FAO grants 400,000$ to flood-hit provinces

Wed, 03/14/2001 - 01:38



Ha Noi, March 14 (VNA) -- The World Food Organisation (FAO) has granted USD 402,784 to Mekong delta Can Tho, Dong Thap and An Giang provinces to develop aquaculture.

The project which will start later this month will benefit farmer households hard hit by floods last year.

PM Directive on Year of Social Volunteers for vulnerable children

Wed, 03/14/2001 - 01:36



Ha Noi, Mar. 13 (VNA) -- The Prime Minister has issued a directive to facilitate the implementation of "The year of social volunteers for children living in special difficulities" (2001-2002).

Eleventh Plenum to focus on personnel issues

Wed, 03/14/2001 - 01:30



Ha Noi, Mar. 13 (VNA) -- Party General Secretary Le Kha Phieu called for the "most prominent Party cadres, endowned with both virtue and talent" to be chosen and introduced to the ninth Party Congress for election to the new Central Committee.

Hepl for blind people to integrate with society

Mon, 03/12/2001 - 00:33



Ha Noi, March 11 (VNA) -- A rehabilitation and vocational training centre is needed to help the blind find jobs and improve living conditions, says Nguyen Khanh, the Ho Chi Minh City Association for the Blind.

Khanh says the centre will help the blind recover their working capability, and provide vocational training and jobs for them.

New 6 Aquatic breeding centres

Mon, 03/12/2001 - 00:31



Ha Noi, March 11 (VNA) -- Viet Nam's fisheries sector plans to open six national aquatic product breeding centres in the next five years, says Deputy Head of the Fisheries Ministry's Science and Technology Department Tran Van Quynh.

Vietnam's handicrafts gain foothold in world market

Mon, 03/12/2001 - 00:29




Ha Noi, Mar. 7 (VNA) -- Viet Nam's fine art handicraft products, regarded as an expression of the nation's traditional culture and art, have found a stable niche in the world market.

Unlike other items, fine art handicraft articles are made mostly from raw materials available in the country with imported additives accounting only 3-5 percent. Accordingly, the net income of hard currencies earned from these exports is as high as 95-97 percent.

Minority communities prosper from farm economy

Mon, 03/12/2001 - 00:27




Mar. 12 (VNA) -- The farm economy has helped the minority community in Central Highlands Dac Lac province prosper. The number of prosperous or well-off households rose from 3,362 in 1990 to more than 10,300 last year.

Official statistics show that the province now has 331 farms run by minority families, that account for 10.6 percent of the province's farms and plantations.

High level delegation from VN attends Laos Party Congress

Mon, 03/12/2001 - 00:24




Ha Noi, March 12 (VNA) -- A high-level Viet Nam Communist Party delegation led by General Secretary Le Kha Phieu arrived in Vientiane on March 11 for the seventh congress of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party, LPRP, which was expected to open today, March 12.

64% of HIV/AIDS carriers are drug addicts

Sun, 03/11/2001 - 02:57




Ha Noi, March 9 (VNA) -- As many as 64 percent of nearly 30,000 detected HIV/AIDS carriers are drug addicts, reported a seminar on HIV/AIDS epidemiological surveillance held in Ha Noi on March 9.

Localities having high rates of HIV/AIDS patients among drug addicts include central and southern provinces with 89.36 percent; northern Hai Phong port city, 74 percent, and central coastal Nha Trang city, 49 percent.

Garment and textile industry to increase production

Sun, 03/11/2001 - 02:55


Ha Noi, March 10 (VNA) -- Viet Nam's garment and textile industry plans to earn USD 5 billion a year from exports in the next five years.

And the National Garment and Textile Corporation is implementing 150 projects capitalized at VND 5,000 billion, about USD 357 million, to renovate equipment in its affiliate companies to achieve this goal.

In addition, the corporation will invest in building two garment and textile industrial zones in northern Hung Yen province and southern Dong Nai province.

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