Breakthrough in Japan – China relations

Breakthrough in Japan – China relations

(VOVworld) - Japan and China today begin direct bilateral trade of the yen and yuan. This not only simplifies trade and financial transactions between the countries but also has considerable impact on their political...
An Giang successfully develops bigger field model

An Giang successfully develops bigger field model

(VOVworld) - Statistics released by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development show that last year, 6,400 farmers from 12 of the 13 Mekong River Delta provinces are working together to grow bigger...
Stimulate total demand for the national economy

Stimulate total demand for the national economy

(VOVworld) - Increasing the economy’s total demand to boost the market is one of the requirements the Prime Minister set at Sunday’s monthly Government meeting. According to PM Nguyen Tan Dung...
Safe water – a goal of new rural development

Safe water – a goal of new rural development

(VOVworld) - Tap water is taken for granted by city dwellers, but in rural areas most people still use either well or rain water. People in Song Phuong commune, a farming village on the...
Hanoi hosts a contest on Vietnam’s history

Hanoi hosts a contest on Vietnam’s history

(VOVworld) – A contest on Vietnam’s history was launched on Sunday in Hanoi to mark the 71st anniversary of the Ho Chi Minh Young Pioneer Organization and the 122nd birth...
Hanoi hosts conference on gender equality programme

Hanoi hosts conference on gender equality programme

(VOV/VOVworld)- The Ministry of Labour, Invalids, and Social Affairs has launched a five year national program on gender equality to increase social awareness and behavior in the field. Deputy Minister of...
Improve economic restructuring efficiency

Improve economic restructuring efficiency

(VOVworld) - Restructuring public investment and state-owned enterprises is considered essential to Vietnam’s overall economic restructuring. More than 100 economists gathered in Hanoi on Thursday to discuss ways to...
2012 Ha Long – Quang Ninh Tourism Week

2012 Ha Long – Quang Ninh Tourism Week

(VOVworld) - The 2012 Ha Long – Quang Ninh Tourism Week that opened on Tuesday is jubilantly taking place beside UNESCO-recognized Ha Long Bay. The week-long event is expected to...
Banks cut interest rate, inflation eases

Banks cut interest rate, inflation eases

(VOVworld) The State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) has just lowered major interest rate caps, including deposit rates by 1%. The central bank has also decided to open up equity, real estate...
EU praises Vietnam’s spending transparency

EU praises Vietnam’s spending transparency

(VOVworld)- EU Commissioner for Development Andris Piebalgs has praised the Vietnamese government’s efforts to ensure spending transparency. The diplomat made the remarks at a signing ceremony to update the UN-...