ASEAN deputy FM meet in Ho Chi Minh city

Sat, 03/17/2001 - 00:07




March 16 (VNA) -- Deputy Foreign Minister Le Cong Phung joined Association of Southeast Asian Nations, ASEAN, Secretary General Rodolfo C. Severino and 10 ASEAN-member delegations at the ASEAN deputy-ministerial meeting that opened in Ho Chi Minh City on March 15.

Participants reviewed ASEAN activities, discussed international and regional issues and principles for conduct in the East Sea.

The meeting is to prepare for the seventh ASEAN Summit, the 34th ASEAN Ministerial Meeting and the ASEAN Regional Forum.--VNA

VN-China fishing accord in Bac Bo Gulf

Sat, 03/17/2001 - 00:05



Ha Noi, Mar. 16 (VNA) -- The signing of the Bac Bo (Tonkin) Gulf fishing cooperation agreement between Viet Nam and China last December has opened the way for comprehensive cooperation between the two countries.

* Overlapping Fishing Areas

Machine made in Vietnam export to US, Japan and France

Sat, 03/17/2001 - 00:03



Ha Noi, March 16 (VNA) -- Mechanical Engineering Company A74, a subsidiary of the Industrial Machinery and Equipment Corporation, has won contracts worth USD 1 million to export its products to the U.S., Japan and France.

The company will export mechanical tools to the U.S., forklift trucks to Japan and sewing machines to France.
The contract with the U.S. is of 10 years. It provides for an import tax rate of 34 percent against 5 percent levied on machines of the same kind made by other countries.--VNA

List of projects needing foreign direct investment

Thu, 03/15/2001 - 21:53





Ha Noi, March 15 (VNA) -- A list of 104 projects needing foreign direct investment was announced by the Planning and Investment Ministry at a seminar in Singapore today, March 15.

The seminar entitled "Towards Success" was co-organized by the Vietnamese and Singaporean Governments.

FAO Helps Southern Farmers Revive Aquaculture

Thu, 03/15/2001 - 21:52



VNA March 15- The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation, FAO, is working with authorities in three southern provinces in carrying out a USD 513,000 programme to help revive aquaculture in the region badly affected by last year's floods.

Beneficiaries of the FAO-funded programme are farmers in An Giang, Dong Thap and Can Tho who have started of preparing ponds and restoring other facilities to raise fresh-water fish and shrimp.

US TDA Helps Ho Chi Minh City Develop Software Centre



VNA March 15 - The US Trade and Development Agency, TDA, is to grant USD 398,000 to help Ho Chi Minh City carry out a feasibility study for the establishment of the Quang Trung Software Centre.

An agreement for the USD 750,000 project was signed today, March 15, by Deputy Chairman of the Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee Nguyen Thien Nhan and Charles A. Ray, the US Consul General in the city representing the TDA.

Vietnam will create a more atractive for foreign investors

Thu, 03/15/2001 - 21:49



Ha Noi, March 15 (VNA) -- Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has affirmed the Vietnamese government would try to remove all difficulties and obstacles to make Viet Nam a more attractive and successful place for foreign investors.

FM Spokeswoman rejects article in The Asian Wall Street Journal


On March 12, 2001 FM Spokeswoman answered question from
Reuters correspondent: Please provide comments on the article "Hanoi sabotages a deal" in The Asian Wall Street Journal on 9 March 2001, referring the case of Nguyen Van Ly and saying that "Vietnamese government crackdowns on religion only increase the chances of the legislature being voted down"?

Answer:

The article by The Asian Wall Street Journal is a sheer fabrication.

US NGO presents gift to handicapped children in Tien Giang



Mar. 13 (VNA) -- * U.S. NGO Presents Gifts Worth USD 48,000 to Handicapped Children in Tien Giang Province

Hope Heaven International Ministries - a non-government organisation, NGO - of the U.S. has presented 309 wheel chairs and other facilities worth USD 48,000 for handicapped children in southern Tien Giang province.

The province now has 49,000 handicapped people with 62 percent being children.

High dioxin pollution found in soil of former US airbases



Ha Noi, March 14 (VNA) -- High dioxin pollution is still found in the soil of former US airbases in southern Viet Nam, reports the Viet Nam Red Cross's Fund for Agent Orange Victims Executive Director, Le Cao Dai.

Dai says a 1998 Canadian study shows that a high level of dioxin (897 ppt) still exists in soil of a former airbase in A So village of A Luoi district, central Thua Thien-Hue province, and nearby areas.

Dioxin levels in the surveyed area is 15 times higher than in non-toxic chemical sprayed areas.

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