Press Highlights Aug. 29

Hanoi (VNA) -Current Events
·Vietnam , Cambodia worked to speed up the land demarcation and marker planting (Hanoimoi, p8).

· Permanent member of the Party Central Committee's
Secretariat Truong Tan Sang received former Australian Prime Minister Paul Keating (Saigon Giai phong, p1).

· About Japan 's prosecution of four PCI officials: Vietnam
will cooperate closely with Japan to clear up the case (Hanoimoi, p8).

· Criminal case at 178 Nguyen Luong Bang street , Dong Da
district, Hanoi : two people were prosecuted and arrested (Hanoimoi, p1;
and Saigon Giai phong, p3).

· September 28, 2008: elect more representatives to the
People's Councils (Hanoimoi, p1).

· Vietnam supports the resolution of international
disputes by using peaceful measures (Nhan dan, p8).

· Vietnam selected to host the 30th FIAP Congress (Nhan
dan, p8).

· Vietnam listed as one of the "hot spots" of climate
change (Nhan dan, p8).

· Libya 's Revolution Day celebrated (Nhan dan, p8).

· Proposed cooperation in oil and gas between Vietnam ,
Cuba and Venezuela (Quan doi Nhan dan, p8).

· UK Ambassador to Vietnam Mark Kent: the United
Kingdom will become a big investor in Vietnam be the year-end (Quan doi
Nhan dan, p7). Prince Andrew will visit Vietnam in September.

Socio-economic Affairs

· Vietnam Red Cross Society: 642 billion VND for
humanitarian activities (Hanoimoi, p1).

· Management of property construction and trading: violations
must be heavily punished to maintain rules (Hanoimoi, p1).

· An overall planning of the Hoa Lac Hi-tech Park made public
(Hanoimoi, p2).

· 11 products saw export turnover exceed 1 billion USD (Nhan
dan, p1).

· Foreign Students Office under the Ministry of Education and
Training received orders presented by Cambodia and Laos (Nhan dan,
p7).

· Four international standard universities will be built
(Quan doi Nhan dan, p1).

· Australia opened its first bank branch in Vietnam
(Saigon Giai phong, p1).

· First foreign-invested bank to own a 20 percent stake in a
Vietnamese bank (Saigon Giai phong, p12).

· VN-Index reduced sharply (Saigon Giai phong, p2).

· Hanoi launched high-grade passenger coaches having
stewards (Lao dong, p1).

· Biodiesel: an energy source in the future (Cong Thuong
[Industry and Trade], No. 44, p15).

· Vietnam Railway Corporation and the Vietnam-Japan
consulting joint venture have signed an investment consultancy contract for
the Hanoi- Ho Chi Minh City high-speed railway project (Thoi bao Kinh te
Viet Nam [Vietnam Economic Times], No. 207, p1).

· Prices of tra catfish materials in the Mekong Delta
increased again (Thoi bao Kinh te Viet Nam , No. 207, p1).

· Businesses provided with loans to import petroleum (Thoi
bao Kinh te Viet Nam , No. 207, p2).

· Vietnam 's tourism develops promisingly (Thoi bao Kinh
te Viet Nam , No. 207, p4). An interview with Hubert Klemenz, General
Director and Vice President of Movenpick Hotel & Resort Vietnam.

· Tourism sector's human resources face both shortages and
weakness (Thoi bao Kinh te Viet Nam , No. 207, p13). Talking with
President of the Vietnam Tourism Association Nguyen Phu Duc.

International Affairs

· Russia warned the West, making the situation at the
Black Sea more tense (Hanoimoi, p8).

· Non-nuclear process on the Korea peninsula on the brink
again (Hanoimoi, p8).

· Barack Obama officially nominated as a candidate for the US
Presidency (Hanoimoi, p8).

· Thailand : Prime Minister Samark pledged to not use
forces to disperse strikes (Hanoimoi, p8).

· World crude oil price reached 119 USD per barrel (Nhan dan,
p8).

· Fire blazed at a large weapon store in Ukraine (Nhan
dan, p8).

· SCO backs Russia 's peacekeeping role in South Ossetia
(Quan doi Nhan dan, p8).

· UN conference on weapon disarmament: there remained
differences (Saigon Giai phong, p12).-Enditem