Posts Tagged ‘ Human resources ’

Vietnam determined to obtain nuclear energy: PM 

January 15, 2012
Vietnam determined to obtain nuclear energy: PM 

The location in Ninh Thuan Province's Ninh Phuoc District chosen for Vietnam's first nuclear power plant to be built in 2014. Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has reaffirmed Vietnam’s determination to build a nuclear power plant because the country is due to experience serious power shortages in the next decade. “We are determined to develop [...]

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Glut of coastal economic zones stunts growth 

November 17, 2011
Glut of coastal economic zones stunts growth 

  A part of Dung Quat oil refinery in the central province of Quang Ngai. The refinery is the mainstay of the Dung Quat Economic Zone. Coastal economic zones have developed strength in numbers, but failed to pull their weight. They are characterized by sluggish development, low occupancy rates, modest investments and very small contribution [...]

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Vietnam plans over $142 mln for nuclear power human resources 

November 17, 2011
Vietnam plans over $142 mln for nuclear power human resources 

  Vietnam will invest VND3 trillion (US$142.8 million) into human resources training for nuclear power as of 2020, VnExpress reported Monday. The investment was planned for a project to be conducted between Vietnam ministries of science and technology, and education in cooperation with the International Atomic Energy Agency, according to the newswire. The project was [...]

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Better FDI, not just more, should focus on tech-transfer 

September 20, 2011
Better FDI, not just more, should focus on tech-transfer 

  Honda motorcycles are prepared for delivery to customers in downtown Hanoi. Honda is among the foreign investors who are continuing to increase investment in Vietnam. Job generation should not be focus of foreign direct investment (FDI), Nguyen Mai, former vice chairman of the State Commission for Cooperation and Investment, tells Thanh Nien Weekly in [...]

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IT’s looking good 

May 24, 2011
IT’s looking good 

  Rising presence of foreign software firms a positive sign A visitor at an IT exhibition in Ho Chi Minh City walks past an advertisement for Vietnamese dictionary software Lac Viet. The rising presence of foreign companies may help create a good environment for IT development in Vietnam, industry insiders say. More and more global [...]

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Vietnam under-equipped to handle food safety, hygiene issues 

December 20, 2010
Vietnam under-equipped to handle food safety, hygiene issues 

A food testing department at Ho Chi Minh City's Institute of Hygiene and Public Health. A lack of funds and expertise has limited Vietnam’s ability to test food safety and hygiene, experts say. Vietnam is still passive in detecting food safety and hygiene problems, with agencies dealing with them after receiving reports, Nguyen Cong Khan, head of [...]

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Retail sector to grow vigorously in Vietnam

February 7, 2010
Retail sector to grow vigorously in Vietnam

LookAtVietnam – Despite the global economic crisis, Vietnam’s retail turnover rose by 18.6 percent in 2009 – an encouraging figure in light of the fact that many retail markets in the world recorded negative growth.The Association of Vietnamese Retailers (AVR) says this result shows a comprehensive development of the Vietnamese retail business with regard to [...]

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Dung pushes democratisation

January 29, 2010
Dung pushes democratisation

One of the urgent demands in the world today was to generate bigger democratisation in global governance, said Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung in Davos yesterday. Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung meets Swiss President Doris Leuthard on his working visit to Switzerland.Dung, addressing the 40th Davos plenary session on reshaping global governance, said this was [...]

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PM Dung spotlights role of forecasting at Davos forum

January 29, 2010
PM Dung spotlights role of forecasting at Davos forum

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung stressed the importance of forecasting in policy-making and long-term growth in his address to the World Economic Forum (WEF)-2010 in Davos, Switzerland, on Jan. 28. LookAtVietnam – Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung stressed the importance of forecasting in policy-making and long-term growth in his address to the World Economic Forum [...]

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Vietnam needs strong action to escape ‘middle-income trap’

January 3, 2010
Vietnam needs strong action to escape ‘middle-income trap’

A view of Le Loi Street in downtown HCMCStanding by her pushcart hawking cassava cakes on Ho Chi Minh City’s Bui Thi Xuan Street, Anh laughs when she hears she is in the World Bank’s “middle income” bracket.She earns more than VND30 million (US$1,630) a year against Vietnam’s 2008 per capita income of about $1,000, [...]

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Vietnam, Cuba foreign ministries to bolster ties

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Vietnam’s top diplomat has affirmed that the Foreign Ministry will closely cooperate with its Cuban counterpart to implement the agreements reached by the two...