
PM receives int’l guests
VGP – PM Nguyễn Tấn Dũng, this evening, August 26, separately received the visiting international guests to Việt Nam, namely Cambodia’s Senior Minister Var Kim Hong, Lao Deputy FM Pongsavath Boupha, Deputy US Trade Representative John Veroneau, and President of the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) Hakan Murby.

PM: Mountainous Northwest should exploit its strengths to get out of poverty
VGP – PM Nguyễn Tấn Dũng and a Government delegation have just concluded their working visit to three northwest mountainous provinces of Điện Biên, Lai Châu and Lào Cai from August 23 to 25.

SOEs - Key players to stabilize macro-economy
VGP - "Holding a key position, State-owned
enterprises (SOEs), especially economic corporations and groups, serve
as the backbone and pillars of the economy, the main material forces of
the Government to monitor macro-economy. They are playing an important
role in supplying vital products and public services for the economy and
people", stressed PM Nguyễn Tấn Dũng.

VN will give practical and important contributions to ASEAN, says PM Dũng
VGP – In his speech presented on the 41st anniversary of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations-ASEAN (August 8, 1967), Vietnamese PM Nguyễn Tấn Dũng highlighted the event as a good chance for all ten member-nations, including Việt Nam, to review the Association’s nearly-half-a-century history and outline the way ahead for ASEAN cooperation.

PM calls upon provinces to realize socio-economic goals
VGP- All localities must take concrete drastic measures in the coming time to effectively curb inflation, ensure social security, stabilize the macro-economy and maintain growth rates, urged PM Nguyễn Tấn Dũng.

Gov’t continues to prioritize inflation curbing, macro-economic stability and social security
VGP – Concluding the Government’s two-day July regular meeting on August 5, PM Nguyễn Tấn Dũng asked ministries, sectors, provincial-level People’s Committee to continue focusing on four key goals: reining in inflation, stabilizing macro-economy, maintaining growth and ensuring social security in the last months of 2008.

VN consults foreign experts on planning expanded HN
VGP- The Government’s standing members on August 3 attended a meeting where they listened to reports presented by three foreign joint-venture consultants from the US, Japan, the Netherlands and the Republic of Korea on planning ideas for the expanded Hà Nội city.

PM orders to start construction of Cà Mau Fertilizer Plant
VGP – In the first day of his working visit to southern provinces, PM Nguyễn Tấn Dũng ordered this morning, July 26, the start of the construction of the Cà Mau Fertilizer Plant, an important work in the national-level gas-electric power and fertilizer complex.

Giving stronger rods to corruption
VGP - PM Nguyễn Tấn Dũng asked the National Anti-Corruption Steering Committee (NACSC) to boost extensive and comprehensive solutions in the anti-corruption campaign, focusing on the effectiveness of information work and education.

Population control and improvement is an important task, says PM
VGP - PM Nguyễn Tấn Dũng ordered the Ministry of Health (MoH) to play a key role in the population and family planning work, so as to acquire the population growth rate of 1.14% and the population size below 89 million by 2010.