Press Highlights OCt.14

Hanoi (VNA) - Current events
· Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung pays an official visit to
Australia (All dailies, page 1). Vietnam and Australia agreed to
build a roadmap for their comprehensive cooperation.

· Party, State and NA leaders meet Greek President Karolos
Papoulias (All dailies, page 1). Greece is ready to be a "gateway" for
Vietnamese goods to enter the Balkans and the EU.

· The Baptist Church in Vietnam (Southern) recognised as
a religious organisation (Saigon Giai phong, page 1).

· Vietnam , Laos boost cooperation (Nhan dan, page 8).

· The Vietnam-US Association cooperates in training religious
dignitaries (Quan doi Nhan dan, page 8).

Socio-economic Affairs

· Opening the retail market: there remains no mechanisms to
encourage domestic businesses (Saigon Giai phong, page 1).

· The minimum salary in enterprises to increase as of January 1,
2009 (Saigon Giai phong, page 2).

· Poverty rate in 2009 to increase under new standard (Saigon
Giai phong, page 7).

· DELL Group appreciates the Vietnamese market's potentials
(Saigon Giai phong, Strong Trademark page).

· Vietnam 's make-up art steps out into the world (Saigon
Giai phong, Strong Trademark page).

· Gold prices up and down unpredictably (Saigon Giai phong, page
3).

· The VN-Index drops to 371.4 points despite the global market's
upward trend (Lao dong, page 1).

· Rubber prices slope down due to the world financial and
economic crisis (Lao dong, page 1).

· Work starts on the Cai Mep-Thi Vai International
Port in southern Ba Ria-Vung Tau province (Lao dong, page 3).

· Central Khanh Hoa province warms up 2010 Miss World pageant
(Lao dong, page 5).

· Philippe Denievel, Director of the Delta Consulting Company:
senior management vacancies still await Vietnamese people (Lao dong,
Vocational Training page).

· UNDP points out three challenges in Vietnam 's poverty
reduction (Nhan dan, page 7).

· 4 billion USD poured into hi-tech steel production at the Dung
Quat Economic Zone (Quan doi Nhan dan, page 4).

· Charity concert in London helps Vietnamese children (Quan
doi Nhan dan, page 8).

· Exhibition on Russian first ladies during the 20 th century
opens (Quan doi Nhan dan, page 8).

· Golf course projects which encroach upon farming land to have
licences revoked (Cong thuong [Industry and Trade], No. 57, page 4).
Authorised agencies are taking drastic measures to overcome the massive
development of golf courses, which has narrowed farming land and caused
environmental pollution.

· Real estate market faces massive inflows of foreign investment
(Tien phong [Vanguard], No. 285, page 4).

· Series of earthquake warning stations to be built in Ho Chi
Minh City (Tien phong, No. 285, page 5).

· UNESCO recognises the riverside Red River area as World
Biosphere Reserve (Thoi bao Kinh Te Viet Nam [Vietnam Economic Times],
No. 246, page 1).

· Investment in mines considered as long-term strategy (Dau tu
[Investment], No. 122, page 5). An interview with Hoang Van Thai, Deputy
General Director of the Vietnam Coal and Mineral Industries Group
(Vinacomin), on importing coal for production.

· The Ministry of Planning and Investment plans to make
periodical dialogues with investors (Dau tu, No. 122, page 4).

· Real estate lending is yet to reach the level to worry about
(Dau tu, No. 122, page 6). An interview with Le Xuan Nghia, Director of the
State Bank of Vietnam's Department of Banking Strategies, on commercial
banks' loans for investment in real estate.

· Experts worried about multi-billion USD Red River City
project (Dau tu, No. 122, page 9).

· Three 2009 GDP growth options proposed (Dau tu, No. 123, page
4).

· Investment promotion activities urged to be professionalised
(Dau tu, No. 123, page 5)

· Securities investors cautious in marking investment decisions
(Dau tu, No. 123, page 5).

· Person turning snail shells into dollars (Dau tu, No. 123,
page 16).

· Encouraging exports to limit trade deficit (Thoi bao Kinh te
Viet Nam , No. 245, page 1)

· Mobile phone companies "attack" low-income customers (Tien
phong, No. 287, page 1). Due to the exhaustion of high-income customers,
mobile phone service providers have targeted low-income earners in a race to
attract more subscribers.

· How to tighten the establishment of commercial banks (Dien dan
Doanh nghiep [Business Forum], No. 82, page 6).

International Affairs

· The 2008 Economics Nobel Prize honours the theory to define
the impacts of trade freedom (Saigon Giai phong, page 1).

· The EU proposes to organise the global anti-terrorism summit
(Saigon Giai phong, page 8).

· Responses to the US 's move to take DPRK off the terrorism
sponsor list (Saigon Giai phong, page 8).

· Thailand : PAD postpones demonstration plans (Lao dong,
page 6).

· Euro-zone countries agree upon a financial rescue plan (Ha Noi
Moi, page 8).

· The Republic of Korea considers resuming aid for the
DPRK (Nhan dan, page 8).-Enditem