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Vietnam Business Finance (Free subscription) | 10/08/2008
The new policy is expected to come into effect next year, Minister of the Industry and Trade Vu Huy Hoang said at a press meeting on October 7.In most countries, public services are not run for profit whereas private enterprises are, but in Vietnam, public services are run as private enterprises and must earn a profit. Therefore, the debate is still going on in many nations over the detrimental...
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Vietnam Business Finance (Free subscription) | 10/08/2008
"The adjustment of power prices to a market-orientated mechanism is unavoidable," Industry and Trade Minister Vu Huy Hoang said in a government report on the energy sector.Hoang said top state-run utility group Viet Nam Electricity would submit a plan to the government in the fourth quarter on raising power prices from next year.He did not provide any specific price changes but said retail...
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Vietnam Business Finance (Free subscription) | 09/30/2008
The first bilateral free-trade accord between the nations has been agreed upon in principle and is aimed at boosting trade between the two Asian nations, Minister of Industry and Trade Vu Huy Hoang told reporters in Hanoi Monday.“The agreement is expected to increase the competitiveness of the two countries in the region and in the world,” Hoang said. “The two sides will finalize some...
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Vietnam Business Finance (Free subscription) | 09/17/2008
... the targets set for this year.At a recent Government briefing, Industry and Trade Minister Vu Huy Hoang said that it is difficult to make a breakthrough in export growth in the second half of this year as there will be no competitive edge in terms of the prices of key export products, thus causing a lot of difficulties to export activities by the end of this year.Judging from the real situation,...
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Asia Times (Free subscription) | 09/11/2008
... in August when a delegation of Vietnamese officials led by Industry and Commerce Minister Vuy Huy Hoang met with Chavez and his Venezuelan government counterparts. The deals are expected to help shore up Vietnam's shaky energy security while diversifying a bigger share of Venezuela's oil exports away from the West and towards Asia. Chavez, who has cut a strong profile in Latin America with...
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Ecuador Rising - Hatarinchej (Free subscription) | 09/06/2008
Hanoi, Aug 27 (Prensa Latina) Vietnam and Ecuador signed several cooperation agreements in the field of energy during the visit of the Industry and Trade Ministry Vu Huy Hoang to the South American nation. The agreements signed with the Ecuadorian Ministries of Mines and Oil and Electricity and Renewable Energy (MEER) are aimed at strengthening links between PetroEcuador and Petrovietnam companies,...
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Vietnam Business Finance (Free subscription) | 09/05/2008
Viet Nam regards supporting industry a driving force for national industrialisation and modernisation and a foundation for sustainable development of its major industries to 2020, a senior government official has said. Minister of Industry and Trade Vu Huy Hoang made the remarks at the first National Seminar on “Action Plan for Development of Supporting Industry of Viet Nam,” in Hanoi on Sept....
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Vietnam Business Finance (Free subscription) | 08/28/2008
Viet Nam and Cuba signed cooperation agreements in oil and gas, power, mining and metallurgy in Havana, Cuba on August 27, during Minister of Industry and Trade Vu Huy Hoang’s two-day visit to the country. During their talks, Minister Vu Huy Hoang and Cuba ’s Minister of Basic Industry Yadira Garcia said the cooperation between the two countries in oil and gas has yielded good results,...
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Artdaily (Free subscription) | 08/20/2008
PHNOM PENH.- "Art of Survival" is back! The Khmer Rouge genocide and its impact on the Cambodian society today is reflected by Cambodian artists Pich Sopheap, Chat Piersat, Chhouen Rithy, Chan Vitarin, Ching Taingchea, Khauch Touch, Koung Channa, Phe Sophon, Kong Vollak, Kvay Samnang, Tor Vutha and many more – accompanied by foreign guests such as Vietnamese-Khmer artist Le Huy Hoang, who visits...
