Press Highlights Sept.24

Hanoi (VNA) - Current Events
· Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung received Ukraine 's
ambassador (Saigon Giai phong, page 1).

· National Assembly Chairman Nguyen Phu Trong received Lao NA's
Committee for Cultural and Social Affairs delegation (Nhan dan, page 1).

· Cooperation between Vietnam and other countries (Nhan dan,
page 8).

· A decision to revoke land at 178 Nguyen Luong Bang street
made public (Nhan dan, page 8).

· About the complaints of Thai Ha vicar regarding the happenings
on early Sept. 22: the truth cannot be distorted (Hanoi Moi, page 1).

· The Vietnamese government has proved its leadership and
determination to implement the UN Millennium Development Goals, said UN
Coordinator in Vietnam John Hendra (Quan doi Nhan dan, page 8).

· US Department of State report on Vietnam 's religious
freedom in 2008: a great progress (Hanoi Moi, page 8).

· Vietnam attends the 45 th World Intellectual Property
Organisation General Assembly (Hanoi Moi, page 8).

· On Archbishop Ngo Quang Kiet remarks: Why is he ashamed of his
origin? (Saigon Giai phong, page 1).

Socio-economic Affairs

· Cooperation between PetroVietnam and Quang Tri province (Nhan
dan, page 1).

· Vietnamese tourism introduced in Russia (Nhan dan, page
5).

· Receiving 53 Vietnamese fishermen handed over by Indonesia
(Nhan dan, page 7).

· Vietnam is the most attractive among 10 markets of highest
potential economic growth, said the United Kingdom trade and investment
agency (Nhan dan, page 8).

· Reducing steel and iron export tax rates from 20 percent to 10
percent (Quan doi Nhan dan, page 1).

· A Vietnam-US university will be built in Vietnam (Quan doi
Nhan dan, page 8).

· Worries about gold price's ups and downs (Lao dong, page 1).

· Vietnam 's real estate market: unfriendly to buyers,
speculation dominates (Lao dong, page 1).

· Which trend for the stock market by the end of 2008? (Lao
dong, Money and Investment page). An interview with Pham Minh Tuan, Deputy
General Director of SME Securities Company.

· VNPT will change fixed telephone number nationwide as of Oct.
5 (Saigon Giai phong, page 1).

· Flat for lease market is hot (Saigon Giai phong, page 2).

· Vedan company waste water: pollution rate exceeds the
permitted level by thousands of times (Saigon Giai phong, page 3).

· Shoes & Leather Vietnam 2008 expo paves the way for Vietnam
's leather shoe development (Saigon Giai phong, page 7).

· Ho Chi Minh City bourse set a record on trading volume
(Saigon Giai phong, page 1).

· A 120 million USD bio-ethanol plant will be built at the Dung
Quat economic zone (Thoi bao Kinh te Vietnam [Vietnam Economic Times],
No. 229, page 1).

· Mutrap III builds an overall plan (Thoi bao Kinh te Vietnam
, No. 229, page 6). EU helps Vietnam in further integration process.

· Seizing opportunities amidst risk (Thoi bao Kinh te Vietnam
, No. 229, page 8). An interview with Lien Viet bank's General Director
Nguyen Duc Huong about the impacts of the US financial crisis on Vietnam
's economy.

· Stock market benefit from positive influence, no share
declines at both bourses (Thoi bao Kinh te Vietnam , No. 229, page 9).

· Ho Chi Minh City 's landscape remains obscure due to so
many shortcomings in planning (Thoi bao Kinh te Vietnam , No. 229, page
14).

· Luxury hotels in Hanoi : More supply than demand (Thoi bao
Tai chinh Vietnam [Vietnam Financial Times], No. 267, page 15).

· World's leading strategist Michael Porter will come to
Vietnam (Thanh nien [Young People], No. 267, page 8). Michael Porter, the
father of the competitiveness strategy, will chair an international
conference on global competitiveness and Vietnam 's strength in
international competitiveness to be held in the country.

· There will be a railway connecting Ho Chi Minh City and
Can Tho city in 2020 (Tuoi tre [Youth], No. 261, page 6).

· Deposit interest rates are too high (Tuoi tre, No. 261, page
14). The issue of interest rate is hot again but in the converse direction
as banks plan to reduce deposit, paving the way for lending interest rates
to drop.

· Vietnamese artists win many contracts to perform abroad (Tien
phong [Vanguard], No. 267, page 8).

International Affairs

· Regarding nuclear matter in Korean peninsula (Nhan dan, page
8).

· Indonesia copes with breakaway movement (Nhan dan, page
8).

· World's crude oil price increases suddenly (Nhan dan, page 8).

· Japanese political arena: The storm is yet to wane (Hanoi Moi,
page 8).

· Doubts about the effectiveness of the US 's 700 billion USD
rescue plan: Global stock markets decline (Saigon Giai phong, page
12).-Enditem