HCM City targets 55 percent of workers trained
HCM City (VNA) - The rate of workers receiving vocational training must reach 50 percent in the whole country and 55 percent in Ho Chi Minh City by 2010, said Chairwoman of the HCM City Peop
Vietnam to import fertiliser till 2020
Hanoi (VNA) - Vietnam will have to import more than 500,000 tonnes of fertilisers of various kinds annually from now to 2010 and may only stop the import by 2020, an official from the Minis
Gov't orders more investment in Central Highlands
Dak Lak (VNA)- Head of the Government's Central Highlands Steering Board Le Hong Anh has called for further investment in socio-economic development of ethnic minority areas as a crucial solution f
Over 1 billion VND for Agent Orange victims
Hanoi (VNA) - The Vietnam Agent Orange Victims' Association (VAVA) has raised almost 1 billion VND nationwide in preparation of the Day for Agent Orange/dioxin Victims (August 10).
Small and medium enterprises' week to be held
Hanoi (VNA) - The Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry (VCCI) and the Ocean Group signed an agreement in Hanoi on July 30 to jointly organise this year's National Week for Small and Medium-
Rare bird found at Kien Giang's national park
Kien Giang (VNA) - Rare birds listed in Vietnam 's Red Book of endangered plant and animal species have been found nesting at the U Minh Thuong National Park in the Mekong delta's Kien Giang pr
Vietnam, Switzerland gear up for boosted ties
Hanoi (VNA) - Swiss President Pascal Couchepin will pay an official friendship visit to Vietnam from August 3-6 at the invitation of his Vietnamese counterpart Nguyen Minh Triet to boost friend
Meeting discusses solutions for water resources management
Hanoi (VNA) - Deputy Prime Minister Hoang Trung Hai has called for the National Water Resources Council (NWRC) to strengthen the organisation and capacity of water resources management agencies.<
Vietnam supports negotiated solution to Georgian-Abkhaz peace process
New York (VNA) - Vietnam supports the settlement of differences through peaceful means with the aim to achieving "a negotiated solution" to the Georgian-Abkhaz peace process in conformity with
Vietnam presents Friendship Order to French Senate President
Hanoi (VNA) - National Assembly Chairman Nguyen Phu Trong on July 29 presented Vietnam 's Friendship Order to French Senate PresidentChristian Poncelet.
