Tag: sign

Brazil, EU sign joint action plan to boost ties

Brazil and the European Union Monday signed a joint action plan to boost exchanges and cooperation. French President Nicolas Sarkozy, Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and EU Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso (from L to R) hold hands at the Brazil-EU Summit press conference in Rio de Janeiro, southeast Brazil, Dec. 22, 2008. The 2nd Brazil-EU... Read more

Vietnam, Hong Kong sign pact to avoid double taxation

Vietnam and Hong Kong Tuesday signed a double taxation avoidance agreement that reduces the amount of tax to be paid by investors, the Ministry of Finance said. Speaking at the signing ceremony of the Agreement for the Avoidance of Double Taxation and the Prevention of Fiscal Evasion with Respect to Taxes on Income... Read more

Bush, Maliki sign security pact in Baghdad

U.S. President George W. Bush, who arrived in Baghdad on an surprise visit on Sunday, signed with Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki a security pact which outlines a timetable for the U.S. troops’ withdrawal in three years, the Voices of Iraq news agency reported. U.S. President George W. Bush and Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki attend a news conference... Read more

Sign of the times

VietNamNet Bridge - Hearing-impaired foreign tourists should no longer be concerned about visiting Viet Nam. A guide uses sign-language on a tour of Duc Ba Cathedral.VietNamNet Bridge - Hearing-impaired foreign tourists should no longer be concerned about visiting Viet Nam.That’s according to Hoang Thi Minh Thi, director of Smile Tours Service Int. Co.... Read more

PetroVietnam sign $11 bln oil agreement with Venezuela

Workers at Su Tu Vang oilfield, Vietnam’s biggest oilfield to come onstream in the past five years. Vietnam Oil and Gas Group, known as PetroVietnam, Thursday signed a 25-year accord with Venezuela to produce and explore for oil at an estimated cost of US$11.4 billion, according to Chairman Dinh La Thang. “Almost... Read more

WB, central bank sign $200 million rural finance pact

Vietnamese farmers will have better access to credit under an agreement that the World Bank and the State Bank of Vietnam signed Friday in Hanoi. Under the agreement, US$200 million will be taken from the International Development Association (the World Bank’s concessional lending arm) for the Vietnam Third Rural Finance Project.A World Bank statement... Read more

Vietnam-Cambodia to sign visa exemption agreement

VietNamNet Bridge - The Cambodian Prime Minister, Hun Sen, will pay an official visit to Vietnam on November 4-5 at the invitation of his Vietnamese counterpart Nguyen Tan Dung, to reinforce the traditional friendship and comprehensive cooperation between the two countries. PMs Nguyen Tan Dung and Hun Sen (photo: daylife.come)During the visit, the two PMs will... Read more

Lower prices not necessarily a good sign

Domestic consumption indicators, such as the amount of investment and total sales, have shown signs of slowing over the past few months, raising concerns about deflation. Investments from the state budget, as well as private funds, over the first nine months this year are down from the same period last year.Higher prices of construction materials, transport fees... Read more

Vietnam, foreign firms sign software industry development deal

An institute under the Ministry of Information and Communications has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with US and Japanese partners to develop the software and digital industry in Vietnam. Under the MOU, the California-based Laserfiche Company and its exclusive distributor Quadralink Global Services Inc. will offer training and transfer technology... Read more

Russia, Vietnam sign deals on energy and alumina

Representatives of Russian gas giant Gazprom (C) and the Vietnamese government (L) shake hands at the Kremlin in Moscow Monday while Russian President Dmitry Medvedev (Background/R) and Vietnamese President Nguyen Minh Triet look on. Russian firms Gazprom and United Company RUSAL signed deals on Monday to participate in natural... Read more