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Articole din Iulie 2010

• Vietnam’s economy likely to grow 6.5-6.8 percent
  
  (02.07.2010 ora 18:07)
  
  The country’s gross domestic product (GDP) is likely to reach 6.5-6.8 percent this year, meeting the National Assembly-set target, said the Ministry of Planning and Investment (MPI) at a monthly government meeting that took place in Hanoi on July 1-2.
  
  
• WB commits 72.2 bln USD for developing nations
  
  (02.07.2010 ora 15:07)
  
  The World Bank (WB) Group said on July 1 it committed 72.2 billion USD in fiscal year 2010, an unprecedented level of assistance for developing countries as the world faces a fragile and uneven recovery.
  
  
• Laos, VN enhance ties in environmental protection
  
  (02.07.2010 ora 15:07)
  
  Lao Prime Minister Bouasone Bupphavanh has expressed his wish that the Vietnamese National Assembly’s Committee for Sciences, Technology and Environment (CSTE) and the Lao Authority for Sciences and Technology (LAST) will share their experiences in environmental protection and management.
  
  
• ADB warns of water crisis in Asia
  
  (02.07.2010 ora 15:07)
  
  Arjun Thapan, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) President’s special advisor on infrastructure and water issues, has warned that Asia is likely to face a serious water crisis that threatens to slow down the regional economic development.
  
  
• Domestic banks increase their presence overseas
  
  (02.07.2010 ora 14:07)
  
  Many local banks have been seeking opportunities to expand their businesses abroad, particularly in similar markets or with major trading partners.
  
  
• US provides Vietnam with container scanners
  
  (02.07.2010 ora 14:07)
  
  A memorandum of understanding (MoU), under which Vietnam ’s Ministry of Finance and the US Department of Energy will cooperate to prevent the illegal transport of nuclear materials and other radioactive substances, was signed in Hanoi on July 2.
  
  
• Large investment for hydrometeorology system
  
  (02.07.2010 ora 14:07)
  
  The Prime Minister has approved a 1.3 trillion VND (73.2 million USD) project to modernise the hydrometeorology observation network and forecasting system for the 2010-2012 period.
  
  
• Hai Phong lures overseas Vietnamese investment
  
  (02.07.2010 ora 14:07)
  
  The northern port city of Hai Phong is making full use of its advantages to lure investments, including those made by overseas Vietnamese.
  
  
• Infant gender imbalance reaches alarming levels
  
  (02.07.2010 ora 14:07)
  
  Vietnam is facing a growing gender imbalance among newborns, with 110.6 boys born as compared with 100 girls in 2009, said a health official.
  
  
• Le dynasty and Thang Long-Hanoi’s development
  
  (02.07.2010 ora 14:07)
  
  A seminar on the Le dynasty (1428-1788) will be held in Hanoi on July 3 to mark the 550 years since King Le Thanh Tong ascended the thrown.
  
  
• Economies of Southeast Asia look solid, says ADB expert
  
  (02.07.2010 ora 14:07)
  
  An ADB expert says the recovery in Southeast Asia is still firmly on track despite fresh uncertainties surrounding the global economy, notably the European sovereign debt crisis.
  
  
• North-west provinces unite to protect forests
  
  (02.07.2010 ora 12:07)
  
  Forest protection activities in three neighbouring provinces in the north-west, Thai Nguyen, Bac Kan and Lang Son, have improved since a steering committees was formed to fight illegal forestry at the start of the year, said the deputy head of the Forest Management Department, Nguyen Van Cuong.
  
  
• Vietnam competes in regional and world sport events
  
  (02.07.2010 ora 12:07)
  
  Athlete Nguyen Thi Thu Huong has won the first gold for Vietnam in the 3,000m hurdle event the first day of the Asian Youth Athletics Champs that kicked off at Hanoi’s My Dinh National Stadium on July 1.
  
  
• Da Lat to be in full bloom this year
  
  (02.07.2010 ora 12:07)
  
  Nearly 17,000 cherry trees will be planted around Tuyen Lam Lake in the Central Highlands resort city of Da Lat by the end of this year.
  
  
• Foreign students sit for university entrance exams
  
  (02.07.2010 ora 12:07)
  
  Fifty-one foreign students, mostly from the Republic of Korea, sat for university entrance exams on July 1 at HCM City Social Sciences and Humanities University.
  
  
• Drought reaps paddy harvest
  
  (02.07.2010 ora 12:07)
  
  Ongoing drought may cost Vietnam farmers 5-6 trillion VND (about 3,000 million USD), a top official from the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) said on July 1.
  
  
• Southern birth rate falls 2.8 percent in first six months
  
  (02.07.2010 ora 12:07)
  
  The birth rate in southern provinces reduced by 2.8 percent during the first six months this year, reports the Ministry of Health’s General Department of Population and Family Planning.
  
  
• Vietnam, Australia, NZ enhance gender equality cooperation
  
  (02.07.2010 ora 12:07)
  
  Minister of Labour, War Invalids and Social Affairs Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan has paid visits to Australia and New Zealand to learn from their experiences in building and implementing gender equality policies.
  
  
• Vietnam Airlines offers big discount on route to Nagoya
  
  (02.07.2010 ora 12:07)
  
  Vietnam Airlines will resume direct flights from Ho Chi Minh City to Nagoya of Japan twice a week from August 13 and offer a discount up to 60 percent on the resumed route.
  
  
• Vietnam’s economy picks up in 2nd quarter
  
  (01.07.2010 ora 17:07)
  
  Vietnam ’s economy accelerated strongly as the second quarter’s year-on-year growth in gross domestic product rose to 6.4 percent from the first quarter’s 5.83 percent, according to the General Statistics Office (GSO).
  
  
• Tourism artistic photos on display
  
  (01.07.2010 ora 17:07)
  
  The award presentation ceremony of the fifth National Tourism Artistic Photo Contest took place in Hanoi on July 1, coinciding with the opening of an exhibition showcasing the outstanding photos.
  
  
• Vietnamese children explore Canada through literature work
  
  (01.07.2010 ora 17:07)
  
  Vietnamese adolescents who won a writing and painting contest titled “Canada and red-haired Anne’s world” were honoured at an award ceremony in Hanoi on July 1.
  
  
• State President visits Tuyen Quang province
  
  (01.07.2010 ora 17:07)
  
  State President Nguyen Minh Triet paid a working visit to the northern mountainous province of Tuyen Quang on June 30 and July 1, focusing on its socio-economic development in the first half of 2010.
  
  
• Farmer makes 1,000 bamboo dragons for Hanoi millennium
  
  (01.07.2010 ora 14:07)
  
  A farmer from northern mountainous province of Hoa Binh has devoted seven years to growing and bending 1,000 bamboo trees into the shape of flying dragons to present them for Hanoi on its millennium anniversary scheduled for October this year.
  
  
• ASEAN steps up cooperation to combat HIV/AIDS
  
  (01.07.2010 ora 14:07)
  
  Health officials from the 10 member countries of ASEAN gathered in Bangkok in Thailand on June 30 to discuss measures to speed up regional cooperation in an effort to combat the HIV/AIDS epidemic.