A Vietnamese Government delegation led by Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has arrived in Canberra for a six-day official visit to Australia from April 9-14 at the invitation of Australian Deputy Prime Minister and Treasurer Wayne Swan. Deputy PM Nguyen Xuan Phuc and Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard At a meeting on April 10, Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard highlighted Mr Phuc’s visit to Australia as an important event in bilateral ties. Mr Phuc congratulated Australia on its achievements in national construction and development and praised the country for regarding Vietnam as one of its priority countries for development in Asia. The two leaders said they were pleased with the recent developments in Vietnam-Australia relations in a number of fields and appreciated the efficiency of their bilateral cooperation mechanisms. They underscored the need to promote exchange visits at all levels, boost economic, trade and investment cooperation, and … [Read more...] about Deputy PM visits Australia
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More development needed in key economic zones: Deputy PM
Speaking at a conference, Deputy Prime Minister Hoang Trung Hai, said that achievements made by the key economic zones in Vietnam are satisfactory and contributed greatly to the socio-economic development of the country, but much still needed to be done. Import-export revenue in the key economic zones in Vietnam reached US$602 billion during the period 2006-2010 and attracted 12,478 foreign direct investment projects worth $162 billion, about 91.32 per cent of all FDI projects in the country. These figures were released at the conference to review the socio-economic development in major economic zones during the period 2006-2010 and implementation of further plans for the period 2012-2015. In the last five years, the gross domestic product (GDP) growth rate in major economic zones in Vietnam increased by 10.98 per cent, while average yearly income per person reached VND34.6 million. Export revenue from major economic zones exceeded $280 billion, accounting for 89 per cent of … [Read more...] about More development needed in key economic zones: Deputy PM
Deputy PM joins citizens to mark World Tuberculosis Day
Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Thien Nhan joined 5,000 citizens in a walk at Thong Nhat Park Square in Hanoi on March 18, as part of the activities being held to mark World Tuberculosis Day. Addressing the gathering, Deputy PM Nhan said that tuberculosis in Vietnam still poses a challenge to socio-economic development programmes as there are still large numbers of people infected with tuberculosis. He called on ministries, departments, social and economic organisations and people of all strata to actively fight against tuberculosis in their community with an aim to eradicate the disease by 2030. Vietnam is 12th among 22 countries with the world's highest number of tuberculosis patients, and 14th among 27 countries having the highest resistance to tuberculosis drugs. Every year some 200,000 new cases are reported and 30,000 people die of the disease. As many as 100,000 tuberculosis patients are diagnosed each year of which 92 per cent of them are cured. It is worth noting that … [Read more...] about Deputy PM joins citizens to mark World Tuberculosis Day
Deputy PM advocates restricted use of private vehicles
Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc, Chairman of the National Traffic Safety Committee, on Thursday instructed the Ministries of Finance and Transport to submit a proposal that will restrict use of privately owned vehicles by increasing toll fee, in a move to restore more traffic order and safety in Ho Chi Minh City. On Thursday afternoon, Deputy PM Phuc, Minister of Transport Dinh La Thang and representatives from other relevant departments and ministries met with City leaders to find ways to improve traffic safety and curb congestion. Mr. Phuc was in agreement with City leaders and said that the Government will instruct relevant authorities to relocate schools, hospitals, ministry and department headquarters, ports and industrial manufacturing units from the centre of Ho Chi Minh City. Traffic police will be given more authority to fine traffic violators and penalty amounts will be increased. The City can also appoint more contractors and investors for important traffic … [Read more...] about Deputy PM advocates restricted use of private vehicles
Deputy PM: Vietnam does not encourage personal house ownership
“In many countries, the percentage of houses for lease accounts for up to 80-90 percent. Vietnam has large populations and restricted land, so we do not encourage personal ownership of house,” says Deputy Prime Minister Hoang Trung Hai. At the meeting of the Central Steering Board on Housing Policy and Real Estate Market on February 14, the Deputy PM emphasized that the housing development strategy must focus on developing houses for lease. He said that this is the model of future, which is appropriate to Vietnam. “The demand for houses in Vietnam is huge but leasing houses accounts for just 11 percent in Hanoi and HCM City, which fails to meet the need. Competent ministries need to make breakthroughs in raising capital to encourage economic sectors to build houses for lease,” Hai said. The Deputy Prime Minister told relevant agencies to suggest policies to encourage businesses to build this type of house. According to the housing strategy, from now to 2015, … [Read more...] about Deputy PM: Vietnam does not encourage personal house ownership