(VOVworld) – Deputy Prime Minister Truong Hoa Binh has highlighted the Party and State’s support for promoting socio-economic development in ethnic minority and disadvantaged areas. At a meeting with key leaders of Ha Giang province on Wednesday, the Deputy Prime Minister asked the province to realize policies on ethnic affairs, reduce poverty, and improve the lives of ethnic minority people. He urged Ha Giang to expand effective economic models, promote the cultural identity of ethnic minorities, and boost tourism and human resource development. He stressed the importance of creating favorable conditions for economic development, ensuring national defense and sovereignty, and maintaining social order to boost sustainable economic growth. … [Read more...] about Deputy PM works with Ha Giang province on ethnic affairs
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PM works to free ship, crew held by Tanzania before Tet
PM works to free ship, crew held by Tanzania before Tet (19-01-2005) HA NOI — Prime Minister Phan Van Khai met with relevant ministries, sectors and branches to discuss the seizure of a Can Gio-based ship and its crew in Tanzania. Officials hope to secure the release of the ship before the February 9 Tet (lunar new year) festival. The vessel, which is owned by the Sea Saigon Shipping Company and was chartered by a Malaysian trader, has been held by the Tanzanian Government in the Dar-es-Salaam Port since July 27, 2004, causing losses estimated at over US$500,000. Tanzania seized the vessel by citing a five-year old dispute over a 6,000 tonne Vietnamese rice shipment between Tanzania's Mohammed Enterprises and Tien Giang province's Thanh Hoa Co. Ltd. In 1999, the Tanzania-based Mohammed Enterprises company paid the Tien Giang province-based Thanh Hoa company $1.7 million in advance for the rice and four rice-husking machines. The Thanh Hoa company rented a vessel named the Luna … [Read more...] about PM works to free ship, crew held by Tanzania before Tet
PM works out solutions to promote foreign investment into Vietnam
Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has issued a decree on solutions to promote foreign investment in Vietnam. The solutions include the planning, building and implementation of the policy system, investment promotion, an improvement of infrastructure, labor, salary and administrative reform. In terms of the planning, the decree says that the speed of construction and the adoption of the planning will be increased and expanded so that investors can find it easier to identify and build up projects. Regulations in the Investment Law will be implemented completely so that the planning of each sector, each field and each product will suit the international commitments. Moreover, the planning on land use will be completed and publicized widely while speeding the site clearance. In terms of the building and implementation of the legal policies, the prime minister says law-regulated documents relating to investment and business will continue to be issued. Meanwhile, laws and policies will be … [Read more...] about PM works out solutions to promote foreign investment into Vietnam
New Australian PM Works on Climate Change: Deputy
Australia's prime minister-elect Kevin Rudd got down to work Monday on plans to sign the Kyoto Protocol and reverse unpopular labor laws that led to conservative leader John Howard's stunning ouster. The centre-left leader is reshaping foreign and domestic policy following his landslide victory Saturday that ended Howard's 11-year reign and left US President George W. Bush standing alone on the issue of climate change.A day after Rudd announced he was preparing to attend a major conference on global warming in Bali next month, his deputy Julia Gillard said their Labor Party would immediately honor a campaign promise to ratify Kyoto."Kevin will be making that decision but you can expect it to be very soon. We need to ratify Kyoto as part of our commitments to dealing with climate change," she told Australian television."Ratifying Kyoto we can do without the parliament sitting," she said, outlining plans to implement election pledges that also included withdrawing Australian combat … [Read more...] about New Australian PM Works on Climate Change: Deputy
PM works with agricultural managers
The event drew the attendance of ministerial and local leaders nationwide, businesses, and associations in agricultural production.Addressing the event, Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Nguyen Xuan Cuong said that in 2017, PM Phuc attended 17 conferences with a view to extricating difficulties to support the sector to accomplish the preset goals. Difficult lessons for agricultural productionMinister Cuong reported that in 2017, the sector attained seven outstanding achievements including over US$ 36 billion of export turnover, the highest rate so far.However, the sector coped with five shortcomings especially the oversupply of pork and watermelon, and the European Union’s issuance of the yellow card for Vietnamese seafood.In 2018, the sector targets to post a growth pace of 2.8-3% and earned US$ 37-38 billion of export turnover.Addressing the event, PM Phuc said that last year, he partook in five large-scale conferences on vegetables, organic farming, high-quality … [Read more...] about PM works with agricultural managers