Press Highlights Sept.22

Hanoi (VNA) - Current Events

· Regarding law violations of the Hanoi Archdiocese : the
Chairman of the Hanoi People's issued a written warning to Archbishop Ngo
Quang Kiet (All dailies, p1).

· Government held talks with international experts on Vietnam
's economy (All Sunday dailies, p1). Macro economic index have become
stable.

· Promoting Vietnam-Netherlands relations (Nhan dan, p8).

· Vietnam-Uzbekistan cooperation in oil and gas (Nhan dan, p8).

· Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung: determined to abolish
subsidisation (Lao dong, p1).

· On the 35 th anniversary of Vietnam-Japan diplomatic ties,
VJCC Director Satoru Kohiyama pledged to continue assisting Vietnam
in high quality human resource development (Lao dong, p8).

· DOC postponed announcing anti-dumping tax on Vietnam 's
shrimp (Lao dong, p3).

· Japanese Ambassador to Vietnam Mitsuo Sakaba planted cherry
trees in Da Lat (Quan doi Nhan dan, p8).

· Colourful Vietnam Festival 2008 in Japan (Sunday Nhan dan
and Quan doi Nhan dan, p8).

· Hanoi People's Committee ordered an end to law violations at
the compound numbered 42 Nha Chung Street (Sunday Nhan dan, p8; and
Sunday Hanoimoi, p1).

· Vietnam 's high-ranking military delegation pays official
visits to Russia and Belarus (Sunday Quan doi Nhan dan, p1).

· Dutch businesses want to boost investment in Vietnam
(Sunday Quan doi Nhan dan, p8).

· World Bank provides 59.8 million USD to improve Vietnam 's
agriculture competitiveness (Sunday Saigon Giai phong, p1).

Socio-economic Affairs

· Walks for peace in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City (Hanoimoi,
p1).

· Lam Kinh Festival 2008 held in central Thanh Hoa province
(Hanoimoi, p1).

· Dung Quat oil refinery will kick-start in February 2009
(Hanoimoi, p1).

· At the Hanoi Technology and Equipment Fair 2008: hundreds of
contracts worth more than 500 billion VND signed (Hanoimoi, p1).

· Cervical cancer vaccine licensed in Vietnam (Hanoimoi,
p7).

· Days of Japan will be held in Ho Chi Minh City (Nhan
dan, p7).

· Rubber export turnover is estimated to reach 1.5 billion USD
in 2008 (Quan doi Nhan dan, p1).

· Parents of those who got married to the Republic of Korea
's men are invited to visit their daughters (Quan doi Nhan dan, p7).

· Eximbank provided an additional 3 trillion VND in loans to
support exporters (Saigon Giai phong, p1).

· Mekong Delta province of Kien Giang boost linkages with
neighbouring provinces to bolster socio-economic development (Sunday, Nhan
dan, p1).

· Drastic measures taken to prevent frauds in petroleum,
fertiliser and agricultural materials trading (Sunday Nhan dan, p1).

· Ho Chi Minh Highway : work on the Pac Po-Cao Bang section
started (Sunday Nhan dan, p1).

· A campaign for a cleaner world launched (Sunday Nhan dan, p8).

· Foreign investors explored investment opportunities in Hai
Duong province (Sunday Nhan dan, p8).

· Close to 4,500 species of creatures living in the Tonkin
Gulf (Sunday Nhan dan, p7).

· US financial crisis and Vietnam 's stock market:
impacts are not strong (Sunday Hanoimoi, p1).

· Central Highlands Kon Tum province: a US-funded boarding
school for ethnic minority students inaugurated (Sunday Saigon Giai phong,
p1).

· Vietnam has a total of 1.2 million disabled children
(Sunday Saigon Gia phong, p8).

· Electricity supply after Hanoi was expanded (Hanoimoi,
p1).

· ACB provides loans worth 5 trillion VND to support production
and bussiess (Hanoimoi, p4).

· Ho Chi Minh City : another 750 million VND to support
Agent Orange victims (Hanoimoi, p2).

International Affairs

· EU, Russia will soon resume negotiations on strategic
partnership (Hanoimoi, p8).

· Israel 's Prime Minister Olmert resigned (Hanoimoi, p8).

· World opinion condemned the bloody bomb attack in Pakistan
(Hanoimoi, p8).

· Thailand established the Puea Thai Party (Hanoimoi, p8).

· Republic of Korea considers aid grants to the Democratic
People's Republic of Korea (Hanoimoi, p8).

· Cambodia , Thailand want peaceful border settlement
(Nhan dan, p8).

· Asia was hardest hit by natural disasters in the world
(Nhan dan, p8).

· World oil and gold prices increased (Sunday Nhan dan, p8).

· Developing economies on the slowdown (Sunday Nhan dan, p8).

· Russia does not want the US to represent the world
(Quan doi Nhan dan, p8).-Enditem