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Businesses need support to ride out stagnation

VietNamNet Bridge - Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung chaired a national conference in Ho Chi Minh City on December 25 to implement the National Assembly resolution on socio-economic development tasks set for 2009. VietNamNet Bridge - Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung chaired a national conference in Ho Chi Minh City on December 25 to implement the National Assembly... Read more

Urgent need for new public transport system

VietNamNet Bridge – A new public transport system will be needed to reduce traffic congestion and pollution in HCM City, according to experts at a conference on city transport improvements. Nearly 90 per cent of the road space in HCM City is taken up by motos and autos. (Photo: VNN)“A new system as well as a restriction on the number of autos and... Read more

Land transfers need to be accelerated: official

Vietnam needs to speed up land transfer processes to increase disbursement of foreign direct investment (FDI) as new investment is expected to fall next year, an official said. Next year the global financial crisis could cause the total amount of FDI pledges to shrink, said Phan Huu Thang, head of the Planning and Investment Ministry’s Foreign Investment... Read more

Vietnamese guest workers need more training amid economic crisis

VietNamNet Bridge - Officials and labor agencies Wednesday discussed measures to develop overseas labor markets and provide Vietnamese workers more job opportunities to mitigate the effects of the global economic crisis. A Vietnamese factory worker in Taiwan. VietNamNet Bridge - Officials and labor agencies Wednesday discussed measures to develop overseas labor... Read more

Agricultural mechanization - urgent need in Mekong Delta

VietNamNet Bridge - Agricultural mechanization will help improve the value of farm produce and competitive pricing, according to the Mekong Delta Development Research Institute VietNamNet Bridge - Agricultural mechanization will help improve the value of farm produce and competitive pricing, according to the Mekong Delta Development Research Institute (MDI).... Read more

Ca tru in need of urgent preservation

VietNamNet Bridge - The National Institute of Music and the Vietnam National Music Academy are working together to nominate ca tru as a form of Cultural Intangible Heritage with UNESCO. They say the art form is in need of urgent preservation. VietNamNet Bridge - The National Institute of Music and the Vietnam National Music Academy are working together to nominate... Read more

Agricultural mechanization - urgent need in Mekong Delta region

VietNamNet Bridge - Agricultural mechanization will help improve the value of farm produce and competitive pricing, according to the Mekong Delta Development Research Institute (MDI). The Mekong Delta Development Research Institute (MDI) said that, each year, farmers have to suffer from losses of post-harvest activities worth VND3,200-3,600 billion. Therefore,... Read more

Businesses express need for new information channels

VietNamNet Bridge – Domestic businesses have suggested that overseas diplomatic officials establish new avenues of information to provide current economic information, as well as analyses and forecasts of trends in foreign markets. Businesses from the southern region joined 44 Vietnamese ambassadors and general consuls at a discussion in Ho Chi Minh City... Read more

Credit guarantee funds need restructuring

VietNamNet Bridge – Credit guarantee funds have been around for many years but have not been of much help to small- and medium-size enterprises (SMEs). There has been a call for them to be restructured. Credit guarantee funds for SMEs would be very useful in Vietnam, where SMEs account for 95% of total businesses.Seven years ago, credit guarantee funds... Read more

NATO chief: No need for new security structure for Europe

NATO Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer said Wednesday that there is no need to have a new security architecture as Russian President Dmitry Medvedev proposes. The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer addresses a press conference in Brussels, capital of Belgium, Dec. 3, 2008. NATO on Wednesday urged Russia to... Read more

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