Current Events · Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung receives Cambodian Justice Minister

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Current Events
· Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung receives Cambodian Justice
Minister (All dailies, p.1).

· National Assembly Chairman Nguyen Phu Trong will attend a
meeting of parliament speakers of G20 countries in Canada and pay an official
visit to Cuba (All dailies, p.1).

· Party and State leaders receive international delegations on
the occasion of the National Day (Nhan dan, p.1).

· Head of the State of Republic of Kalmykia visits the southern
province of Binh Duong (Nhan dan, p.1).

· Vietnam accomplishes all its tasks over fulfills
two-thirds of its ASEAN Chair term (Nhan dan, p.8, Quan doi Nhan dan, p.1).

· The 14th session of the Mongolia-Vietnam Inter-governmental
Committee on economic, trade and scientific-technological cooperation (Nhan dan,
p.8).

· Implementing campaign on “studying and following Ho Chi
Minh’s moral example” in Europe (Nhan dan, p.8).

· British Ambassador to Vietnam Mark Kent: Vietnam-UK ties
develop in many fields and are expected to rise to strategic partnership level
(Quan doi Nhan dan, p.7, Hanoi Moi, p.8).


Socio-Economic Affairs
· Vietnam-China Youth Festival closes in flying colour (All
dailies, p.1).

· Mekong-subregion meeting on public health (Quan doi Nhan dan,
p.8).

· UNESCO speaks highly of the Cat Ba biosphere reserve (Quan doi
Nhan dan, p.8).

· Vietnam Airlines operates additional 20 flights during National
Day holiday (Nhan dan, p.8).

· Share price rises, gold is traded under 29 million VND per tael
while USD price remains unchanged (Nhan dan, p.8, Hanoi Moi, p.1).

· Exhibition on 65 years of independence, self-control and
development (Hanoi Moi, p.3).

· Project on preservation and sustainable development of the Dan
Lai ethnic minority group needs to accelerate (Quan doi Nhan dan, p.1).

· Hanoi International Fair 2010 opens (Hanoi Moi, p.1).

· Weaknesses in foreign investment attraction (Hanoi Moi, p.4).

· Vietnam signs a 6.7 million USD contract on consultancy for
Vinh Thinh bridge with the Republic of Korea consultancy joint venture
(Hanoi Moi, p.7).

· Hanoi international piano contest draws 10 nations (Hanoi
Moi, p.8).

· Vietnam ’s contemporary paintings exhibited in Hong Kong
(Hanoi Moi, p.8)

· Employment programme for the 2010-2020 period faces dropping
competitiveness (Lao dong, p.1). The country’s labour force is estimated to
increase by nearly 500,000 a year in the reviewed period to reach to 53.14
million labourers by 2020. Unemployment is estimated to reach 1.72 million
people and 15.7 million are expected to be covered by in unemployment insurance.


· CPI likely to be kept at 7 percent for whole year (Cong thuong
[Industry and Trade], No. 69, p.4). The August Consumption Price Index (CPI)
rose 0.23 percent against the previous month, a lower rate than the figure in
the same period of last years.

· Banks boosts lending thanks to good liquidity (Cong thuong,
No.69, p.10). Banks predict credit growth is approaching the target of 23-25
percent set for 2010.

· New labour export markets at risk (Saigon Tiep thi, No.99,
p.14). A number of new foreign labour export markets have closed their door to
Vietnamese workers soon after opening due to a lack of management measures.

· Foreign investment in road linking the Mekong central area
(Dau tu [Investment], No.104, p.4). The Ministry of Transport has asked the ADB,
Australia and the Republic of Korea to provide capital to build 76 km of
highway linking the central Mekong delta worth 1.2 billion USD.

· Leather and footwear sector to restructure while expanding
market (Dau tu, No.104, p.14). Among top five shoe exporters in the world,
Vietnam ’s leather and footwear industry still depends on imported materials.
An interview with Nguyen Duc Thuan, Chairman of the Vietnam Leather and Footwear
Association.

International Affairs
· China , DPRK discuss resumption of six-party talks
(Nhan dan, p.8).
· US’s strategic failure in Iraq (Nhan dan, p.8).
· China , RoK and Japan again cooperate to publish a
common history textbook (Quan doi Nhan dan, p.8).
· Japan eases monetary policy to maintain Yen value (Hanoi
Moi, p.8).-Enditem