Vietnam spends big on poverty reduction

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The Government spent more than VND700 trillion (36 billion USD) on nationwide poverty reduction efforts in the 2005 – 2012 period, an average of 90 trillion VND (4.2 billion USD) per year, Nhan Dan

EIU affirms Vietnam’s improving economic prospects

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The Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) of The Economist Group has confirmed Vietnam ’s improving economic prospects, saying after several years of lacklustre economic performance, headline indicator

Mekong Delta urged to vary investment promotion

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Deputy Prime Minister Vu Van Ninh has asked localities in the Mekong Delta region to diversify ways to call for and promote investment with the highest determination in order to attract more invest

Vietnam, Sri Lanka to raise trade to 1 bln USD by 2015

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Vietnam always attaches importance to the traditional friendship and multifaceted cooperation with Sri Lanka and will work together with the country in raising two-way trade value to 1 billion USD

State education scheme benefits minority groups

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The 2010-2015 education development scheme designed for ethnic regions, known as Project 2123, has proven effective since it was kick-started in the northern mountainous province of Lai Chau three

FDI flow into Vietnam surges

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The total newly-registered and additional FDI capital poured into Vietnam in the first 10 months of this year hit 19.2 billion USD, a year-on-year increase of 65.5 percent, outdistancing this year’

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