Conical hats made in Chuong village, Phuong Trung commune in Hanoi’s outlying Thanh Oai district have been exported to Japan, China, the Republic of Korea and a number of European countries, including France and Germany. Lookatvietnam – Conical hats made in Chuong village, Phuong Trung commune in Hanoi’s outlying Thanh Oai district have been [...]
LookAtVietnam – Hanoi Telecom is about to launch its Vietnam Mobile network in the first quarter of 2009. GTel Mobile is building facilities to join the mobile information market this year. On August 31, 2008, Hanoi Telecom signed a contract worth more than US$700 million to buy equipment from Ericsson and Huawei for a new [...]
The Saigon-Hanoi Joint Stock Bank (SHB) has been approved by the Hanoi Securities Trading Centre to list its 50 million shares worth VND 500 billion on the bourse. VietNamNet Bridge – The Saigon-Hanoi Joint Stock Bank (SHB) has been approved by the Hanoi Securities Trading Centre to list its 50 million shares worth VND 500 [...]
A roadshow at Hue Festival .VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnamese tourism authorities and travel agencies will head for Melbourne, Australia to promote a national programme that seeks to have more foreigners choose the country as a travel destination.Ho Chi Minh City will lead the tourism promotion mission to Australia with a Vietnam roadshow in Melbourne on [...]
Lookatvietnam – Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung will pay a visit to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) from February 15-18. This will be the first visit by a Vietnamese PM to the UAE. Vietnamese workers in the UAE (photo: Vietnamese Embassy in the UAE).LookAtVietnam – Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung will pay a visit to [...]
VietNamNet Bridge – Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade Nguyen Cam Tu talks about the petrol import tax cut and the petrol price mechanism. Consumers always want to buy commodities and services at low prices, while enterprises always demand favourable conditions for business. Therefore, naturally the import tax rate in the eyes of the two [...]
Lookatvietnam – Viet Nam will need to import roughly 750,000 tonnes of urea and 450,000-500,000 tonnes of potassium diammonium phosphate (DAP) fertiliser in 2009 to meet local demand. The country will have to import at least 500,000 tonnes of fertilisers annually until 2010 and may only stop importing by 2020.The country’s demand for fertilisers this [...]
MOET has released draft standards for the skill development of 5-year-old children, which says that children of this age need to have good pronunciation and must be able to count to ten. MOET has released the draft standards in order to help teachers at nursery schools and kindergartens compile suitable curricula, and let parents know [...]
The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) has submitted a food security plan lasting until 2020 to the Prime Minister. This is among significant plans to develop agriculture and the rural area, as well as to improve the living standards of farmers. A great challenge for food security in Vietnam is the area for rice [...]
The heavy losses in 2008 have prompted securities companies to look for foreign partners to help strengthen their capability. Many securities companies have reported losses in 2008, the year when the VNIndex dropped by 66% and HASTC Index by 67.5%. Hai Phong Securities Company (HPC), for example, reportedly incurred a loss of VND 119.8 billion, Kim [...]
