PM clears up permit process for foreign contractors

Tue, 06/01/2004 - 09:55


HA NOI — In order to smooth the process of issuing permits for foreign contractors doing business in Viet Nam, the Prime Minister has issued a decision to streamline the procedures.

The decision is aimed at helping foreign contractors easily operate in Viet Nam by improving co-ordination between ministries of Public Security, Finance and banks, said Hoang Tho Vinh, deputy director of the Construction Ministry’s Construction Department.

Under the decision each ministry will be given a more clearly defined role in the approval process:

First VN securities fund opens

Tue, 05/25/2004 - 16:59


HCM CITY — The State Securities Commission (SSC) has given approval to the Vietnam Securities Investment Fund, the first of its kind in Viet Nam, to begin disbursing investments.

In late March, the fund, known as VF1, won a licence from the commission to set up business and offer certificates to the public.

The close-ended fund has already generated VND300 billion (US$19.1 million), its ceiling limit allowed by the SSC.

Vietnam demands TRP stop granting accreditation for Ksor Kok

Tue, 05/18/2004 - 17:44


Vietnam requests the so-called Transnational Radical Party (TRP), which is enjoying the consultative status with ECOSOC, to stop immediately granting accreditation for Ksor Kok and his Montagnard Foundation Inc. (MFI) to attend UN meetings and conferences to advance their terrorist campaign and their separatist agenda.

So said Le Luong Minh, Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Vietnam to the UN at the annual session of the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC)'s NGO Committee on the Special Report by the TRP in New York on May 14.

UN officials visit Central Highlands provinces

Sun, 05/16/2004 - 14:40


05/15/2004 -- 21:30(GMT+7)

Dac Lac, May 15 (VNA) - A group of officials from United Nations agencies in Viet Nam visited the central highlands provinces of Kon Tum, Gia Lai, and Dac Lac from May 12-15 to study key socio-economic development indexes for the UN to develop its next five-year cooperation and development plan with Viet Nam.

The officials were from the UN Development Programme (UNDP), the UN Children's Fund (UNICEF), the UN Population Fund (UNFPA), the World Health Organisation, and the International Labour Organisation.

Foreign tourists to Viet Nam increase

Tue, 05/04/2004 - 18:57


05/04/2004 -- 19:05(GMT+7)

Ha Noi, May 4 (VNA) - The number of foreign tourists to Viet Nam in the first four months of this year reached 933,800, an annual increase of 7.6 percent, according to the Viet Nam Administration of Tourism (VAT).

In April, 219,000 foreign tourists visited the country, a year-on-year increase of 38.7 percent. The number of tourists from the Republic of Korea tripled, while those from the US increased 2.2 times, from France, 1.7 times, from Japan and Taiwan 1.5 times.

Dien Bien Phu: a victory for all oppressed peoples

Tue, 05/04/2004 - 17:47

By Thanh Ha, Viet Nam News

Half a century after the victory at Dien Bien Phu, the commander of the campaign, General Vo Nguyen Giap, talks about the legacy of the battle.

Q: General, could you explain the historical significance of the Dien Bien Phu victory?

A: With the victory at Dien Bien Phu and other battlefields throughout the winter and spring of 1953-54, our army and people inflicted heavy losses on the French Expeditionary Corps.

Vatican envoy visits Dac Lac in aftermath of troubles

Tue, 05/04/2004 - 17:39



HA NOI — Monsignor Pietro Parolin, Vatican under-secretary for foreign affairs, said foreign media reports about the April 10 incident in Tay Nguyen (Central Highlands) were untrue and had misled many, especially religious people, in Italy.

Parolin and his entourage visited Dac Lac Province in Tay Nguyen last Friday and met with chairman of the provincial People’s Committee, Nguyen Van Lang.

City hammock maker files patent suit in US

Wed, 04/28/2004 - 12:17



HCM CITY — A HCM City hammock maker has filed a patent rights lawsuit against a Taiwanese man in the US.

The director of the privately-owned Duy Loi Company, Lam Tan Loi, said his Taiwan-based distribution agent had received a letter a few weeks ago ordering him to stop importing his hammocks as a similar brand had already been registered.

Loi had the Pham and Associates law firm investigate the case and discovered a man named Chung Sen Wu had received a US patent for a portable hammock exactly like Duy Loi’s.

Foreigners come to Vietnam for healthcare services

Wed, 04/28/2004 - 12:08


The number of overseas Vietnamese and foreigners using healthcare services at Vietnamese clinics is increasing.

Healthcare cost in Vietnam is now cheaper than some ASEAN countries.
Good equipment, quick operations, reasonable prices are the reasons attracting foreigners to Vietnamese clinics, according to Dr. Phan Thanh Hai, Director of the HCM City-based Medic Centre, which attracts many foreigners.

Dac Lac disorder planned abroad: province chairman

Wed, 04/28/2004 - 11:59



DAC LAC — Dac Lac authorities have told US diplomats the leader of the group the Vietnamese Government blames for the Tay Nguyen (Central Highlands) disturbance had planned the event carefully.

"On April 9, one day before the out-break of the disturbances, the US-based Montagnard Fund, with Ksor Kok at the helm, reported that 150,000 local residents would take part in the demonstration," the chairman of the provincial People’s Committee, Nguyen Van Lang, told Noah Zaring from the US Embassy in Ha Noi, and Marc Forino, from the US Consulate General in HCM City.

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