Thua Thien-Hue (VNA) - Party General Secretary Nong Duc Manh asked Party
organisation of the central province of Thua Thien-Hue to focus on preventing

Hanoi (VNA) - Vietnam and Laos signed an agreement detailing the items of
import goods that will enjoy preferential tax treatment in 2009 and the following

Hanoi (VNA) - Heng Samrin, Chairman of the Cambodian National Assembly, honorary
president and member of the standing board of the Central Committee of the Cambodian

Hai Phong (VNA) - The Vietnam Shipbuilding Industry Group (Vinashin) on Jan. 14
launched here the FSO-05, an offshore floating storage unit with a 150,000 DWT (Dead

Hanoi (VNA) - The VN-Index ended the session on Jan. 14 essentially
unchanged, on continued modest trading, gaining a neigligible 0.28 percent to close
at 307.98.

Ben Tre (VNA) - The first Coconut Festival opened on Jan. 13 in the Mekong Delta
province of Ben Tre , promising to bring tourists a taste of various local
coconut products.

New York (VNA) - A Vietnamese diplomat has called upon the concerned parties to
immediately stop violence and implement the ceasefire agreement in the Gaza Strip.

Hanoi (VNA) - A grassroots campaign is being organised by the Government to
execute its new anti-poverty plan to lift 2.4 million people living in the most

Hanoi (VNA) - Vietnam 's first telecommunication satellite, Vinasat-1, has to date had around 30 percent of its capacity used for commercial purposes and trial services.

Vinh Long (VNA) - Hospital staff and the Red Cross Society have enriched the lives of both poor patients and themselves at the Tam Binh hospital, southern Vinh Long province.