partner in the international community. This policy has obtained remarkable achievements.

Viet Nam slams Amnesty International's report on Tay Nguyen

Thu, 12/19/2002 - 15:24

Ha Noi, Dec. 19 (VNA) -- Viet Nam strongly rejects as a crude slander the Amnesty International's report which has accused Viet Nam of repressing ethnic minority people living in Tay Nguyen (the Central Highlands).

"This report has cynically distorted the reality in Tay Nguyen. We strongly reject it," Foreign Ministry spokesperson Phan Thuy Thanh said at a press briefing in Ha Noi today.

Viet Nam pledges more favorable conditions for foreign investors

Tue, 12/17/2002 - 16:29

Ha Noi, Dec. 16 (VNA) -- Viet Nam has pledged its stronger support for foreign investors, as well as its pursuit of constant policies towards foreign direct investment (FDI) businesses.

The commitment was renewed by Deputy Finance Minister Le Thi Bang Tam at the fifth dialogue in Ha Noi on Monday between her ministry and FDI investors in Viet Nam.

Donors pledge US$ 2.5 billion for Viet Nam

Thu, 12/12/2002 - 11:08

Ha Noi, Dec. 11 (VNA) -- The donors' community has pledged a total aid of 2.5 billion USD for Viet Nam in 2003, an increase of 4.5 percent over 2002.

This was revealed by Minister of Planning and Investment Vo Hong Phuc with the press after the 10th Consultative Group Meeting closed in Ha Noi today.

"Leading donors include Japan, the World Bank, the European Union, and the Asia Development Bank," he added.

Direct dialogues on basa catfish needed


Ha Noi, Dec. 11 (VNA) -- The Viet Nam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers (VASEP) wishes U.S. businesses to early recognise that lawsuit is not the best way to commercial disputes, but direct dialogues.

However, VASEP and its members will follow through the U.S. lawsuit against Viet Nam's "tra" and "basa" catfish in case the U.S. Department of Commerce (DOC) gives an unobjective and harmful decision against Vietnamese catfish enterprises, said VASEP Secretary General, Dr. Nguyen Huu Dung.

Viet Nam Airlines plans more flights during Tet

Thu, 12/12/2002 - 10:39


Ha Noi, Dec. 12 (VNA) -- The national flag carrier, Vietnam Airlines, plans to add more flights on international and domestic air routes during "Tet", the traditional Lunar New Year, which falls on Feb. 1 of 2003.

The extra flights will be conducted from Jan. 1 to Feb. 28 next year, a month before and after "Tet".

Foreign investors to expand operations in Viet Nam

Thu, 12/12/2002 - 10:38

Ha Noi, Dec. 12 (VNA) -- Eighty percent of 124 respondents of a poll of business sentiment said that they planned to expand company operations in Viet Nam in the next three years because of the country's positive long-term outlook, a growing local market and political stability.

The poll was conducted by a forum of business leaders, international donors and government officials ahead of the annual Consultative Group Meeting held in Ha Noi on Dec. 10-11.

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