Washington (VNA) – Vietnam and US discussed openly and frankly issues of mutual concern relating to human rights during the 14 th round of the annual dialogue on human rights between the Vietna

Alger (VNA) – A military delegation headed by Lieut. Gen.

Tokyo (VNA) – Japan has pledged to provide official development assistance
(ODA) loans worth nearly 120 billion JPY (1.3 billion USD) in total for Vietnam

Hanoi (VNA) – The Moc Chau Dairy Cow Breeding Joint Stock Company is deploying a
programme to insure milk and milk-cows in the northern province of Son La to help

Hanoi (VNA) – The Vietnam Challenge Fund (VCF) officially got underway in
Hanoi on November 10 with a total capital of 3 million USD.

London (VNA) –Vietnam’s 21 travel and tourism companies are attending the World
Travel Market 2009 (WTM) fair that opened in London, the UK on November 9.

Hanoi (VNA) – Senior officials from 21 member economies of the Asia-Pacific
Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum have reached a consensus on how to boost

Hanoi (VNA) – The country’s 90 State-owned groups and corporations (SGCs)
contributed 40 percent of the national GDP from 2006-08, but, inefficient management

Hanoi (VNA) – Domestic gold continued smashing its record value, registering a
high of 26.85 million VND (1,491 USD) per tael, buoyed by speculation and the fast

Hanoi (VNA) – The VN-Index lost 3.75 percent in Nov. 9’s trading on the HCM
Stock Exchange, shedding 20.79 points from the previous Friday’s close to end the
day at 534.09.