M|O|N|G|K|O|L (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
Laotian Prime Minister Bouasone Bouphavanh, second left, urges Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen, left, to move to a closer position for photo session as other Mekong river region leaders from third left to second right, Myanmar Prime Minister Gen. Thein Sein, Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva and Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung, with Japanese business group Keidanren leader...
People Daily (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung decided to earmark 225 billion Vietnamese dong (about 12.6 million U.S. dollars) to the country's central provinces hit by the typhoon Mirinae, said a report of the Vietnamese government's website on Thursday. The money, sourced from the state budget, will be allocated to five worst-hit central and central highland provinces of Phu Yen, Binh Dinh,...
Vietnam Business Finance (Free subscription) | 11/02/2009
“[In 2009], the country’s infrastructure did not improve. This will continue to hurt Vietnam’s economic growth and investment attraction next year,” said Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung.“Vietnam’s roads are of low quality, while its electricity system has failed to sufficiently meet the people’s demands. There is still a lack of urban area infrastructure and water drainage and supply systems,...
Vietnam Business Finance (Free subscription) | 11/01/2009
Vietnam is targeting an economic expansion of 5.2 percent this year and 6.5 percent in 2010 and the government will “focus all efforts” to meet the targets, Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung said Oct. 20. Loan growth this year may exceed 30 percent, he said.“It is obvious that the government is doing all it can to bolster economic growth,” said Nguyen Tan Thang, a fixed-income portfolio...
MSNBC.com (Free subscription) | 11/01/2009
... It was expected to strike Vietnam's central coast around noon Monday.Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung ordered residents to begin evacuating high-risk areas of five coastal provinces and ordered Vietnamese fishermen in the South China Sea to seek shelter immediately.The two countries are still recovering from Typhoon Ketsana, which brought the Philippine capital, Manila, its...
New York Times (Free subscription) | 11/01/2009
... storm was expected to strike the Vietnamese central coast around noon Monday.Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung ordered residents to begin evacuating high-risk areas of five coastal provinces, and he ordered Vietnamese fishermen in the South China Sea to seek shelter immediately.Central Vietnam is still recovering from Typhoon Ketsana, which killed more than 160 people when it struck...
CBC.ca (Free subscription) | 11/01/2009
... It was expected to strike Vietnam's central coast around noon Monday.Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung ordered residents to begin evacuating high-risk areas of five coastal provinces and ordered Vietnamese fishermen in the South China Sea to seek shelter immediately.The two countries are still recovering from Typhoon Ketsana, which brought the Philippine capital, Manila, its...
Vietnam Business Finance (Free subscription) | 11/01/2009
Le Duong Quang, Deputy Minister of Trade and Industry, will become head of the group, also known as Vinacomin, while also retaining his position in the cabinet, government office head Nguyen Xuan Phuc told a press conference in Hanoi Friday.The previous chairman, Doan Van Kien, was allowed to resign after he was accused of mismanagement.Kien submitted his letter of resignation to Prime Minister...
Miami Herald (Free subscription) | 11/01/2009
... It was expected to strike Vietnam's central coast around noon Monday.Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung ordered residents to begin evacuating high-risk areas of five coastal provinces and ordered Vietnamese fishermen in the South China Sea to seek shelter immediately. The two countries are still recovering from Typhoon Ketsana, which brought the Philippine capital, Manila,...
Sify (Free subscription) | 11/01/2009
... was expected to strike Vietnam's central coast around noon Monday.Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung ordered residents to begin evacuating high-risk areas of five coastal provinces. He also ordered Vietnamese fishermen in the South China Sea to seek shelter immediately.Central Vietnam is still recovering from Typhoon Ketsana, which killed more than 160 people when it struck...
Maritime News (Free subscription) | 10/24/2009
Vietnam is seeking investment from Denmark to build seaports, Thai News Service reported. Vietnam 's request for Danish money came out of the meeting between Danish Prime Minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen and Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung in Copenhagen y last week. Rasmussen and Dung pledged to boost trade to US$1 billion, said the report, with Danish investment in Vietnam...
PrairiePundit (Free subscription) | 10/26/2009
... equally dramatic, fuelled by social and environmental interests. In summer 2008, prime minister Nguyen Tan Dung ordered a halt to new course construction pending a review, and in June, the government ordered the cancellation of 50 of the projects. But most of the others are well under way, to add to the country's 13 established golf courses. "Developers and foreign investors...
Reuters UK (Free subscription) | 10/28/2009
HANOI, Oct 28 (Reuters) - Vietcombank VCB.HM, Vietnam's largest partly private bank, has asked the central bank to raise its credit growth cap for 2009 to 28 percent to support rice exports and oil products, state media reported on Wednesday.Chairman Nguyen Hoa Binh told Dau Tu Chung Khoan (Securities Investment) magazine that outstanding loans at the end of October would be 24 percent higher...
Vietnam Business Finance (Free subscription) | 10/27/2009
... medical scans (radiology) and cardiovascular and cancer treatment (radiotherapy).Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung attended the inauguration ceremony and instructed the Ministry of Defense to closely monitor the operation of the center to ensure its safety and effective use.He also directed the hospital to work closely with research institutes, education facilities and other agencies...
Positive News Media (Free subscription) | 10/27/2009
... another in moving towards the establishment of the ASEAN Community in 2015. Vietnam Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung, the next ASEAN chair, extended congratulatory remarks for Thailand's success in chairing the 15th ASEAN Summit and ASEAN's accomplishments during the Thai chairmanship. The Vietnamese prime minister stated that it was a great honor for Vietnam to continue this duty and...
