Ba Ria-Vung Tau (VNA) - A global provider of health, safety and rescue training
services will open a new training centre in Vung Tau, working with local partners

HCM City (VNA) - The Government has approved a proposal by the ministries of
Transport and Construction to study the possibility of using cement to build roads

Hanoi (VNA) - The total value of foreign investors' holdings on the domestic stock
market stood at 4.6 billion USD by the end of 2008, a drop of nearly 4 billion USD

Vinh Long (VNA) - My Hoa Nam Roi Cooperative in the southern province of Vinh Long
won a contract to export 70 containers of Nam Roi pomelo to Europe this year, said

HCM City (VNA)- Almost 2,000 works by more than 1,000 poets, represented in
calligraphic form for the first time, are being exhibited in Ho Chi Minh City from

Hanoi (VNA) - The Vietnam Glass and Ceramics for Construction Corporation
(Viglacera) inaugurated a real estate trade exchange at the Viglacera building in
Hanoi on Feb. 4.

HCM City (VNA) - The five-star 'Delphin Voyager' cruise liner dropped anchor at
Saigon Port on February 4, bringing 500 German tourists and crew to Vietnam to

Hanoi (VNA) - Telephone service providers added 3.2 million new subscribers to
their books during January, 60 percent higher than during the same period last year,

New York (VNA) - A Vietnamese diplomat has called upon all the parties concerned
to exercise maximum restraint and refrain from any action that may put civilian

Hanoi (VNA) - Switzerland has pledged to keep Vietnam in its priority
recipients list of Swiss official development assistance (ODA), committing to